Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

The college football coaching carousel has already taken us for a wild ride, which could lead us to an even more chaotic transfer portal cycle.Unlike the last few years, though, the transfer portal didn’t officially open for all players until Jan. 2, as the NCAA approved to only have one transfer portal window this offseason. This portal will run through Jan. 16. Throughout the last several weeks, some players have been either declaring their intention or letting word of their intentions to enter the portal leak out. Let’s take a look at some of the top players who are set to enter…

Some stories build tension only to yank it away with an answer that feels like a reset button. Trap is one of those movies that feels like it invented a plot complication just to solve it with an awkward trick at the last second. That device is called deus ex machina when a problem is solved by something out of nowhere, and nothing in the story prepared you for it. In a genre that thrives on rules, logic, and looming dread, the last thing you want is a plot twist pulled from thin air. Deus ex machina can be fun…

When a young child pulls their hair, picks their skin, or bites their nails to the point of injury, it’s natural for the adults in their lives to want to focus on stopping the behavior. Parents want to prevent their child from experiencing harm, and clinicians want to help the child gain control and relieve their parents of worry. But with body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), especially in young children, control is rarely the place to start. BFRBs are not just habits to be eliminated; they are part of how a child is learning to respond to internal experiences. That means…

The success of New Year’s resolutions, like promises to cut back on drinking or binge-eating quarts of Talenti, is famously fleeting. Of course, changing behavior can sometimes change brain chemistry and your social world, thus easing your life. More typically, though, at least in my experience, even if you’ve resolved your way to going to the gym twice a week, or stopped procrastinating, a new problem will soon emerge, or a variation on the old one. Like one of my friends who managed to stop giving the kind of advice that infuriated her grown daughter, but then obsessed about how…

Let us be honest for a second, the Final Destination series has had its ups and downs. Some entries felt as fresh as day-old popcorn, and others wandered around like they forgot why they were here. Then Final Destination: Bloodlines showed up with a wink and a chainsaw, and suddenly, fans are cheering again. This […]

January can feel like a void of bad habits and warmer blankets. Thankfully, HBO Max is dropping a lineup of weird, wonderful, and genuinely fun horror adjacent picks just in time to soothe those post-holiday blues. From gothic classics to supernatural romance chaos, here are five movies you might not have circled, but totally should. These titles aren’t necessarily all “scary,” but they each tap into that blessed feeling of being a little off-kilter, just the way we like it. Bodies Bodies Bodies — Streaming January 1 Bodies Bodies Bodies is a riotous twist on the slasher party movie where…

With conference play upon us, it’s fair to start wondering which of the undefeated men’s college basketball teams might actually be able to stay that way. Here are the six teams that have yet to log an L in 2025-2026, as well as some notable opponents that they have already taken care of and those still on the way, through Jan. 1.Undefeated TeamsNo. 1 Arizona, Big 12, 14-0The No. 1 team in the poll, Arizona remains undefeated despite facing off against ranked opponents Florida, UConn and Alabama, and in four Quad 1 games total. The Wildcats’ next ranked opponent is BYU,…

One of the most misunderstood aspects of eating disorders is motivation. People often assume that if someone truly wanted help, they would seek it. But in eating disorders, lack of motivation is rarely about indifference. More often, it reflects fear, avoidance, or a neurological blind spot that is part of the illness itself. Why People Often Do Not Seek Help Many adults with eating disorders delay seeking care, not because they do not need it, but because the eating disorder feels protective. It may regulate emotion, reduce anxiety, or provide a sense of control or identity. Letting go of symptoms…

January can feel like a void of bad habits and warmer blankets. Thankfully, HBO Max is dropping a lineup of weird, wonderful, and genuinely fun horror adjacent picks just in time to soothe those post-holiday blues. From gothic classics to supernatural romance chaos, here are five movies you might not have circled, but totally should. These titles aren’t necessarily all “scary,” but they each tap into that blessed feeling of being a little off-kilter, just the way we like it. Bodies Bodies Bodies — Streaming January 1 Bodies Bodies Bodies is a riotous twist on the slasher party movie where…

One of the keys to well-being for older adults lies in chronoception, the perceived duration of time. Anyone over a certain age can well attest to how time sense has changed. In childhood, the two months of summer felt like an eternity; with advanced age, those same two months seem to fly by in a blink. For aging adults, it seems as though time’s velocity increases with each advancing year. Grasp it as much as we may want, we cannot stop the clock. There are, however, ways to reconnect with that long-ago sense of growth and change. Is it possible…