People & culture
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From Playground to Boardroom
How Childhood Bullying Evolves into Adult Dynamics Bullying isn’t left behind when childhood ends. While many associate the term with playground shoves or schoolyard taunts, the behaviors and dynamics of bullying often evolve into more subtle yet damaging forms in adulthood. What was once physical or overt becomes emotional, psychological, or social, hiding behind polished…
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Eight Indie Horror Publishers to Shop This Holiday Season
[ad_1] The time for holiday shopping has begun. If you’re one of those people who are far more organized this year than I am, consider this a list of add-ons. If you also haven’t gotten started, and you have no ideas, I have a lot of them. Rather than give you specific books, I bring…
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Moving Forward with Strength and Purpose:
Advice for Ricky and Others Like Him Ricky’s story is a testament to resilience and untapped potential. Despite a difficult past, his current position and demeanor reflect a foundation for great achievements. For Ricky and others who aim to transition into business ownership and personal mastery, the following advice draws on key principles of success,…
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Forgiveness: Forgiving the Bad Boss
[ad_1] In a recent blog, I related the story of discovery about what was causing a client to be “stuck” in his career. It concerned an incident with a boss whose actions had severely impacted the client and his sense of value as a person and a professional. A number of readers rightly responded that…
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Ex-Vöid Release New Song ‘Pinhead’
[ad_1] Ex-Vöid have released a new track, ‘Pinkhead’. It’s taken from their upcoming album In Love Again, which was led by the single ‘Swansea’. Check it out below. In Love Again, the follow-up to 2022’s Bigger Than Before, is set to arrive on January 17 via Tapete Records. In Love Again by Ex-Vöid The post Ex-Vöid…
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What Happened, You Ask?
There’s a stark and dismal contrast between the generations. The music I listen to, the food I eat, and even what I decide to talk about all evokes a reflection on cultural identity, values, and the influence that is mine to share. But there’s been a historical shift on young people today. Let me cook……
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Explore and Download 14,000+ Woodcuts from Antwerp’s Plantin…
[ad_1] We appreciate illuminated manuscripts and historical books here on Open Culture, adhere though we do to a much more restrained aesthetic style in our own texts. But that’s not to deny the temptation to start this paragraph with one of those oversized initial letters that grew ever larger and more elaborate over centuries past. The…
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Fill out the B.C. Arts, Culture, & Heritage Sector Insights …
[ad_1] Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance GVPTA encourages arts, culture, and heritage workers, artists, and organizations from all disciplines across British Columbia to complete the B.C. Arts, Culture, & Heritage Sector Insights Survey to help them better understand, advocate, and inform government, funders, and stakeholders on the current state of the sector. This survey is…
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The pioneering tennis champion who told the world he had Aid…
[ad_1] Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) In 1988, World Aids Day began with the aim of raising awareness and understanding of a disease that had struck fear in communities around the globe. That same year, US tennis legend Arthur Ashe learned of his own diagnosis. In History looks at the dilemma that faced Ashe, when,…
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Tough Times Never Last, But Relentless People Do:
My Life Through the Lens of Dr. Robert Schuller’s Wisdom It was a ritual—almost a sacred habit. Every week, I’d tune into Dr. Robert Schuller’s Hour of Power, watching him broadcast his uplifting messages from the Crystal Cathedral. For me, a young man navigating a world often designed to test my spirit, those broadcasts weren’t just…