Cassie Hurwitz

1 week ago | oprahdaily.com | Cassie Hurwitz

Why is there something so deliciously relaxing about sitting in the same room as a friend or partner and reading different books without saying a word to each other? You can swap in almost any activity (scrolling, gaming, working, crafting) and the sentiment stands. It just feels comforting to be entrenched in your own world while kinda-sorta being social, too. If you want to share a thought or bounce an idea off someone, you know they’re there, but there’s zero pressure to engage.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Cassie Hurwitz

The Surprising Relationship Hack We Can Learn from ChildrenParallel play can make you feel even closer to a partner or friend. Why is there something so deliciously relaxing about sitting in the same room as a …

1 week ago | oprahdaily.com | Cassie Hurwitz

If the bogus calls and texts flooding your phone haven’t alerted you, scams are on the rise, which is why we published an article in April all about how to spot—and stop—scammers. But that wasn’t the end of the story. As soon as the piece went live, Oprah Insiders took to our community platform to recount their experiences with phishing, deepfakes, tech-support scams, and spoofing (yes, those are all real terms—more on them here). Why share their stories here?

1 week ago | oprahdaily.com | Cassie Hurwitz

/ˈlɪt̬.əl ˈsæt̬.ɚ.deɪ/In the hierarchy of the week, Wednesdays are pretty average. They don’t give Sunday scaries, but they’re not exactly fun, either—more of a means to an end. Leave it to Nordic tradition (you know, the geniuses behind hygge) to find a way to make the day pop. These cultures think of Wednesdays as Lillördag, or “Little Saturday.”Little or Small Saturday invites you to plan something fun on Wednesdays to break up your workweek.

2 weeks ago | oprahdaily.com | Cassie Hurwitz

Longevity is on everyone’s minds. How do we live to 100 while feeling forever 31? All the conversations seem to verge into biohacking territory, but there are tricks to living longer and better that no full-body MRI or colostrum supplement can beat. To put the “well” back into the aging well conversation, Oprah Daily editorial director Pilar Guzmán moderated a panel on Monday for the Hearst Magazines Women’s Health Lab.