From wearing a lucky pair of socks, to following family traditions, rituals are embedded in our everyday lives. Dimitris Xygalatas is an anthropologist and scientist at The University of Connecticut, ...

In addition to community events, businesses and museums will have special events and discounts available to those who show a ...

Are there things that you do in certain settings, at particular times, that evoke a feeling and remind you of what is important? When I step up to bat in softball, I tap the bat twice just past the ...

Memorial Day honors military members who lost their lives in service and culturally represents the unofficial start of summer ...

Most of us take part in rituals in our close relationships without much reflection. Routines and traditions include holidays, weddings, weekly dinners, graduations, reunions, movie nights, and other ...

If you’re like most people, you perform these two tasks in a set order. If something switches things up, it could impact the rest of the day. That’s because pieces of your morning routine are a ritual ...

I don’t know if I could have survived seven years of my childhood without the soul-saving rituals of my Persian culture. I grew up amid the Iran-Iraq War, which killed a million people. Besides the ...

Thousands of students across the Borderland are celebrating a major milestone this weekend as universities and medical ...

We’ve all become a little too obsessed with habits—just look at the number of copies sold of James Clear’s Atomic Habits. Many of us try to turn as many daily actions as possible into habits so we can ...