Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

It can be interesting to look at nature and try to figure out why animals do what they do – and how it can (or cannot) be related to human behavior in some way. The latter is especially true when it comes to the great apes and other monkeys, since they are more closely related...

Every one has had to find new and interesting hobbies during this whole stay-at-home situation, and for many folks, plants have been a fun answer. They don’t carry viruses, they cheer up an indoor space, they clean the air, and in general, they seem to make people happier. That said, like with most hobbies, collecting...

Weddings are supposed to be some of the happiest days of people’s lives, but in the modern world they can often be a source of conflict, stress, and anxiety instead – often because people won’t mind their own business. At the end of the day, weddings belong to the bride and the groom, so if...

In life, we all walk a fine line sometimes between keeping our mouths shut to leave feathers unruffled and advocating for ourselves when we deserve to – and it can be hard to figure out which you should do when, especially when you’re young. This kid is 19 and has been working for the same...

When we take jobs in customer service – jobs that involve working with human beings we don’t know and generally being polite and helpful during the course of a day – we know that we’re signing up for a certain amount of frustration. Humans, after all, come in all shapes, sizes, and attitudes – and...

Employee-employer relationships can be as complicated as any other human interactions, and the way this employee describes her bosses oddities is more than enough to spark your curiosity…and then you hear the rest of the story. Wow. This woman has worked as an executive assistant for a man just a few years her elder for...

Listen, we’ve all heard stories about bridezillas – seemingly normal female people who get engaged and immediately morph into a monster whose only care in the world is about creating the illusion of a perfect relationship with a perfect wedding. There’s even a television show about it, so it must be a real thing. That...

If this past year has taught us anything, it’s that being home all the time has its downsides, but being able to work from home – at least some of the time – is not only less stressful, it’s making employees more productive, too. If you’ve discovered that working from home is definitely for you but...

One of the best things about the world we live in these days is that you can literally find the answers to any and all of your questions with a few clicks of a button. If you want to know all of the reasons, for instance, that the minimum wage being raised would benefit millions...

It can be weird to realize that we’re living in someone else’s future, can’t it? For someone who lived a hundred or even forty or fifty years ago, it would have been impossibly to imagine what our reality would look like – but that didn’t stop people from trying. These 17 images are what people...

Even for people who are fairly straight laced and generally nice, letting someone else look through your phone – or really use it for any reason – can be something that puts you slightly on edge. If you’re someone who isn’t generally those things, I imagine it’s fraught with major anxiety and is just something...

When things have been a certain way for a long time (or always), it can be a real eye-opener to stop and think about them in a different way. We pay medical insurance (or at least part of medical insurance, if we have an employer), but if we want that insurance to cover our teeth...

For most of us, there’s a gap between wanting to exercise and be healthier and actually getting off our lazy bums and making it happen. We want to live long lives, but exercise just isn’t, you know. Fun. This guy suggests that it’s not the exercise that’s actually the issue, it’s just that being active...

You know what kind of movie you’re in the mood for on any given day – something funny, something you don’t have to think about, something you do have to think about, or something that’s going to inspire some tears that you badly need to purge. If the latter is what you’re looking for today, these...

I think the reason that movies have so many moods, and cross so many emotions, is because that on any given day, any given human is going to be in the mood for something different. And while some people avoid gut-wrenching stories for very valid and personal reasons, there are plenty of others who are...