From ringlets to bouncy curls, we love how you can create a variety of curls with these rods. In general, the bigger the perm rod, the bigger curl you’ll achieve. Another huge advantage is that this curling method doesn’t utilize any heat, which could mean less damage and dryness—always a plus when dealing with natural and curly textures, which tend to already be on the drier side. ** Read on to discover how to use perm rods on natural hair to get some incredible bounce, definition, and volume: With just serum and perm rods, you’ll be on your way to achieving gorgeously curly strands—and best of all, without any heat!...

His comments echoed those of Facebook founding president Sean Parker. Social media provides a “social validation feedback loop (‘a little dopamine hit…because someone liked or commented on a photo or a post’),” he said. “That’s exactly the thing a hacker like myself would come up with because you’re exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology.” Are their fears overblown? What is social media doing to us as individuals and as a society?...

Few people know better about how expectant moms, their partners, and their families feel about birth than Nancy Bardacke. A longtime nurse-midwife and mindfulness meditation teacher, Bardacke decided to merge childbirth education with mindfulness practice after attending a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training retreat for health professionals led by Jon Kabat-Zinn several decades ago. In 1998, she gave birth to the Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) program, and in 2012 her book Mindful Birthing: Training the Mind, Body and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond was published....

Tickets are now available at the Zellerbach Hall Ticket Office. Prices range from $15 to $250 (the latter includes admission, the wine and cheese reception with Kabat-Zinn prior to the event, parking, and a signed book). The event takes place at 7:30 p.m. For more information about this event, click here.

The kid date night envelope is one of our GREATEST ideas to help get you and your spouse OUT THE DOOR for that much needed date when you have little ones at home. Sometimes kids have anxiety being left with a sitter or just with their parents leaving. With the kid date night envelope, you quickly change that scenario to one where your kids are BEGGING you to get outta there!...