The Science Behind Mental Health

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What influences our mental health and determines how we feel one day versus another? Why is it that we sleep great one day, and then have a restless...

Teaching During the Pandemic

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Any career can be difficult. Navigating changing circumstances, finding a work-life balance, dealing with a difficult boss or coworkers – these are all near universal grievances people have...

One on One: Hannah Roeshlein

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Hannah Roeschlein is an accomplished comic from the midwest who participated in Conquer Life’s first Q&A discussion with Dr. Cliff Saper. Mental health, addiction, and sobriety are all...

Community and Connection Through Mindful Mama’s Circle

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Being a new mother is an obviously stressful, albeit legitimately rewarding, journey. When her newborn was 3 months old, Cat Aldana Sagler craved the sense of community new...

Shir Limazati Conquers Life

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“Dogs are a man’s best friend.” We’ve all heard the expression. But dogs (and animals in general) can be much more than a friend. They can be the...

Hip Hop & Mental Health

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Creating art can be a very therapeutic outlet. And art comes in many forms – it can be physical, in the form of a painting or a drawing...

Sherie Sloane Navigates Motherhood Through Yoga

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Forget what you thought you knew about mindfulness and yoga. Sherie Sloane (@sheri.sloane) is teaching us that yoga is for everyone, everywhere, and at any time. 

Q&A: Mitchel Meighen

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To commemorate Pride Month, Conquer Life is highlighting different members of the LGBTQ community who live their lives openly and inspirationally. I sat down with Chicago educatorMitchel Meighen...

Pride in Chicago

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Chicago is home to one of the largest pride celebrations in the country. The city is known for North Halsted (formerly Boystown)--a neighborhood filled with bars, restaurants and...

Learning about Chicago Pride with LGBT Historian Owen Keehnen

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Pride means something different to everyone. And to LGBT historian and Chicagoan Owen Keehnen, its definition is pretty simple. “All that Pride really is is just the feeling...