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The easiest way to relax is for readers to plan a day trip somewhere outdoors with bad cell phone reception or taking all apps off their phone and restoring them after their trip. This effect has begun picking up speed in 2010 after Dr. Todd Braver, a neuroscientist and neuropsychologist at Washington University went into nature with four other colleagues to understand how the brain is over taxed my heavy use of technology. These incredible places have salt and other minerals in the ground and your body literally feels different after being in nature and in the salt which has a very grounding effect. Much love, Dr. Trattner and the H and H team Dr. Elizabeth Trattner has been practicing Chinese and Integrative medicine in Miami since 1991, specializing in women’s health.

World leaders, like the climate change skeptics making up the core of the Trump administration, are quashing progressive policies and opposing grass-roots activism. In the age of misinformation and “post-truth”, they’re inciting hatred and burying their heads in the sand; ignoring sustainability, chasing short-term corporate profits, and lobbying against the wider interests of the world community. For every Gina Rinehart, a billionaire Australian mining magnate who has donated millions to the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) and is a major pusher of climate science denial, there are young progressives who, with great effort on both a micro and macro level, are changing our increasingly messy planet for the better and shifting public consensus. People like Dutch inventor Boyan Slat, the CEO of Ocean Cleanup, who has invented a device to clear the ocean’s plastic, including the millions of tons making up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and Malala Yousafzai, perhaps the most famous activist of our time, who won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for her “struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.

From chemicals deposited into the water supply, to tremendous waste production, to terrible sweatshops and poor working conditions all over the world, there is so much to be aware of when it comes to being eco-conscious in our fashion choices. As demonstrated in their mantra, “beautiful products by women who have overcome,” they strive for a balance between local production and global development, providing job training and support to women all over the world. We appreciate that their products are made from sustainable organic cotton and polyester recycled from plastic water bottles. The Sustain Shop,” an upcycling program that accepts used clothing and remakes them into beautiful pieces, only adds to their value as an amazing and sustainable brand.

After a while, taking short vacations to hit up the tourist hotspots, checking places off a list, and skimming the surface of the people we meet and places we go to can feel a little unfulfilling and downright exhausting. Perhaps animals light up your life and bring you more joy than you feel you can ever give in return (although our hearts swell as we can already hear you saying: I sure will try! ) Which places are you drawn to, to see huge sunny smiles, to feel the streets pulsing with life, to hear birdsong and little else, to gaze up at the brilliance of the night sky without the interference of citylights? A recommended starting point for long-term gigs are sites such as Workaway, WWOOF, and TEFL (English teaching) job sites.