KC Davis: How to do laundry when you're depressed
Ever had a hard time doing daily household tasks -- cooking, cleaning, laundry -- and felt like a terrible person for struggling in the first place? Therapist KC Davis is here to flip that negative internalized script with a simple yet perspective-shifting fact that may change your approach to life. Learn a gentler, more practical approach to me...
Kenneth C. Davis: What you might not know about the Declaration of Independence
In June 1776, a little over a year after the start of the American Revolutionary War, the US Continental Congress huddled together in a hot room in Philadelphia to talk independence. Historian Kenneth C. Davis dives into some of the lesser known facts about the process of writing the Declaration of Independence and questions one very controversi...
Kenneth C. Davis: Why do Americans and Canadians celebrate Labor Day?
In the United States and Canada, the first Monday of September is a federal holiday, Labor Day. Originally celebrated in New York City’s Union Square in 1882, Labor Day was organized by unions as a rare day of rest for the overworked during the Industrial Revolution. Kenneth C. Davis illustrates the history of Labor Day from Union Square to toda...
KC Davis: How to do laundry when you're depressed
When you're burned out, taking care of yourself (or your family) can feel nearly impossible. Therapist KC Davis gets it, and she's got a message for anyone struggling with daily tasks: you're not lazy. Care tasks, she says, are neither good nor bad — they're morally neutral. Davis offers creative shortcuts and workarounds for everything from usi...
Davis Cook: What Africa must do to win in the 4th Industrial Revolution
If you feel déjà vu about the world’s current geo-political and socio-economic situations, your senses aren’t too far from the truth. Take the 1910s for example: the world was in the middle of a massive industrial revolution, with factories mechanising at a blinding pace, and the fabric of society undergoing deeply fundamental changes. These cha...