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Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. To learn more about ’em, click here. Before we whip out those whisker’s, we ‘mustache’ you to take a moment and give a shoutout to our own Diva Elizabeth for creating these ‘beardiful’ designs for us! What is No Shave November? What is No Shave November? No Shave November, also known as Movember or #noshavenovember (wink!), began as a charitable movement. During the month of November, men would refrain from shaving, trimming, or otherwise grooming their facial hair as a way to bring about cancer awareness....

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) are two of the most widely used clinical approaches for treating depression, anxiety, and stress. The first, MBCT, is based on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and includes meditation, breath work, yoga, body scans, and practices to explore thoughts and increase mindfulness. On the other hand, CFT focuses on building compassion by incorporating practices for compassion and self-compassion, along with mindfulness exercises. Since both therapies are widely used, researchers wanted to learn whether CFT’s explicit instruction in compassion and self-compassion might yield different results for people experiencing depression, anxiety and stress compared to a mindfulness-based approach alone—although the researchers noted that nonjudgmental acceptance, which is part of the most widely-adopted definition of mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn, “can be taken as indicating that compassion toward self and others and mindfulness are intrinsically linked....

** 1. Unicorn Braid Tap into the unicorn trend by opting for the single braided look. A quirky style that’s actually pretty easy to master, simply focus on a braid on the center of your hair, then secure it with hair tie for a middle braided look. A low pony that’s tied with your own hair is one of our favorite ways to complete this style. For even more guidance, check out our unicorn braid tutorial and be on your magical way....

As a rule of thumb, warm undertones do best with reddish and golden tones, and cool undertones are flattered by ash-toned hair color. Still perplexed? Worry not, as it took me a while, too, to understand what hair color looks best on me. But with a little bit of research—and some painful trial and error!—I finally got it. Read on for a quick primer (and fun quiz!) on finding your next best shade:...

Stress Rx Stress Rx To see if mindfulness might buffer against work stress faced by emergency care professionals, researchers in New York and Switzerland asked 190 emergency room medical personnel to complete surveys regarding their dispositional mindfulness, anxiety, depression, social support, and life events. Questionnaires were completed just after they began working in an emergency room, then again three and six months later. Higher levels of mindfulness at baseline were linked to less anxiety, depression, and social impairment over time even after accounting for work stress, negative life events, and low perceived support from colleagues....