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Feeling good in your own skin Feeling good in your own skin Do mindful people feel better about their bodies? Researchers asked 115 female college students about their level of mindfulness, body responsiveness, body shame, and overall health. Women who reported greater awareness and who tended to be nonjudgmental and nonreactive—key mindfulness skills—had less body shame, were more attuned to their bodies, and were healthier overall. The researchers say it’s not yet clear whether mindfulness increases body satisfaction, or vice versa....

Just like always, I was struck with the contrast between the idyllic gardening experiences of my fantasies with the real life gardening of my backyard. Somehow, the cold wind, muddy knees, hot sun, and chronically runny nose never figure into those mid-winter daydreams. I don’t remember ever fantasizing about the wet puddles that always gather this time of year, the sloshy mud that squashes into my clogs, or the tomato poles that just won’t stand up straight....

If you need a WiFi mesh range extender, you’re good to go with the Netgear EX6250. That product is now priced at $69.99, while it usually costs $119.99. That’s a 42% discount right there. The Netgear Nighthawk WiFi 6 Mesh Range Extender EAX80 can now be yours for $149.99. It’s a more powerful solution than the EX6250, and it usually costs $249.99. That is a 40% discount. If you want an even more affordable WiFi mesh range extender, the Netgear EX6150 costs $59....

There are new customization options in the Vivaldi browser There are new customization options in the Vivaldi browser Vivaldi just dropped the new version 5.1 update and it brings several new and useful features. According to the report, these changes bring some new aesthetic and functional improvements to the software. To start off, there are better customization options for the browser’s theme. Previously, there were only light and dark themes that you could use....

Those students who were instructed to commit three acts of kindness each week saw a bigger boost in their popularity from peers than those students who were instructed to visit three places each week. The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California-Berkeley puts the study in context: children have the capacity to act kindly and receive kindness positively, yet still have to be prompted to behave this way. Vicki Zakrzewski writes: “[T]he students were asked to perform these acts of kindness as part of the study, illustrating how, even though we have an instinct for empathy and compassion, we often need to be encouraged to act on that instinct....