calm

  • Turn Hand-Washing Into A Mindful Experience

    Hand-washing. It’s the 20-second chore that, up until the coronavirus came into our lives, many of us treated more like a four- or five-second chore. But now we know better and we’ve got the Happy Birthday song on an endless loop in our heads, which also is … not great. I came across a suggestion…


  • How Mental Health Apps Are Messing With Our Heads

    How Mental Health Apps Are Messing With Our Heads

    Even before you download an app to help you meditate, or to manage your depression, it’s speaking to you. Apps’ marketing often implies that everyday stresses should be seen as mental health issues, and that you’re on your own (with the help of the app, of course) to fix whatever is wrong with you.


  • Calm Down With These Stress-Free, Non-Violent Video Games

    Calm Down With These Stress-Free, Non-Violent Video Games

    Inspired by games from the 2016 Self-Care Jam (which Kotaku mined for favourites), MetaFilter users recently named their favourite calming video games. Some will be familiar, but others are deep cuts by independent developers. Most aren’t for winning or losing, just exploring, interacting and existing. None of them force you to battle other players in…