Midlife, Major Moves: How to Switch Careers in Your 40s (and Why People Always Have)
Up until recently, a person would enter the workforce in their chosen field and work in that role for their entire lives until retirement. Deviating from that path was considered to be a sign that the person was a failure or that they were unreliable. That’s now a thing of the past, working your entire […]
The Rise of Low-Cost Genetic Testing Kits: What They Reveal – and What They Miss
A few decades ago, getting your DNA tested was the kind of thing that required a referral from a specialist, a sterile lab and a hefty budget. Fast forward to today and – voila – a small plastic tube, some spit and a prepaid envelope can allegedly tell you everything from where your ancestors wandered […]
Shell Shock to PTSD: How War Shaped the Way We Talk About Mental Health
When we evaluate the effects of war, we tend to focus on the loss of life and physical wounds that were not fatal for the soldiers and civilians caught up in the fighting. But, the psychological impact of war can have devastating and long-lasting consequences for survivors. This phenomena was less understood in previous conflicts […]
Crash Course: How the Great Depression Changed Personal Finance Forever
The Great Depression is often overlooked when it comes to discussions about modern finances. After all, how could something that happened almost a century ago have any meaningful relevance to how we engage with the financial world today? As the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, “Those that fail to learn from history are […]
Powered by the Past: A Brief History of Renewable Energy Inventions
You plug in your EV, glance at the solar panels gleaming on your roof, and sip your ethically-sourced coffee like a card-carrying member of the climate-conscious future. It feels new. Fresh. Revolutionary, even. But here’s the plot twist: most of this so-called green tech is older than your grandmother’s cast iron pan.
Ancient Civilizations and the Birth of Preventive Medicine
You can barely open your phone these days without being gently reminded to hydrate, meditate, and maybe throw some ashwaganda into your smoothie. From wearable stress trackers, to full-moon cacao ceremonies, we’re living in the golden age of wellness – sprawling, incense-scented empire promising to help us optimize, align, and glow from the inside out.