Becky Harlan
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The 5-minute daily playtime ritual that can get your kids to listen better
Called "special time," the strategy is widely recommended by children's health professionals to help reduce behavioral issues in young children. Here's a guide on how to do it with your kids at home. → Read More
How to take better (and more distinctive) photos on vacation
When your smartphone can hold thousands of photos, it's tempting to snap away. But that approach may not actually help you capture the best moments. These tips on creating stunning images will help you more meaningfully document your trips. → Read More
6 tips to help you overcome your fear of flying
Whether you're a nervous flyer, you'll do almost anything to avoid flying or you have an actual flying phobia, these tips from associate professor of psychiatry Luana Marques, Ph.D. can help you overcome a fear of flying. → Read More
Forgot to order flowers? How to arrange supermarket finds like a florist
Whether you forgot to order flowers for that special occasion, or you just want to flex a new creative muscle, here's how to DIY a professional-looking bouquet with grocery store flowers. → Read More
Dear Life Kit: Smitten Kitchen's Deb Perelman answers your kitchen conundrums
Deb Perelman, the founder of Smitten Kitchen, answers your anonymous questions on clutter and hosting. → Read More
Caught in pandemic limbo? Here's how to rebound from life's interruptions
Writer Suleika Jaouad has made a career out of covering folks living in the 'in between' spaces — starting with herself. Diagnosed with leukemia at 22, she embraced writing as a way to regain narrative control of her life. She shares lessons on making peace with uncertainty and transforming isolation into creative solitude. → Read More
Learn to live more sustainably with this podcast playlist
Many of us are anxious about climate change, and that's understandable. While no one person can solve this global issue, there are some things that we, as individuals, can play a role in. → Read More
Your questions on office small talk, new commutes and changing careers
Want to opt out of small talk at work? Wondering how to handle a low GPA on job applications? Life Kit posed your anonymous questions about work and job searching to experts from our show. → Read More
5 Ways To Cut Carbon Emissions At Home
Feeling green? If you'd like to do something to slow down climate change, even if it's just a small thing, you can get started in your own apartment or house. With the help of our friends over at Life Kit, NPR correspondent Dan Charles shares five ways to cut carbon emissions in your own home. This episode was adapted from an earlier Life Kit. To hear the full version, check out npr.org/lifekit. → Read More
Avocado Going Bad? Put It In Chocolate Mousse
If you've got an avocado that's about to go bad, you can use it to make this simple, healthy chocolate mousse recipe. → Read More
VIDEO: Is Recycling Worth It Anymore? People On The Front Lines Say Maybe Not
As America continues to lead the world in per capita waste production, it's becoming more and more clear that everybody — from manufacturers to consumers — "over-believes" in recycling. → Read More
An Easy Cold Brew Recipe You Can Make At Home
Missing your regular cup of cold brew? We get it — it's hot outside, and maybe you're avoiding unnecessary outings. Life Kit walks you through a super simple cold brew recipe you can make at home. → Read More
#Quaranzine Round-Up: A Look At Pandemic Life Through The Pages Of Your Mini-Zines
A few months ago, Life Kit shared instructions on how to make a #quaranzine — a mini-zine documenting life during the pandemic. You followed those instructions — these are some of our favorites! → Read More
The Modern Mocktail: Three Distinctive Nonalcoholic Drink Recipes
How to make three nonalcoholic cocktails that will have your guests asking for another round. Also, learn some basic tenets of what makes a delicious mixed drink (with or without alcohol). → Read More
VIDEO: At 'Volcano Summer Camp,' Safety Is A Blast
Studying active volcanoes can be dangerous, which is why a group of scientists from around the world came together to simulate volcanic blasts. What they're learning will help them at a real eruption. → Read More
Transforming The Pain Of Black Lives Lost Into Portraits Of Magic Embodied
Frustrated by media depictions of the suffering of black people, photographer Mikael Owunna uses fluorescent paint and UV light to portray his subjects adorned in stars, as "infinite as the universe." → Read More
Channeling The Pain Of Depression Into Photography, And Finding You Are Not Alone
Tara Wray's book Too Tired for Sunshine is a collection of images she made while struggling with depression. The work struck a chord with others, who are now sharing their images in an online project. → Read More
As A D.C. Public Housing Complex Faces Redevelopment, One Teenager Reflects
Eighteen-year-old Dasani Watkins and her family moved out of Barry Farm in May 2018. She talks about her time there, as the community prepares for redevelopment. → Read More
WATCH: Self-Driving Cars Need To Learn How Humans Drive
Self-driving cars may be the future of transportation. But if they are going to share the road with humans, they have to learn how people behave behind the wheel. → Read More
Talking About Periods in Public
Five people tackle the taboo of periods, simply by talking about them out in the open. → Read More