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** Through the sun, salt water and chlorine-filled adventures coming up, you need to make sure that you prioritize your strands and keep them strong and healthy. That means stashing the right hair products in your suitcase, prepping them before you head out into the sun, and recognizing alerts that tell you it’s time to give your hair some TLC. Let’s start with summer styles. The beach wave is one of those summer trends that comes back around year after year and serves as the most versatile base for a range of styles....

Feeling enormous responsibility to treat her patient with care and empathy, McGeehan called upon tools she learned in 2016 during a mindfulness and resilience program for nurses. Bringing awareness to her physical experience—with the help of mindful breathing and a body scan—allowed her to self-soothe and regulate the emotional whirlwind she felt. Asking herself questions such as, “How can I serve?” and “What is the need here?” gave her the focus she needed to effectively care for her patient, as well as be the touchpoint for the patient’s family....

But a new study found that when it comes to exerting self-restraint over our desires, it’s the conviction in the perceived payoff that matters. For the study “State Mindfulness and Self-Regulation,” researchers at Saarland University in Saarbruecken, Germany, and at the University of Cologne, Germany, tested how people experienced and dealt with their desires when in a self-reported mindful state. That last bit is an important distinction, says study author Malte Friese, Ph....

One approach that serves us well in this context is the SoBe Mindful method. It makes mindfulness highly accessible by drawing upon familiar aspects of the natural world around us. Just as this method lets us ground ourselves by connecting with nature—especially amid a pandemic, when so many of us have been staying indoors—it opens a doorway to practicing with loved ones and is adaptable for all ages and needs....

Pick out one of your favorite, powerful drama movies, or try out a brand new one, and grab the popcorn. We’ve made this date adaptable to use with any of the films in the drama movie genre from, Forrest Gump to Gone with the Wind. Just staring at a screen doesn’t always feel like the best way to get closer to your sweetie, but this is MUCH more than a typical movie night!...