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** To end the vicious cycle for good, we put together a slew of helpful guidelines, from getting the best hair breakage treatment for your hair type to common hair breakage repair guidelines. Read on how to stop hair breakage. 1. Choose the right shampoo. Depending on your hair type, there are specific shampoos to use to help bring out your hair’s natural luster, shine, and inner strength to help it stay healthy-looking and brimming with integrity....

Nowadays, the ombre hair color technique has become more refined and sophisticated. If you’re thinking about going lighter or trying out a different hue, you can use the ombre technique to give it a whirl. Have your colorist apply ombre heavily to your hair. That means starting the color higher up on the shaft as opposed towards the ends; the heavier the ombre is applied, the lighter, or darker, or redder your hair will look....

A recent exception is The Suicide Prevention Through Mindfulness Training program, an eight-week pilot program held in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Conducted in May and June 2021, the program was offered by the Canadian Mental Health Association Newfoundland and Labrador (CMHA-NL) in partnership with Safer Mindfulness Inc. A follow-up support program for participants was also offered from late August to early October 2021. Mindfulness instructor and trainer Andrew Safer, author of Anxiety, Stress and Mindfulness, designed and led both programs, with input and support from a diverse team....

A Joyful Retreat In September, InsightLA hosted “Creating Joy in Community,” the first residential meditation retreat by and for transgender, nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, and genderqueer (collectively, trans*) people. Mindfulness and Buddhist practitioners, as well as new meditators, attended the four-day program. It was broadly accessible, thanks to scholarships (from donations), care for accessibility needs, and a trauma-informed approach. All the retreat’s teachers and staff are also trans*. Martin Vitorino, InsightLA’s Director of Programming and a retreat leader, noted that factors like gendered housing plans and few teachers of diversity can make other retreats untenable for trans* people....

I sure do enjoy a night out on the town, but I also enjoy being at home! I decided my husband and I were in need of a date night at home that was simple, relaxing and electronic free! We are both, let’s say rather addicted to our smart phones and have a tendency to be on them….A LOT! I told my husband in the morning that once the kids were in bed, we were going to turn everything off and just be together....