Showing results for "Body Art" in Social Sciences

In the past century, average life expectancies have nearly doubled, and today, for the first time in human history, many people have a realistic chance of living to 80 or beyond. As life expectancy increases, Americans need accurate, scientifically grounded information so that they can take full responsibility for their own latter years. In The Art and Science of Aging Well, Mark E. Williams, MD, discusses the remarkable advances that medical science has made in the field of aging and the steps that people may take to enhance their lives as they age.

This combination of serious artistic engagement with warmth and clarity of prose revels in the experiences and pleasures of art and the body, identity, and community.

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and LitHub Winner of the 2021 Science in Society Journalism Book Prize A fascinating and provocative new way of looking at the things we use and the spaces we inhabit, and a call to imagine a better-designed world for us all. Furniture and tools, kitchens and...

Teri Williams, Shamanic Mentor and Energy Clearing Practitioner, shares ancient practices, with contemporary wisdom, designed to help others navigate modern times. She includes teachings of soul care and insight from guests around the globe who explore ways, both new and old, to enhance their lives, offering soul inspired, heartfelt wisdom with practical tools for support. From soul care and modern mysticism, to health and empowerment, Teri and her guests offer inspiration and hope for modern living, leaving listeners with simple practices they can take out into the world to raise their ...

This is the first academic study of sneakers and the subculture that surrounds them. Since the 1980s, American sneaker enthusiasts, popularly known as 'sneakerheads' or 'sneakerholics', have created a distinctive identity for themselves, while sneaker manufacturers such as Reebok, Puma and Nike have become global fashion brands. How have sneakers come to gain this status and what makes them fashionable?

Join Janelle Hardy, creator of transformational memoir-writing course, The Art of Personal Mythmaking as she talks to published memoirists, people in the middle of writing their memoirs, storytellers and embodied healers. She even tosses in the occasional body-based writing prompt, to give your stories some unexpected sparks. These are honest conversations of depth are good medicine – they're the antidote to feeling alone with creative and healing challenges.

Embark on a thrilling journey with Whose Body?, the first novel in Dorothy Sayers’s renowned Lord Peter Wimsey series. Meet Lord Peter, his insightful manservant and fellow-sleuth, Mervyn Bunter, and the astute Inspector Charles Parker from Scotland Yard. The story unfolds as a timid architect from Battersea stumbles upon a naked corpse in his bath, its only accessory a gold pince nez. Simultaneously, the narrative reveals the strange disappearance of Sir Reuben Levy, a prominent financial tycoon. As Wimsey and Parker delve deeper into these two enigmas, they realize the two incidents ...

The Danes have hygge. The Swedes have lagom. Now, Laura Weir, a beloved lifestyle journalist and editor-in-chief of London Evening Standard’s weekly ES magazine, introduces American readers to the Brits’ best-kept secret—coziness—an indulgent, luxurious, yet unfussy way of creating...

Student of the Universe and HealingThey thought it would break me.They thought betrayal would finish what abuse, addiction, and abandonment had started.But instead…It awakened me.I’ve been a foster kid.I’ve survived addiction, childhood abuse, and sexual assault.I’ve buried people I loved and been betrayed by the ones I thought never would.Life tried to teach me pain, and hoped I’d learn to hate.But I didn’t.I am a student of the Universe.And the greatest lesson I’ve learned is this:Pain doesn’t have to poison you. It can purify you.When I was cracked open by betrayal and left ...

sacred sound waves hosted by grace allerdice.

Hey There! Do you ever feel like your body just hates you? Like you wanna just live your life but your bod says, “How about I just give you pain and suffering instead”? We’ve all been there. But we never seem to talk openly about it. Until now. We are three musical theatre loving gals who have had wack medical crap…and it can feel so lonely when you’re going through it. We want to bring light and humor (obviously) to the difficulties of dealing with our bods on a day-to-day basis.