Puppy Love: A Study of the Unconditional
Like true best friends, dogs are not just great companions – they also help us learn lessons that make us better versions of ourselves. Low Entropy Volunteer Writer Niklas Chiang introduces us to his own trusty canine pal, and recalls how she guided him to one of those revelations. What is unconditional love? If […]
Love Yourself Like You Love Yourself
During this time of year, the world reverberates with proclamations of love for families, friends and partners, but Low Entropy Volunteer Writer Satkar BK reminds us that we also need to love ourselves with that same energy. Every February, I can’t help but see all the love in the air. Whether it be watching […]
Our Only Duty
He wasn’t out of the woods yet, but that didn’t keep him from seeing the forest for the trees. Low Entropy Volunteer Writer Salem Ziani takes us back a year to Bosnia-Herzegovina with a series of vignettes from a trying time and a difficult place, right on the cusp of the COVID-19 outbreak. March 2020, […]
Practicing Self-Compassion to Improve Mental Health: My Personal Experience
Low Entropy Volunteer Writer Vivien Hannos discusses how being kind to herself creates opportunities for personal growth and improved mental health. It was 1980, on Valentine’s Day, when I was diagnosed as a type 1 diabetic. I was only five years old. It was a life-altering diagnosis and the end of my childhood innocence. I […]
When Good Things Happen to Bad Habits
Cooking up good habits can be a long, frustrating and disheartening process. Low Entropy Volunteer Writer Nahid Nowrozi shares her best methods to break bad habits while keeping your self-confidence intact. “A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.” -Abigail Van Buren It is crazy to me that a person’s mind can be […]