For many women, donning a bra is an automatic task. Few question the need to harness their breasts each day. For some, even asking why — especially in public —
By Mike Kinney
One hundred tents were distributed to people suffering from homelessness in Richmond and San Pablo on Saturday thanks to a Stockton woman’s “100 Tent Challenge.”
Keisha Johnson and fellow volunteers visited homeless encampments to pass out new tents, backpacks, socks, meals and hygienic products as part of an effort that began in Johnson’s hometown of Stockton and has spread to other Bay Area cities and beyond.
Several weeks ago, when Stockton was battered by strong winds and rain, Johnson became concerned about her city’s homeless population and felt something needed to be done.
“I decided to put in $100 toward purchasing new tents for the local homeless population,” she said.
By Seth Satterlee | Jan 15, 2021
This season, religious publishers turn to the ways spirituality can uplift those suffering from depression or anxiety. They also continue to confront systemic issues at the heart of abuse scandals and propose grassroots strategies to overcome social inequalities.
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Yvonne Orji. Worthy, May 25 ($26, ISBN 978-1-5460-1267-2)
Emmy-nominated comic actor Orji shares 25 life lessons infused with the wisdom of the Bible and aimed at helping readers pursue ambitious goals.
Checking In: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life and Can Save Yours
Michelle Williams. Thomas Nelson, May 25 ($26.99, ISBN 978-1-4002-2333-6)
Williams, a member of Destiny’s Child, details her struggles with depression and her decision to check into a treatment facility in 2018. There, she found power in God’s unpredictable plan for her life.
How your body can physically change when you fall in love
It s about more than just daydreams. Westend61Getty Images
Falling in love can make you feel like an entirely different person, but that heady, almost drunk sensation might not be
entirely in your head.
Falling in love can actually yield bodily changes, such as palpitations and obsessive thinking, which are a natural reaction to the new hormones you re experiencing. In fact, studies have found that you can expect more than just daydreaming and inability to concentrate when you fall in love.
In 2019, researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles took blood samples from 47 young women as they began new relationships over the course of two years and found that the effects were physical as well as mental. “Falling in love is one of the most psychologically potent experiences in human life”, the scientists wrote. “New romantic love is accompanied not only by psychological changes.”
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MERIDIAN, Idaho., Jan. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Many women and some men over 40 may suffer from a twinge, a pain, specifically in or around their shoulder or scapula that may be adhesive capsulitis, otherwise known as, frozen shoulder. In Frozen Shoulder: Survival Guide: A Nurse s Journey of Discovery, Diagnosis, and Holistic Healing, Patti Gilliano-McClung MSN RN, author and medical professional, recounts how one day she found herself with unexplainable shoulder issues and the long journey it would take to heal.
In the book, the author discusses how not much is known in the medical industry about frozen shoulder. Gilliano-McClung explores how she had to solve and resolve the puzzle of frozen shoulder not once, but twice. She uses holistic treatments and works with a vengeance to beat this condition so she can resume life s adventures. This condition can be debilitating and many, including individuals in the medical community and family members, do not understand the