Elena Sheppard

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Elena Sheppard

Women smoke weed. That shouldn’t be a surprise, but for many it is — likely because the stereotype of the weed smoker is a stoner bro, not a mom or a young professional or a grandmother. But, according to research out of the University of Michigan, American women are consuming weed in record numbers.

6 days ago | flipboard.com | Elena Sheppard

Four-foot reptile seized during police search at property as two arrestedA four-foot-long reptile was seized by police on Thursday as two people were arrested on suspicion of drugs and weapons offences. The caimen, a type …

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Elena Sheppard

Emma Camp grew up going to church with her family, but she stopped attending as a teenager. “I felt that unless I had a strong sense of literal faith there wasn’t a point,” she tells Yahoo Life. But a few years ago, as an adult, she went back. “I had just moved to a new city,” she says, “and was looking for community.”Across the country, Christianity is far less prominent than it has been in the past.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Elena Sheppard

Maya Rufino works as a therapist in California, but before she could begin helping others, she had to first help herself. Rufino went “no contact” with three of her family members — her parents and a sibling — over 10 years ago. “My decision to go no contact was complicated, as I think it often is,” she tells Yahoo Life. “It wasn’t any one thing; it was many issues over the course of years.”The term “no contact” usually refers to adult children severing ties with parents or other family members.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Elena Sheppard

Gabby Bourne and her husband live in a 900-square-foot, two-bedroom house with their 5-year-old and a new baby. For the past few months, Bourne’s Instagram followers have watched her turn a messy closet into a beautiful baby nook, a cozy and unexpected space now occupied by her newborn. “We had a large hallway closet next to our bedroom that we used as a coat closet and it became a catchall for random other things and was always a mess,” Bourne tells Yahoo Life.