A simple hairstyle that you can try on medium-to-long hair, you really just need some clips, a hair tie, and a simple braiding technique to nail this look. Read on to discover how to make the coolest hairstyle with a ponytail today. **

We give very little attention to learning to listen, learning to really hear another person or situation. Yet think back to the moments with other people when our hearts were engaged and we felt fed by being together. In those moments, weren’t we hearing one another? In times like those, when we have listened to and heard one another, we have felt life arising from a shared perspective. Why We Miss New Opportunities Why We Miss New Opportunities...

I can still remember winning my first hockey game when I was ten years old. Man, that was fun! Our coach was thrilled. Our parents were overjoyed—one of the dads even bought donuts for the whole team. Naturally, as young hockey players, we were pretty excited as well. I mean, what was not to like? We had free donuts! And, our head-coach was in a good mood. As much as I remember that glorious moment of stuffing my face with a chocolate glazed donut, I also remember the first time we lost....

Even more exciting, families participate together using over-the-top trunk or treat decorating ideas to design an elaborate Halloween display for the car’s trunk. The trunk or treat theme ideas can range from scary to inspiring. Decorating your car is part of the fun, but choosing a theme and catching a vision can be the hardest part. Whether you are a veteran seeking new ideas or a rookie new to trunk or treating – we’ve got 101 super creative Halloween trunk or treat ideas that are outrageously creative to inspire you below!...

A plethora of books that attempt to rehabilitate boredom as a normal, even valuable, experience have found their way to the Mindful offices in recent years. The benefits of boredom are still trending. This tome by Danckert and Eastwood, both professors of psychology (at University of Waterloo and York University, respectively), stands out because it explores not just what boredom can do for you, but what boredom is and why it (paradoxically) deserves our attention....