September 2025

Behind the Hustle: The Quiet Mental Health Crisis Among Small Business Owners

By all appearances, Kim Rippy has it figured out. She’s a trauma specialist running her own practice, Keystone Therapy Group, and someone whose work doesn’t depend on social media. Yet when it comes to sharing her mental health struggles, she hesitates. Practitioners like her, she says, are often expected to “have it all together.” “I

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AI Startup Unveils ‘Near-Telepathic Wearable’ That Lets You Command AI Without Saying a Word

A Boston-based startup has unveiled a futuristic new device that lets people issue voice commands to a computer or AI assistant without ever speaking out loud. AlterEgo’s new AI headset turns unspoken signals into commands The technology, developed by AlterEgo, was previewed on Monday and promises to change how we interact with artificial intelligence assistants.

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Give Them a Break: Smoking Might Be Hourly Workers’ Only Chance to Breathe

Recently, I learned that one of my cousins had started smoking for the first time in their late twenties. They’d ignored all the peer pressure through high school and college, yet they somehow found themselves starting the habit as an adult. When I asked why, the answer was simple: They’d started working in a restaurant. 

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OpenAI Takes on LinkedIn With New Hiring Platform Built to Make You AI Qualified

OpenAI has announced the launch of its own AI-powered hiring platform, designed to take on LinkedIn’s dominance. The newly unveiled OpenAI Jobs Platform will use advanced artificial intelligence to connect job seekers with employers through high-tech skill matching.  OpenAI pitches AI as a career lifeline with its new hiring platform With growing fears of AI

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How Understanding Complex Trauma Deepened My Ability to Love Myself

“Being present for your own life is the most radical act of self-compassion you can offer yourself.” ~Sylvia Boorstein In 2004, I experienced a powerful breakthrough in understanding what it meant to love myself. I could finally understand that self-love is about the relationship that you have with yourself, and that relationship is expressed in

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