Having fun is seriously important for your health

Getting lost in play helps us flex our creativity and reduce our stress

By Anita Little

My work was giving me panic attacks. So I started making crooked vases.

A lump of clay and zero at stake was just what I needed.

By Mitra Jouhari

Will you ever achieve total life balance? Probably not.

But that’s not the point.

By the Prism Editors

Sun up, sun down

As a descendant of the enslaved, it’s hard for me to understand the concept of work/life balance—much less believe I deserve it myself.

By Mitchell S. Jackson

What your body knows about rest

As it turns out, everything.

By the Prism Editors

I thought I needed sleep. Then I found rest.

The perfectionist in me wanted a better sleep. But that was the problem all along.

By John Paul Brammer

Want to help yourself? Help others.

Why compassion is good for everyone involved

By the Prism Editors

Love thy neighbor?

A comic by MariNaomi

It’s time to break up with your couch

How movement helps us flourish.

By Margot Boyer-Dry

How I overcame a lifelong hatred of exercise

(and became a better writer in the process)

By Morgan Jerkins

Touch is a need, not a nice-to-have

How that backrub increases your immunity and decreases your stress levels.

By the Prism Editors

Love in a no-contact world

The pandemic came, a guy left. Then, a new sort of partner entered my life.

By Mallika Rao

Want to eat right? Don’t cut foods—add plants

Experts say think of meat as a side portion.

By Anita Little

What I learned from going vegan

I thought eating “clean” would bring order to my life. It wasn’t that simple.

By Alicia Kennedy

Feeling fragmented? Practice presence to get more control over your brain.

Take that, stress.

By Margot Boyer-Dry

The radiant present

The treatment was for my brain. The healing was all in my mind.

By Ali Shapiro