Hi everyone! I am starting my journey as a distance reiki healer. My goal is to offer affordable distance healing sessions while I continue to educate myself on my passion, Reiki!

Feel free to check out the link and book with me!

How do you all deal with the like, inability to start things and get motivated in the absence of an imminent deadline? Sometimes I feel like I can’t “activate” my brain without wild amounts of stress :/

I really struggled with depression during my PhD program. Did anyone else experience this and how did you minimize the damage?

I’m aware HR isn’t your friend . But is it wise to bring a discriminatory situation to them just to keep a paper trail ? I had a meeting with HR and they were not any help of course and very rude and negative . I made sure to write down everything discussed. Honestly I’m thinking about going on STD leave because my anxiety and stress has been through the roof . Thinking about to the psych ward to escape for a few days lol .

Anyone have recs for personal trainers in San Francisco?

I've been passed up for promotion. I know that if my mental health had been better this past year, I probably would have been promoted. Spent too many days just trying to survive rather than excel. 😡

how have covid outbreak cases been in the city? moving back soon and want to gauge what it’s been like for vaccinated folks

Does anyone have any experience with taking Dupixent? I was recommended the injection for new onset eczema and wanted some feedback.

Marital counselling, mental health and therapy (through certified professionals) has been a taboo everywhere, but this is especially true amongst desis - be it in India or desis abroad. However, I’m curious to know how effective or useful it has been for people who have ACTUALLY gone through counselling when going through marital issues, for example. There are many comments recommending it, but are people speaking from personal experience or because it’s been popularised in web series/movies/TV?

What's the appropriate number of panic attacks you should have per week?

Hi everyone, I'm not sure if this the right avenue to post this question. Does anyone have experience with Provera? My Gynie prescribed the tablet with 3 refills. Is there a more natural method to indice the period.
History: I was on Mirena IUD 2 x for 10 yrs. Depot for 1.5 yrs before this and then Alesse 21 + 28 and the patch. I am 35 yr old. I had a miscarriage at 20. I don't believe my Gynie advocates for me as his (yes HE). I always feel like he is in a rush. 1|2

Just starting third trimester and my nausea has come back (vomiting multiple times in recent days) - has that happened to anyone else around this time? Normal for 3rd tri?

I had a missed miscarriage in January and opted for the D&C after the medication didn’t work. I found out I was pregnant again earlier this month but yesterday began the nightmare again, loss of symptoms, dull aching pain… I’m seeing my fertility specialist for what would have been an early ultrasound later this week. I’m afraid my body won’t naturally expel again and I’ll be left waiting in pain again to confirm the loss. Anyone navigate more than one missed miscarriage?

I’ve realized that when I go to my step family’s vacation home I am miserable the whole time. There is always so much gossip, drama, elitism unhealthy food and drink (I have an eating disorder FY) and I just really don’t like who I am when I’m there and how it makes me feels. I only go out of a sense obligation because my mom wants me to go. I really think I need to draw a boundary and stop going for my own well-being. Any advice on how to do this? Thank you

I have the day off today - usually I’d go to a workout class and/or a museum, but unfortunately most fitness studios are not open for indoor classes and I don’t feel like a museum today. Any suggestions on what to do? Open to ANYTHING, in any borough, although I am based in Manhattan!

What would you do? I took sick time for half a day about a month or so ago. Couldn’t clock out appropriately because my keyboard had broken right as I was shutting everything down. Texted my boss to let him know and made arrangements the next day with a new keyboard to make sure that time was accounted for appropriately. However, I find out later that my coworker had somehow gotten ahold of my time clock info and had been using it for years to check on my clock in/out times and saw that I (1)

Is it normal to have the “Sunday scaries”? What do you do to avoid them?

I feel so guilty for not always modeling good health. Anybody else feel that way?

Does anyone have therapist recommendations in Chicago? Thank you!

The Coronavirus test is painful. How is no one talking about this?

Anyone knows groups that need help cleaning up today?

Would love to hear your experiences watching new consulting staff rise to be your peers - if you’re a seasoned partner.

What stuck out? What reservations have you had in going to bat for them?

Best places to work at doing great SEO?

How do you guys deal with staying away from your parents/grandparents especially when they are at an age where they need you?

I joined Persistent in April 2021, I got a mail for Persistent top talent this Friday
Anyone knows what that is? Also how is it awarded ?
Designation is Engineering Lead, experience 5.5 yrs

Just stopped by to say happy Friday. So cool that this group, started on a whim last week now has nearly 100 members.

What's everyone drinking this weekend?

Need some recommendations on Red Wines from Wine & Spirits under $30. I tend to favor bitter over sweet flavors more. Please give me some to try these next few weekends!

I notice that I am starting get a bit of a mustache on my upper lip. I have very sensitive skin also I am African American dark brown skin complexion What is the best way to remove this. Wax, shave or electrolysis? Any suggestions? TIA.

Can M7 schools change? Ex, can Columbia or Kellogg be replaced by, say, Yale or Darden?

The US is doomed. Milton Friedman predicted, a democratic country will become more inefficient as the country will become more socialist - as people will vote to tax the minority successful sectors and future voters. Some smaller democratic countries have successfully go through periods of economics diet (Iceland, Germany, Scandinavian countries) to resurrect their economies. But most once mighty military powers or similar intransigent countries faced implosion and/or permanent decline

I don’t know who needs to hear this but take your vacation days

Hi Bowls,

I am Azure DevOps/SRE Engineer.

I applied most of the companies over LinkedIn for Canada. But didn't get a fruitful response.

Experience:- +8 Years

How to get sponsorship.

Any suggestions!

Assistant Manager at Deloitte London in Indirect Tax M&A, they say highest band is £50k for highest AM, is that right?

With the whole flu season on and coronavirus scare ..how are you guys managing to travel safely nd not falling sick?

Healthy meals thread? I’d love to get ideas from others on what is a typical, average weeknight healthy & quick-ish meal for you?

Is it normal to have the “Sunday scaries”? What do you do to avoid them?

How to deal with team peer pressure to eat junk and order alcohol at dinners? It’s a little extreme, and monitoring food while traveling is hard enough. It's not like I don’t want the pizza guys 😭

Garmin Vivoactive 4 or Apple Watch 5? Looking for a fitness tracker with good analytics that’ll inspire me to go to the gym.

Does peloton only work on your lower body? I like running and going for walks etc and am conflicted between getting a peloton vs joining a gym. Cause I live in NYC I walk quite a bit and my lower body is pretty toned but would love to have more definition/strength in my arms, stomach. Thinking of getting a peloton will be pointless for my arms/upper body since that’s what I’d like to focus on. Advice?

Favorite workout programs?

If you could go back to when you started your first job out of undergrad or graduate school and give yourself career advice what would it be? Thank you!

Any good recommendations for Emscuplt in Chicago. Also any preferences between any of the non invasive weight loss treatments: cool sculpt, cool tone, Emscuplt , laser lipo etc.

Anyone else build out their home gym? Thanks to EY’s generous fitness fund (which luckily was doubled if your team was picked during the fitness challenge), I was able to build out my ideal home gym at a heavily subsidized price. I love being able to walk 15 steps into my gym and not have to wait to use the power rack or curl bar!

I just noticed I can see my spine when I bend over. I’m well within normal weight (115-120ish; F; 30; 5’3”) Is this normal?

Anyone ever do hot yoga (Bikram) to lose weight?

Finally reached target weight. What is best way to estimate maintenance calories and thus achieve minimal weight fluctuations? Skeptical of RMR calculations and the resulting implied Total Energy Expenditure, as it seems to overestimate daily allotted calories

Haven’t seen a barbell in a month now. Definitely losing weight but putting on fat. Any suggestions on how to maintain pre-virus weight but without increasing body fat %?

Just hired a nutrition coach! I’m so ready for this!

How do you deal with imposter syndrome?

It’s 2:21 AM I tossed and turned for 3 hours here I am stressed and exhausted but unable to sleep

Anyone know of types of bread that don’t have added sugar in them? Can’t find any loaves that don’t