15 Whimsical Photos That Bring Kids' Imaginations To Life
A child's imagination is a powerful, wondrous thing. Photographer and mom of four Rhiannon Logsdon's magical photo series breathes life into children's dreams and imaginations. Working with her...
View ArticleWhat It's Like To Be A Tourist In Crisis-Stricken Greece
ATHENS -- Some people still feel inspired walking through the Acropolis’ monumental entrance, the Propylaea. No wonder. The temples of the "holy rock" can astonish any visitor. They are a testimony to...
View ArticleSee What Employees at NYC's Hottest Startups Are Eating
While the benefits of working at a startup are well-documented (hoodies, foosball, nap rooms, Justin Timberlake playing you in a movie), the most well-known startup perk has to be the almost endless...
View ArticleWhat a Strawberry Taught Me About Sex
There is a classic exercise used by beginning meditators where they eat a raisin very slowly and mindfully. While I'm not a big fan of raisins, I am a big fan of this exercise and the profound lessons...
View Article'United We Feed' Photo Series Supports All Moms -- However They Nourish Their...
Photographer and mom of two Caitlin Domanico hopes her latest project will provide support for all parents navigating the world of pumping, nursing and bottle feeding. "United We Feed" is a series of...
View ArticleDo You Need an "Engagement Counselor"?
For Caroline, the wedding invitation was the first sign of trouble. On it, she and her fiancé had chosen to use a "simple, elegant, but certainly not traditional" black and white image of his native...
View ArticleGetting Oriented
Orientation is an unfortunate rite of passage necessary for anyone wishing to enter a new school, whether you're an excited freshman or indifferent junior who just wants to register and get the hell...
View ArticleLessons My Dad Taught Me
It's no doubt that Father's Day takes a backseat to Mother's Day when it comes to the commercialism of the holidays. The National Retail Federation forecasted that spending for Mother's Day was...
View ArticleHere's What It Means To Be A Demi-Romantic Asexual Agender Teen
In honor of Pride Month, HuffPost Young Voices is highlighting the coming out stories of teens and those in their early 20s. Was it a life-changing moment? A bittersweet one? No big deal? Are you...
View ArticleWhere Resilience Thrives
Cairo has a way of teaching me about life — a way of healing me, a way of breaking my heart. I visited my hometown in January. It was my third time since I moved to California nearly 17 years ago. And...
View ArticleNASCAR's Dale Earnhardt Jr. Gets Engaged To Longtime Girlfriend Amy Reimann
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is engaged. The 40-year-old NASCAR driver popped the question to girlfriend Amy Reimann during a family trip to Germany, USA Today reports. The couple, who started dating in 2009,...
View ArticleThe Glory Days
I'd barely thought about high school since I got my diploma in the mail after endless summer school. I left home so fast I forgot to leave a forwarding address. So when I received the notice for my...
View Article>Living Without Apps: My Week in Hell
The premise of the challenge was simple: Survive one week without using any mobile apps whatsoever. Basically, I would willfully reduce my high-powered cellphone into a husk of its former self, demote...
View ArticleAre There Too Many Options?
I just finished watching a six week series on FYI that was actually quite intriguing. The show itself was down right brain stimulation for me. The name of the show is Married at First Sight, and the...
View ArticleLiving Without Apps: My Week in Hell
The premise of the challenge was simple: Survive one week without using any mobile apps whatsoever. Basically, I would willfully reduce my high-powered cellphone into a husk of its former self, demote...
View ArticleEngagement Photos: Redditor Shares Friend's Hilarious Pre-Wedding Snapshot...
Engagement photos have a reputation for being stuffy, posed and cheesy. But soon-to-be-married couple Howard Jiang and Dawn Yang set out to challenge that notion. On Wednesday, Reddit user Kyle Stoldt...
View ArticleThe Day I Stopped Being A Zombie Parent!
Today, with technology literally at our fingertips, we are able to capture every moment and experience we have. Taking pictures of every little thing we come in contact with -- our food, our kids and...
View Article19 Reasons Nothing Beats An Old-School Diner
Vinyl bar stools, sturdy ceramic coffee mugs, a "24/7" sign outside: no matter where you are in the country, these are the items you can expect to find in a diner. While certain intangible qualities...
View ArticleWhat a Bird Taught Me About Success (seriously)
Photo credit: Rodney Campbell / Creative Commons It was a sunny Saturday. I should have felt relaxed and happy but my mind was whirring with details. I was stressed about all of the things I didn't get...
View ArticleOn Mother's Day, What My Mother's Stories Taught Me
My mother once told me a small thing. She was at a party when a couple was leaving. The man was helping his lady companion with her coat, "and he just dropped it on her shoulders, while he looked away...
View ArticleDon't Forget Riots Are What Got Us Here
As a white man, I refrain from talking too much about racial issues because I feel as if I am wildly unqualified to do so. Also, as a gay man, I try hard to not parallel LGBT Civil Rights issues with...
View Article'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Is Coming Back! ...Maybe
I saw Fish in the Dark this past Sunday and hung around after the performance with a couple of hundred people to greet Larry David. People of all ages not curbing their enthusiasm waited outside the...
View ArticleEvery. Other. Weekend. Coping With Custody.
"Don't tag me in that." He looked at me, startled. Our restaurant check-ins chronicle our outings and help us remember places we enjoyed and places to avoid. He likes to unlock badges and compete with...
View ArticleWhat's the Best Gift You Get From Being Present?
Every time we're caught in our thoughts or feelings about something other than what's right in front of us, another moment is gone forever. Seize every second of your life and savor it! -- Wayne Dyer...
View ArticleThe Virtual Loser
I am not a real loser, but I feel like one. By all accounts, I am very fortunate and by American standards I am a poster child for a successful immigrant who played by the rules, worked hard and became...
View ArticleLearning To Love After Loss
"One last push," the doctor said. I was grateful. Although it was an intensely painful labor, it was also a quick one. Three pushes and she was out. They placed this gooey baby girl on my chest. I...
View Article8 Lessons Getting a Tattoo Taught Me About Myself
Tattoo artist: Liaa Walter "So how does one decide to become a tattoo artist?" I asked as I reluctantly settled into the sensation of tiny jabs of stinging ink penetrating my lightly tanned skin. Small...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to the Woman Who Taught Me What It Means to be an ...
This plaque that has "creative minds are seldom tidy" carved into it was given to me by Sue Stein, the ELL Coordinator at Waynflete, a private day School in Portland, ME, as a graduation present for...
View ArticleMy First Online Date
I could barely sleep. I kept having weird dreams that kept me up. I watched the latest episode of Girls at 4:00 a.m. I tried writing, I tried doing work, I tried to accomplish something knowing I...
View ArticleWhat It's Like To Divorce As A Twenty-Something Mom
"This Is Divorce At..." is a HuffPost Divorce series delving into divorce at every stage of life. Want to share your experience of divorcing at a certain age? Email us at divorce@huffingtonpost.com or...
View ArticleHere's What Lalaine From 'Lizzie McGuire' Has Been Up To Since The Show Ended
Let's be real: Without Miranda Sanchez, there was no "Lizzie McGuire." From her spunky attitude to her hella-cool hairstyles, Lizzie and Gordo's BFF was the reason we believed they had a...
View ArticleThe Work Of Marriage Is The Hardest Work There Is
By Chaunie Brusie, for Babble.com The day ends as it began: in a cold silence, a lingering sigh breaking the air. I contemplate reaching out, his warm body tense in the dark. But my mind flits over the...
View Article5 Reasons Why Facebook Can Be Dangerous for People With Depression
Last week I fell into panic mode. It started with intense chest pains each time I logged onto Facebook to check the groups I belong to as well as scroll through my main feed. Each visit became shorter...
View ArticleMaking the World a Better Place Through Niceness and Nonsense
Many people have told me that I'm too nice. And they didn't mean it, um, in a nice way. A coworker once told me that he was waiting for the day I'd take my arm, and in one fell swoop, wipe my desk...
View ArticleMy 'failed Engagement' And What It Taught Me
I was scrolling through my Facebook a couple weeks ago when I noticed a familiar face staring back at me: a picture of me taken by my now...
View ArticleWhat If No One Shows Up To My Book Signing?
I am a debut author hawking a self-published book. Not exactly the ingredients to attract a throng of buyers clamoring to get me to sign their book. In fact, not really enough to get most book stores...
View ArticleWhat I've Learned From the Men Who Harass Me on the Sidewalk
"You're very beautiful," the man on the corner commented as I walked by. His voice was calm; he might not have meant any harm. But he was just one of many men to have offered their unsolicited opinions...
View ArticleI Once Was Lost, But Now Am Found. Was Blind, But Then I Came Out!
I was more than a blind follower or a casual experimenter in faith. I was a deep-seated convert and a wholehearted zealot -- I was a disciple of Jesus Christ. Growing up, I spent most of my free time...
View ArticleWhat Hiking Mount Batur Taught Me About the Journey of Life
The day I hiked Mount Batur was the best day I had in Bali. Standing at 5,633 feet, Batur is an active volcano in Batur Village with its last eruption happening in 2000. A few of us at the yoga retreat...
View ArticleStop Photoshopping Your Pics And Start Loving Your Body
There's a great Instagram quote that says, "Try loving yourself as much as you want someone else to love you." It's funny. We have this romantic vision of how we want our lovers and significant others...
View ArticleI Love the (Chunky) Woman in the Black Bikini
"Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini for the entire year I was twenty-six. If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don't take it off until you're...
View ArticleWeeding Out Your Wedding Nightmares
The original version of this article appeared on The Broke Ass Bride. The recurring wedding nightmare I hear about, over and over again, is that none of your guests are having a good time. They hate...
View ArticleAre We Destroying the Confidence of Our Daughters?
Women. Why are we so hard on ourselves? When did we start hating the reflection we see staring back at us in the mirror? The more we continue to puff our faces up with fillers, change our figures to...
View ArticleViewpoint: What will happen my Facebook page when I die?
As a man in my mid-30s in the year 2015, I spend the bulk of my life diligently and repeatedly carrying out one simple task – ignoring the prospect of my inevitable death. It’s quite easy, partly...
View ArticleBeing a Freak on 'America's Got Talent'
Many times as a kid I watched contestants as they were harshly critiqued on shows like "American Idol" or "America's Got Talent," and told myself, "I would probably kill myself if that was me." This...
View ArticleBeing Present
I had this incredible urge today to go outside and just sit for a bit. I grabbed the book I was reading and my earphones and headed for a chair. I plugged in my earphones, played some music and started...
View Article'Back-Wise' -- My Project of Looking Back at Myself for Wisdom
I recently found several of my old journals. As I started reading them, and looking at my own drawings, three things became clear: 1. I was a decent writer in my teens and twenties. Or maybe I just...
View ArticleI Was Lost and Found in the Mojave Desert
A little over a year ago, I had somewhat of a meltdown. It wasn't the kind of meltdown that caused me to go into a depression or try to find myself in religion or therapy. I had already done all that...
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