from The Allusionist

Cursory analysis of the 343 words you submitted shows that the most soothing words start with the letter S, with 70 submissions, and the most soothing word is ‘mellifluent’, chosen by nine of you; closely followed by ‘murmur’, ‘murmuration’, and versions of ‘susurrus’.

Her New Year's resolution was to have more joyful and fulfilling experiences in her daily life. Our guest tried a practice to help make that happen.

Visit a city in Northern Italy where everyone decided to stay quiet to save something beautiful.

Nyge Turner and Merk Nguyen take a deep breath for once and focus on mental health. Demetrius Harmon (fka MeechOnMars on Vine) opens up about depression and how his mom saved his life. Then a therapist Adriana Alejandre (of LatinX Therapy) talks about why it’s important for young people of color to find therapists who get them.

One night on a dark dance floor, Douglass Williams bumped into the woman who would change his life. Not just because they went on to get married and start a family together. She gave him a lifelong gift -- one he didn’t know he was looking for.

There are symbols all around us that we take for granted, like the lightning strike icon, which indicates that something is high voltage. Or a little campfire to indicate that something is flammable. Those icons are pretty obvious, but there are others that aren’t so straightforward.