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5 Reasons You Should Begin Your Day with a Healthy Meal
If you want to be healthier and live a longer life, there's one thing you should do every day: start your day with a healthy meal. The benefits of eating breakfast are well-known, but the most important might be that it sets up your body for success all day long. Breakfast jumpstarts metabolism reduces cravings for unhealthy foods throughout the morning, helps control hunger at lunchtime, and prevents overeating after dinner. Below are five reasons why you should begin your day with a healthy meal.
By McKenzie Jones4 years ago in Viva
I Consented, But Not To This
I’m sitting in a job talk presentation for a potential new faculty member and suddenly the word “stealthing” slaps me in the face. Memories of a painful experience come flooding back into my mind with a new power, now that it has a name. Five years earlier, I consented, but not to this.
By Simone N. Durham 4 years ago in Viva
5 Fashionable Pieces for the Mom on the Go
As a mom on the go, the chances are that you don't have a lot of time to think about your outfits or even to put yourself together. For this reason, you need several fashionable pieces that you can easily pull together whenever you need them to help you feel cute and look good.
By McKenzie Jones4 years ago in Viva
The Hollywood Actress Who Became A Nun
On February 26, 2012, an unlikely figure appeared at the annual 84th Academy Awards. Amid the crisp tuxedos and sequin evening gowns stood a 73-year-old Roman Catholic Benedictine nun wearing a modest habit, complete with a dark veil and wimple. She walked down the famous red carpet surrounded by acclaimed celebrities such as Meryl Streep and Brad Pitt, pausing once or twice for interviews with stunned onlookers.
By Ilana Quinn4 years ago in Viva
Don't Be Afraid to Ask For It
“How can I help you today, sir.” I greeted my first customer of the day at the door. The man looked like a deer in headlights. He was shirking off his reaction to say, ‘no thanks,’ because in fact he needed help and for whatever reason he was not expecting that help from me, “Um, I am looking for a car.” He finally answered.
By E. J. Strange4 years ago in Viva
A Crossroads
I have barely curved around the bend before I am forced to slam on the breaks again. Profanity flies out of my mouth like a knee-jerk reaction, and I wonder if this isn’t hell. It sure feels like it. What with all the miserable souls packed into one place, waiting for the end in sight that does not ever seem to appear. The funny thing is, we do it to ourselves, really, and that is the irony of it. We are the creators of our suffering. The makers of our own hell.
By Shelby Schulte4 years ago in Viva
Off the Hook. Top Story - September 2021.
My eyes focused on the illustration of the fallopian tubes as Dr. Marquez fingered me with two digits and a pencil light. Poking and prodding at my cervix, I spread my thighs like I was back at cheerleading practice warming up for a jump sequence. I wondered what she might find down there…a rash? A tear? Old remains of a cheap tampon? In all honesty, I wouldn’t be surprised. In fact, I’d be thrilled to know it was my own stinginess which rendered sex impossible, and not the Judas-level betrayal of my vagina. I needed an answer, some form of explanation as to why my butterfly was dryer than the charcoal-colored dust framing my ceiling fan. Not only for me, but for my boyfriend playing Pokémon in the waiting room.
By Heather Cunningham4 years ago in Viva
5 Accessories That Are Work Appropriate
When you go to work, you need to think about what you can bring with you. While you can bring different accessories, you may question which ones will be appropriate for your workplace. If you want some advice to identify nice accessories you can bring with you to work, you should consider the five ideas listed below.
By McKenzie Jones4 years ago in Viva
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Fact: I am fat. “Obese,” according to my last physical. Fifteen years ago, those sentences would have unraveled me. Fifteen years ago, I would have done (and did) anything - no matter how stupid or dangerous - to avoid the body I’m currently in. I would have starved, exercised to excess, tried any diet pill or weight-loss supplement or appetite suppressant that crossed my path.
By Stephanie Ruth4 years ago in Viva
Great Books for Every Woman Who Is Shedding Society's Expectations. Top Story - September 2021.
Every woman in this world has faced discrimination or disempowerment based on her gender. The patriarchy has created a situation where we have internalized constraints in our own minds. And these constraints are repeatedly reinforced by the people we meet and interact with on a daily basis.
By Aditi Balaji4 years ago in Viva
The Universe Put Me In Time Out
I know what you're probably thinking after seeing the title and the picture for this story.... probably something like "Oh, here we go....another story about how a lost girl found her one true love when she thought it was hopeless...". Am I right? Well, if so then you're WRONG!!! This is no love story. This is quite the opposite actually. This is a story about how you can fool yourself into believing something is good when in reality it's actually killing you inside. This is a story about how you need to love yourself before trying to give the love you so desperately need, want, and deserve to someone else. This is a story about how you can think you know someone, but in reality you know nothing. This is a story about how you can channel rage and anger from an awful situation and turn it into magic. I'm getting ahead of myself though as usual. Let me start from the beginning of THIS story. It's only one in the seemingly many lives I have lived in my 36 years on this Earth. THIS story though....it's the one that bitch slapped me back into reality and up on my feet. It also started my journey of finding my true self and loving her.
By Shea Taylor4 years ago in Viva
