BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Our Best of 2025 Lifestyle edition is all about the big impact of small shifts. These stories capture what it looks like to live more intentionally, from the habits we build to the way we connect with others and the world. Think of it as a guide to joyful,…
Screencap of Twitter/X video. James Talarico, the Democrat running for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas, is one strange dude. It’s amazing that Democrats thought they needed a Christian candidate in this race and they came up with him. Talarico is what a progressive campaign consultant thinks a Christian is. And in case you haven’t…
by Dr. Alberto Villoldo: The first way we will build our energetic defenses is by learning how to cut cords for ourselves… Cords connect us to people, places and even lifetimes. Psychiatry refers to them as trauma bonds and they follow us throughout our lives. Unless these cords are cut we are connected to past relationships that…
January 13, 2026 Name: NishikaAge: 12 years old / Age 11 when artwork created.Uttar Pradesh, India I created this artwork with an understanding of freedom as both physical and mental well being. Freedom does not only signify the physical ability to be yourself and live freely, but also the inner peace of mind and mental…
#image_title Define Candidates Before the Opposition Does – Don’t Let the Opposition Write Your Candidate’s Story THE GRASSROOTS GENERAL-ELECTION ACTION SERIES: Step 3… Each of the Grassroots General Election Action Series installments addresses one Essential Grassroots Responsibility: Step 1 explained how one palm card can begin a continuing relationship with a voter. Step 2 explained…
Shakira split from Gerard Piqué in 2022 after 11 years and two kids together. Two years later she said the freedom felt better than the marriage ever did. Shakira was with Piqué for more than a decade and shares two sons with the former Spanish defender, who played in three World Cups for Spain during…
We’re inching forwards through the thick smog that has cloaked Tbilisi for days. At first, I thought it was a kind of blueish, pink winter mist that makes the city feel like it’s in an ongoing sunset, until a friend who smokes told me they’d been having trouble breathing in it. It’s Black Friday. A…
I ask my husband questions every day. Deep stuff like, Where are the keys? and, Do you want tacos for dinner? But even though I know him well (on the dresser and yes), there will always be more to explore—because the person I married eleven years ago isn’t the person I’m married to today. And…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The story starts with a newspaper article and a neighborhood that wasn’t getting help. A few years ago, Mia Heller came across a report about water quality in her community in Warrington, Virginia. Tests had found the local water was heavily contaminated with PFAS and microplastics. Government funds to…
Government spending is out of control, robbing the American people blind to fund the endless excess of a ruling class drunk on power. Kleptocracy: [klep-tok-ruh-see] / klɛpˈtɒk rə si / – noun – “A government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.” The state of the American economy…
