Don’t Freak Out. Shake Out
Today is the Great California Shake Out. I live in California and I fear every day that there will be a major earthquake. At… Read More
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Loving Our White Blood Cells
Our blood contains billions and billions of cells, both white and red.
White blood cells are famous for being essential to our immune function. They just serve us, unnoticed, operating in the background.
Celebrate your amazing body and ease your stress by coloring our white blood cells coloring page.
What’s your COVID risk tolerance?
How are your risk evaluation skills? If only this pandemic had come with an instruction manual. We have invited people over and *thought*… Read More
Space Clearing Tips to Maintain Your Energy in Close Quarters
These are interesting times we are living in. It’s easy to feel stressed or anxious wherever you live. For those of us making it… Read More
5 Apocalypse Scenarios Way Worse Than This One
To help give ourselves some context about how bad this could be, we’ve rounded up a list of five apocalypse scenarios way worse than… Read More
What is a Virus, Anyway?
Dear HCTA, What is a virus, anyway? I don’t get it. TIA, Myrtle, from South Carolina Well, Myrtle, let’s get to the basics. A… Read More
Greetings Neighbor!
Ever wonder what your neighbors are up to these days? I’ve been thinking a lot about how the internet and social media has brought… Read More
30 Days of Lockdown
Two parents (Diana and Clare). Two kids under 4 (Bailey & Frankie). One house in Berkeley during California’s shelter-in-place. No preschool. Shit is about… Read More
I Miss My Housekeeper. So Much.
Last weekend, I went to my parents’ house for a physically distant goods exchange. My mom came to the door during drop off. As… Read More
I’m confused. What’s the difference between epidemic, pandemic, plague, and outbreak?
Potato, po-tat-o. (Is anyone else eating tons of potatoes this shelter-in-place?) What is the right term for what’s happening right now? Besides the reality… Read More
I Surrender to the Goddess of Never-Not-Broken
The Hindu Goddess Akhilandeshvari is the Goddess of Never-Not-Broken. She is the goddess of tumultuous change, of not knowing what is happening, and how you will possibly keep it together. Surrender to the power of the goddess and send her a prayer for strength with our coloring page.
4 Tips for Managing Coronavirus Anxiety
I’m anxious even in the best of times. I guess the upside to this is having had decades to figure out how to manage… Read More