Have you tried starting your day with a mental body scan? We know what you're thinking: I can't possibly add another thing to my morning routine. But this one isn't a TikTok trend, and it only takes 60 seconds, per trauma therapist Anita Phillips. "Imagine there's a line going down your body, from the top of your head to the bottom of your feet," she explained to Today. "I want you to notice anything in your body that stands out — maybe your heart is fluttering because you're excited about something today or maybe your gut is kind of tight because you realize you're anxious." Learn why it matters and how to get started.
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How to "Age Adventurously": The Lesser-Known Secret to Happily Growing Older
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For many, adventuring never gets old — and that might just be the key to unlocking a happier mindset, especially later in life. A recent survey by Road Scholar, a not-for-profit organization creating educational adventures for seniors, found that 94% of older adults who "age adventurously" report greater well-being, and many feel just as happy in their 50s, 60s, and beyond as they did in their 20s or 30s. But what does it mean to "age adventurously"? While there's no one-size-fits-all definition, respondents categorized the term as everything from staying physically active to exploring the world. About half noted that they travel more than their parents' generation, and the majority of women said they have more "independence" than their mothers. Some respondents cited milestones, like getting their first tattoo or traveling solo, but living adventurously can also look more subtle. As 67-year-old Kim Francis wrote: "I don't have to run a marathon, but I want to run around the yard with my grandkids. I don't need to stand on my head, but I want to stand in line at Disneyland." In this spirit of adventure in all its forms, Road Scholar is celebrating June 8 as "Age Adventurously Day," a time to honor the joys of getting older and doing "something adventurous" — whatever that means to you.
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A Man Climbed Mount Everest to Install a Defibrillator — 3 Weeks Later, It Saved a Life
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A campaigner who climbed Mount Everest to install a defibrillator has revealed the device saved a woman's life — just three weeks later. David Sullivan founded Code Blue CPR, an organization that teaches people lifesaving CPR and installs defibrillators across England, after he lost four close friends, all under the age of 45, to cardiac arrest. Sullivan, 62, has spent the last several years traveling around the world trying to improve cardiac survival rates. Earlier this year, he ventured to the Himalayas, where he installed what he says is the world's highest defibrillator. The dad of four from Oxted, England, first climbed to an altitude of 22,000 feet to test the defibrillator — and then descended to one of the villages near Everest Base Camp, at just over 16,500 feet, to install the device for use. He returned from Everest on April 30, and three weeks later learned that the defibrillator had saved a climber's life when her heart stopped. "It is incredible that something so simple can save someone's life — and I hope it will help people realize how important it is to have access to defibrillators. Being within three minutes of a defibrillator increases your chance of survival from 8% to more than 50%," Sullivan told SWNS.
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Is That a Cockatoo Sipping From a Water Fountain? Yes, It Is
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At a water fountain in Sydney, Australia, you might catch a glimpse of a group lining up and waiting their turns to drink from a water fountain — but this isn't a group of kiddos, it's a flock of clever cockatoos. "These birds, they constantly surprise me," Barbara Klump, the lead author of a new study on the brainy behavior, told National Geographic. If you're reading this and thinking drinking water is a simple task, think again. While humans may use fingers to activate water fountains, the cockatoos have to rely on their talons, bills, and a delicate shift in body weight to get a sip of H20. It's a tricky enough dance that although 70% of the birds tracked in the study attempted to use the fountain, fewer than half were successful. Some experts think the birds that were able to take a drink may have learned the behavior from watching humans and giving it a go themselves. It wouldn't be the first time cockatoos in this area proved they have tricks up their sleeves (or wings), as they previously made headlines for flipping open garbage bins. But no matter how they figured it out, it's quite a feat. As Louis Lefebvre, an emeritus professor of biology and avian researcher at McGill University in Montreal, put it: "Whenever we talk about tool use in birds, we have to remember how improperly attired they are toward this kind of behavior, how clumsy they are. So it's all the more amazing when birds can do these complicated things." Watch the cockatoos use the water fountains.
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What if the key to healing our divides and deepening our relationships is curiosity? To explore that question and many more, join us on Monday, June 9 at 5 p.m. ET for a virtual conversation with Scott Shigeoka, author of Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World. The hourlong event, marking the third installment in the Nice Book Club series, is free to join and you don't have to read the book beforehand, but we're pretty confident you'll want to after hearing Shigeoka's insights. If you've ever felt disconnected, overwhelmed by division, or eager to grow your capacity for understanding — this one's for you.
The past month or so has been nothing short of a whirlwind for an adventurous pup named Amber. The 5-year-old rescue retriever mix left her U.K. foster family after just one night and proceeded to cover 100 miles in 36 days, even swimming to an island. It wasn't until she embarked on a swim back to the mainland that she was finally rescued by ferry crewmates, who spotted her struggling in the water. Now that she's safe and sound, the next step is finding her a forever family.
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Yesterday marked the start of the Appleby Horse Fair in England. The annual gathering dates back to the 18th century, bringing thousands of people together for a festival centered on all things horses, as well as various long-held traditions for the Romani and Irish Travellers communities in the U.K. and beyond. Think: horse-drawn wagons, artisan stalls, dances, and more.
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