Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

Following the very successful release of the Exquisite Corpses comic book series, Tiny Onion has fully unveiled Exquisite Corpses: The Game, a “Social Strategy Battle Royale Tabletop Card Game,” based on the world of the comics. Easy to pick up, but expansive enough that no two games are the same and strategies can differ wildly between players, I’m excited to get my hands on this game as soon as I can. Thankfully, I won’t have to wait too long, as the Kickstarter campaign for this game was successfully funded in less than a day. The successful campaign is now working…

Understanding how breathwork, specifically the Sudarshan Kriya Yoga – RP (also known as SKY Breath and related practices) regulates stress requires a look into its effects on the body’s hormonal and neuroendocrine systems. In addition to directly interacting with the sympathetic nervous system (which activates the body’s fight-or-flight response) and the opposite parasympathetic nervous system (slowing the body down, restoring calm, and supporting recovery, healing, and long-term resilience) as discussed in a previous post, breathing is also tied to other hormone-regulating systems.[1] Also key to this process is the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis, which governs the release of stress hormones such…

Ghostface is already coming back.After slicing through theaters earlier this year, Scream 7 is heading to Paramount+ on May 28, giving horror fans another excuse to lock their doors, ignore unknown callers, and pretend they are not going to immediately hit play at 2 a.m.The latest entry in the long running meta slasher franchise marks a major full circle moment for the series because Kevin Williamson, the writer who created Scream back in 1996, stepped into the director’s chair this time around. If you grew up memorizing Randy’s rules for surviving a horror movie or arguing over which Ghostface reveal…

Many couples today exist in a state of near-continuous contact—shared calendars, location sharing, constant texting, and overlapping friend groups. In many ways, this closeness is exactly what we want from a committed relationship. Emotional intimacy and responsiveness are genuine predictors of relationship health. Feeling understood and securely connected benefits both mental and physical well-being. But research is beginning to reveal a more complicated picture, one with direct implications for sexual desire. The conventional wisdom has long been that more closeness equals better relationships. And for many outcomes, that holds. On days when people feel closer to their partner, they also…

The yearning to belong arguably begins at birth for humans, but how can we all make progress on that need? An enormous new study with college students suggests a partial answer. Seeking ideas there makes sense. College can be a hard time for young people, and it may be a useful model of challenging times generally. Think about what students face: Leaving home, or at least leaving old roles. Entering new rooms. Risking rejection. Trying on identities. Asking for help. Making friends. Handling the stress of possible failure. Dealing with financial pressures, perhaps for the first time. Sitting with loneliness.…

The NFL offseason is in full swing.The bulk of free agency has come and gone, with many of the top players available finding homes, and the NFL Draft is in the rear-view as well. There are still some notable free agents out there who have yet to be signed, however, and others might be on the move.Here’s the latest look at some of the most notable rumors around the NFL.[2026 NFL Free Agency: Top 100 Players Available and Potential Fits]May 21Chargers GM Joe Hortiz won’t rule out Keenan Allen returnThe Los Angeles Chargers have one of the youngest receiving corps…

Cannibal Apocalypse merges about eight or nine different subgenres together … yet somehow, it all works!Cannibal Apocalypse is definitely one of the most inventive zombie flicks of the ‘80s!Cannibal Apocalypse walked so The Walking Dead … well, could walk, I guess.Decades before the AMC series became a cable television juggernaut, this still relatively obscure 1980 exploitation flick gave us the first zombies to overrun Atlanta. And yes, the film actually was shot on location in Atlanta, even if it is a classical Italian zombie flick by every other metric.This film was made by sort of an exploitation movie dream team.…

This week, I’m wrapping up this year’s session of my course “Assessing and Treating Sex Issues in Psychotherapy.” It’s been a pleasure to see how far all of the students have come in the past 15 weeks, and to follow along as their cases progress and their skills and confidence grow. As a result, I’ve been thinking a lot about what actually allows people to take something they learn from theory to practice. How do we implement what we learn? How do we experiment with it? And how do we assess our experiments and decide what to do next? One…

ALISON BEARD: Welcome to HBR On Leadership. I’m HBR Executive Editor Alison Beard. On this show, we share case studies and conversations with the world’s top business and management experts, hand-selected to help you unlock the best in those around you. We carefully curate this feed from across the HBR portfolio, aiming to help you unlock your next level of leadership. I hope you enjoy the episode. AMY BERNSTEIN: You’re listening to Women at Work, from Harvard Business Review. I’m Amy Bernstein. “Middle Managers Should Drive Your Business Transformation.” That’s the title of an HBR article published in April. The authors,…

This is college football. At some point, the games pause, but the news and drama never does.Here’s an offseason tracker for buzz across the college football landscape, including coaching changes, injury news, personnel moves and more.Lane Kiffin adds Ed Orgeron to LSU’s staffNew LSU football coach Lane Kiffin has reportedly added former Tigers head coach Ed Orgeron to his coaching staff, Pete Thamel reported. Orgeron had a 51-20 record over six seasons as LSU’s head coach from 2016-2021, leading the Tigers to a College Football Playoff national championship in 2019 to conclude a perfect, 15-0, season. Following that season, though, the…