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  • An anthropologist questions the connection between language and relationship-building while raising her multiply disabled daughter, who doesn’t communicate with words, signs or symbols.
  • Indigenous writer and filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat was estranged from his dad for decades. But unearthing information about his dad’s past helped the two of them reconnect — and heal their relationship.
  • A scholar shares why kids’ picky eating is a modern development — and how this knowledge can help parents change their approach at the dinner table.
  • Seventy-one percent of Americans cite money as a major source of stress. A financial educator shares her belief that before you can fix your finances, you have to deal with your trauma. Plus, a financial therapist talks about her work with couples.
  • A science journalist shares the fascinating science of sweat and traces how it became so reviled. And a woman living with an excessive sweating condition shares how it’s affected her life.
  • The Brazilian butt lift is one of the fastest growing cosmetic procedures. What is driving the desire for a “perfect peach”?
  • Tens of millions of Americans live in larger bodies, and navigating everyday spaces can be uncomfortable and stressful. An activist and a designer share the solutions they’re working on to make these spaces more inclusive.
  • A journalist explains how he got ensnared in the world of online sports betting through a reporting assignment…and what he learned about the power of the industry from that experience.
  • Starting in the first years of life, kids get curious about bodies. How can caregivers best guide that exploration? A sexuality educator and a writer share their expertise and experience.
  • Conflict resolution facilitator Priya Parker explains why healthy communities require both love and fighting to flourish.
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