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Some news worth raising a cup to! The American Heart Association Association says up to five cups of coffee a day is safe for most adults — and may even support heart health. More than 99% of people who suffer a heart attack or stroke have at least one known risk factor beforehand — but many don’t know their numbers. Prevention starts with awareness — blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, and emerging markers like ApoB — and continues with daily habits like food, movement, sleep, stress management and connection. The science is clear: our daily behaviors are powerful medical interventions. And the incremental is monumental. Start with small, tiny steps that cumulatively become healthier habits. Just remember: know your body, skip the sugary extras and protect your sleep! Cheers.

Some news worth raising a cup to! The American Heart Association Association says up to five cups of coffee a day is safe for most adults — and may even support heart health. More than 99% of people who suffer a heart attack or stroke have at least one known risk factor beforehand — but many don’t know their numbers. Prevention starts with awareness — blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, and emerging markers like ApoB — and continues with daily habits like food, movement, sleep, stress management and connection. The science is clear: our daily behaviors are powerful medical interventions. And the incremental is monumental. Start with small, tiny steps that cumulatively become healthier habits. Just remember: know your body, skip the sugary extras and protect your sleep! Cheers.

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Do you ever wonder what happens inside the mind of an elite athlete? I absolutely love this perspective from gold medal freeskier Eileen Gu on the power of our mindset and belief system: "You can control how you think. And therefore, you can control who you are." Athletes don’t just magically create routines and habits. They’re supported by coaches who use the principles of behavioral science to set them up for success. That means using techniques to reduce decision fatigue and lower stress. Through neuroplasticity, the small choices we repeat every day can strengthen our neural circuits and rewire our brains to make certain behaviors more automatic, which is exactly what Gu has trained her mind to do. As Gu said, “With neuroplasticity on my side, I can become exactly who I want to be.” What was your favorite moment of the Winter 2026 Olympics? Let me know in the comments!

Do you ever wonder what happens inside the mind of an elite athlete? I absolutely love this perspective from gold medal freeskier Eileen Gu on the power of our mindset and belief system: "You can control how you think. And therefore, you can control who you are." Athletes don’t just magically create routines and habits. They’re supported by coaches who use the principles of behavioral science to set them up for success. That means using techniques to reduce decision fatigue and lower stress. Through neuroplasticity, the small choices we repeat every day can strengthen our neural circuits and rewire our brains to make certain behaviors more automatic, which is exactly what Gu has trained her mind to do. As Gu said, “With neuroplasticity on my side, I can become exactly who I want to be.” What was your favorite moment of the Winter 2026 Olympics? Let me know in the comments!

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Love this from Taylor Swift about being mindful with our most valuable resource: our energy and our attention. Too often we give it away (to social media companies who know its value and are desperate to take it from us), instead of investing it in ourselves and things that are worthy of it. As she says, how we spend our energy is how we spend our days, and our lives. ❤️‍🔥 📹: New Heights

Love this from Taylor Swift about being mindful with our most valuable resource: our energy and our attention. Too often we give it away (to social media companies who know its value and are desperate to take it from us), instead of investing it in ourselves and things that are worthy of it. As she says, how we spend our energy is how we spend our days, and our lives. ❤️‍🔥 📹: New Heights

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Google searches for “brain health” have nearly doubled in the last five years, and people are increasingly hungry for solutions. “If this decade is about obesity drugs,” said Dave Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly and Company, recently, “I'm hopeful the 2030s are about brain drugs. And if you look at human suffering, that's the largest area.” The science is clear — we have a powerful tool to build cognitive resilience through daily behaviors: how we sleep, what we eat, how often we move, how we manage stress, and how we stay socially connected. Here is some advice I wish I knew in my 20s.

Google searches for “brain health” have nearly doubled in the last five years, and people are increasingly hungry for solutions. “If this decade is about obesity drugs,” said Dave Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly and Company, recently, “I'm hopeful the 2030s are about brain drugs. And if you look at human suffering, that's the largest area.” The science is clear — we have a powerful tool to build cognitive resilience through daily behaviors: how we sleep, what we eat, how often we move, how we manage stress, and how we stay socially connected. Here is some advice I wish I knew in my 20s.

Arianna Huffington

27,726 views • 22 days ago

The most important question about AI is not what machines can do, but what they can awaken in us. This can be AI’s greatest gift: forcing us to rediscover the mysteries that lie outside its reach of reason. If we make the most of this moment, if we pour as much attention and resources into building our humanity as we are into building AI, we can use it to reclaim the wisdom, the wonder and the transcendent at the center of our being — the last infinite frontier.

The most important question about AI is not what machines can do, but what they can awaken in us. This can be AI’s greatest gift: forcing us to rediscover the mysteries that lie outside its reach of reason. If we make the most of this moment, if we pour as much attention and resources into building our humanity as we are into building AI, we can use it to reclaim the wisdom, the wonder and the transcendent at the center of our being — the last infinite frontier.

Arianna Huffington

12,718 views • 9 days ago

“I think AI is a Trojan horse that everybody knows the Greeks are inside.” That was Christopher Nolan, taking on the role of Cassandra in responding to a question about whether AI might be — like the ploy that Odysseus used — a seemingly welcome gift that once inside our lives turns into something catastrophic. “I’ve never seen a technology advancing so rapidly, so completely rejected by the public,” Nolan said, advising “a very healthy skepticism, because technology is always going to give us great gifts…but it has to be viewed with skepticism.” Sure, skepticism about new technology (or any gifts that show up at your door without a tracking number) is healthy. But our focus shouldn’t be only on the technology. Whether AI turns into a Trojan horse or not will depend on what we do. What’s missing from our version of the narrative is the need to invest not just in machines but in people. If AI is ultimately going to be a true gift, we need to pour as much attention and as many resources into building our humanity as we are into building AI. People will need to co-evolve along with the technology, and they’ll need all the help they can get. This will decide whether we have a happier ending with the new arrival at our gates than the people of Troy had with theirs. 🎥: Hugo Décrypte

“I think AI is a Trojan horse that everybody knows the Greeks are inside.” That was Christopher Nolan, taking on the role of Cassandra in responding to a question about whether AI might be — like the ploy that Odysseus used — a seemingly welcome gift that once inside our lives turns into something catastrophic. “I’ve never seen a technology advancing so rapidly, so completely rejected by the public,” Nolan said, advising “a very healthy skepticism, because technology is always going to give us great gifts…but it has to be viewed with skepticism.” Sure, skepticism about new technology (or any gifts that show up at your door without a tracking number) is healthy. But our focus shouldn’t be only on the technology. Whether AI turns into a Trojan horse or not will depend on what we do. What’s missing from our version of the narrative is the need to invest not just in machines but in people. If AI is ultimately going to be a true gift, we need to pour as much attention and as many resources into building our humanity as we are into building AI. People will need to co-evolve along with the technology, and they’ll need all the help they can get. This will decide whether we have a happier ending with the new arrival at our gates than the people of Troy had with theirs. 🎥: Hugo Décrypte

Arianna Huffington

33,451 views • 1 month ago

Every three seconds, somewhere around the globe, someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. And yet “45% of cases of dementia may be preventable… the totality of evidence is overwhelming that we can do something.” That stunning stat is from the pioneering neurologist, Dr. Richard Isaacson. Every day there’s another study showing the profound impact that our daily behaviors have on our brain health. The secret is not in our genes but in what we eat, how much we move, how we sleep, how we manage stress and in staying socially connected. We’re not powerless. Cognitive decline is not inevitable. The coming decade will bring life-saving drugs to protect our brain health. But the science is clear that the powerful medical intervention of our daily behaviors is already available. The question is how we go from awareness to action. And that was the topic of our panel with Bristol Myers Squibb's chief corporate affairs officer Wendy Bartie and Dr. Isaacson. So much more of our brain health is in our hands than we once believed, and the sooner we act on that truth, the better. You can watch the full panel from The The Aspen Institute's Aspen Ideas: Health 2026 festival here:

Every three seconds, somewhere around the globe, someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. And yet “45% of cases of dementia may be preventable… the totality of evidence is overwhelming that we can do something.” That stunning stat is from the pioneering neurologist, Dr. Richard Isaacson. Every day there’s another study showing the profound impact that our daily behaviors have on our brain health. The secret is not in our genes but in what we eat, how much we move, how we sleep, how we manage stress and in staying socially connected. We’re not powerless. Cognitive decline is not inevitable. The coming decade will bring life-saving drugs to protect our brain health. But the science is clear that the powerful medical intervention of our daily behaviors is already available. The question is how we go from awareness to action. And that was the topic of our panel with Bristol Myers Squibb's chief corporate affairs officer Wendy Bartie and Dr. Isaacson. So much more of our brain health is in our hands than we once believed, and the sooner we act on that truth, the better. You can watch the full panel from The The Aspen Institute's Aspen Ideas: Health 2026 festival here:

Arianna Huffington

17,971 views • 24 days ago

Kleiner Perkins Partner — and Thrive Global Global board member — Mamoon Hamid recently returned from Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. In his own words: “Faith is really important to me, and it’s also deeply rooted in every encounter I have with every person. Part of the beauty of Hajj is that it’s two million people who come from all walks of life, with all the different skin tones in the world. Yet in front of God, we’re all one and we’re all the same. It roots you in the question: how do you treat each other as human beings? That has become a moral compass for me. Every interaction matters—whether it’s with a six-year-old child or a thirty-year-old billionaire founder. How do you treat each other? How do you give them respect, dignity, and attention in that moment in time? I’ve tried to live my life that way. Faith reminds me of it every day.” While the world provides plenty of insistent, flashing, high-volume signals directing us to climb higher up the ladder, there are almost no worldly signals reminding us to stay connected to the essence of who we are, to take care of ourselves along the way, to reach out to others, to pause to wonder and to connect to that place from which everything is possible. Thank you, Mamoon, for reminding us there is more to life than our jobs, our ambitions and our to-do lists. And that, in the end, life is shaped from the inside out.

Kleiner Perkins Partner — and Thrive Global Global board member — Mamoon Hamid recently returned from Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. In his own words: “Faith is really important to me, and it’s also deeply rooted in every encounter I have with every person. Part of the beauty of Hajj is that it’s two million people who come from all walks of life, with all the different skin tones in the world. Yet in front of God, we’re all one and we’re all the same. It roots you in the question: how do you treat each other as human beings? That has become a moral compass for me. Every interaction matters—whether it’s with a six-year-old child or a thirty-year-old billionaire founder. How do you treat each other? How do you give them respect, dignity, and attention in that moment in time? I’ve tried to live my life that way. Faith reminds me of it every day.” While the world provides plenty of insistent, flashing, high-volume signals directing us to climb higher up the ladder, there are almost no worldly signals reminding us to stay connected to the essence of who we are, to take care of ourselves along the way, to reach out to others, to pause to wonder and to connect to that place from which everything is possible. Thank you, Mamoon, for reminding us there is more to life than our jobs, our ambitions and our to-do lists. And that, in the end, life is shaped from the inside out.

Arianna Huffington

122,479 views • 1 year ago

A great lesson from Karolína Muchová, who lost in the Wimbledon final against her friend and Czech counterpart Linda Nosková. Despite losing in three sets, Muchová was able to celebrate her friend’s win with grace and humor and express gratitude to all those who helped her make it to the final. As she said, “I’ll be fighting. And I hope I’ll get a chance to get to the final again.”

A great lesson from Karolína Muchová, who lost in the Wimbledon final against her friend and Czech counterpart Linda Nosková. Despite losing in three sets, Muchová was able to celebrate her friend’s win with grace and humor and express gratitude to all those who helped her make it to the final. As she said, “I’ll be fighting. And I hope I’ll get a chance to get to the final again.”

Arianna Huffington

21,349 views • 1 month ago

From the special on Bill Maher's Mark Twain Prize now streaming on Netflix. Comedy is ultimately all about calling bullshit, and Bill Maher's been calling bullshit his entire life. For Mark Twain, satire was a way of keeping citizens from being shriveled into sheep. And Bill has taken on that mantle — never relinquishing his drive to speak his brilliant and funny mind.

From the special on Bill Maher's Mark Twain Prize now streaming on Netflix. Comedy is ultimately all about calling bullshit, and Bill Maher's been calling bullshit his entire life. For Mark Twain, satire was a way of keeping citizens from being shriveled into sheep. And Bill has taken on that mantle — never relinquishing his drive to speak his brilliant and funny mind.

Arianna Huffington

15,431 views • 1 month ago

“The things that make us human will become much more important instead of much less important.” That’s from Anthropic co-founder and president Daniela Amodei, who shared why she studied literature in college instead of AI. As she says, when they look to hire people at Anthropic, they’re looking for great communicators, those with a high EQ and people skills, and those who are kind, compassionate and curious — all uniquely human qualities, and that's something that won't change in the age of AI. What do you look for when building out your team? Let me know in the comments.

“The things that make us human will become much more important instead of much less important.” That’s from Anthropic co-founder and president Daniela Amodei, who shared why she studied literature in college instead of AI. As she says, when they look to hire people at Anthropic, they’re looking for great communicators, those with a high EQ and people skills, and those who are kind, compassionate and curious — all uniquely human qualities, and that's something that won't change in the age of AI. What do you look for when building out your team? Let me know in the comments.

Arianna Huffington

33,421 views • 6 months ago

In American public life you can never overestimate the advantages of complete and total incomprehensibility. That was Bill Maher’s advice when I told him I was nervous about my accent the first time I did his show “Politically Incorrect” in 1993. It was the beginning of a very long and deep friendship. So it was great to be one of the speakers at the Kennedy Center ceremony awarding him the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Bill’s been there for every milestone in my life. When he found out my divorce was about to be finalized, he said, “okay, the day it comes through, come do Politically Incorrect. We’ll go to dinner after and you won’t think about it.” And that’s what happened. That’s dinner with Bill — you forget all your problems and just laugh. Two hours later, I couldn’t remember why I was sad, or that I’d ever been married! The night at The Kennedy Center was no different. Plus you’ll hear from Whitney Cummings, Louis C.K., Woody Harrelson, Stephen A Smith, Matt Friend and Jay Leno. You can watch the whole thing on Netflix on July 21st.

In American public life you can never overestimate the advantages of complete and total incomprehensibility. That was Bill Maher’s advice when I told him I was nervous about my accent the first time I did his show “Politically Incorrect” in 1993. It was the beginning of a very long and deep friendship. So it was great to be one of the speakers at the Kennedy Center ceremony awarding him the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Bill’s been there for every milestone in my life. When he found out my divorce was about to be finalized, he said, “okay, the day it comes through, come do Politically Incorrect. We’ll go to dinner after and you won’t think about it.” And that’s what happened. That’s dinner with Bill — you forget all your problems and just laugh. Two hours later, I couldn’t remember why I was sad, or that I’d ever been married! The night at The Kennedy Center was no different. Plus you’ll hear from Whitney Cummings, Louis C.K., Woody Harrelson, Stephen A Smith, Matt Friend and Jay Leno. You can watch the whole thing on Netflix on July 21st.

Arianna Huffington

11,865 views • 1 month ago

Love this from Jennifer Garner, sharing with suleika jaouad how her journal entries almost always end up turning into prayers. As Kierkegaard put it, “The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”

Love this from Jennifer Garner, sharing with suleika jaouad how her journal entries almost always end up turning into prayers. As Kierkegaard put it, “The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”

Arianna Huffington

17,746 views • 7 months ago

"One of the most important decisions of my life would have been kind of messed up if it wasn't for AI helping connect the dots." That's from OpenAI's CEO of Applications Fidji Simo, who had seen 20 doctors but none of them had been able to connect the dots of her health journey the way she did using AI. Nine out of ten people don't know how to navigate their own health information, but now with technology helping us analyze that data, we're able to understand the information we're receiving in an easily digestible way. 📹: Mark Hyman, M.D. Click here for more from Simo’s conversation with Dr. Hyman:

"One of the most important decisions of my life would have been kind of messed up if it wasn't for AI helping connect the dots." That's from OpenAI's CEO of Applications Fidji Simo, who had seen 20 doctors but none of them had been able to connect the dots of her health journey the way she did using AI. Nine out of ten people don't know how to navigate their own health information, but now with technology helping us analyze that data, we're able to understand the information we're receiving in an easily digestible way. 📹: Mark Hyman, M.D. Click here for more from Simo’s conversation with Dr. Hyman:

Arianna Huffington

11,355 views • 7 months ago

One of the least helpful things you can say to someone who’s worrying about something is “don’t worry about it.” I love the way children are. They cry, they rage — and two minutes later, it’s over. I don’t believe in growing a thick skin. I want to be permeable. When something upsetting happens, experience it — or set aside time to feel it, and move on. Love this clip of Sheryl Sandberg on the CNBC Changemakers podcast with Julia Boorstin:

One of the least helpful things you can say to someone who’s worrying about something is “don’t worry about it.” I love the way children are. They cry, they rage — and two minutes later, it’s over. I don’t believe in growing a thick skin. I want to be permeable. When something upsetting happens, experience it — or set aside time to feel it, and move on. Love this clip of Sheryl Sandberg on the CNBC Changemakers podcast with Julia Boorstin:

Arianna Huffington

11,100 views • 8 months ago

Eating isn’t just something we do because we have to. Food is part of who we are, how we spend time with friends and family and connect to our culture. I’m a Greek immigrant. Many of my best memories are from my childhood in Athens, where my mother loved to cook. My sister and I would come home from school, and we’d sit around the kitchen table for long meals that always ended with walnuts dipped in Greek honey. To this day, I take every opportunity to recreate these cherished moments around the table with family and friends. How and what we eat is one of five daily behaviors we focus on at Thrive – along with sleep, movement, managing stress and connecting with others – to improve our health. With the new Thrive Global Global Cookbook, our aim is to share simple, healthy and delicious recipes and ways that can make healthy eating affordable, easy and fun. With over 60 breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack and drink recipes from renowned chefs and food experts, including Ina Garten, Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳, Daniel Humm, Diane Kochilas, Candice Kumai and Mona Vand, as well as dozens of creative swaps and tips for healthy eating, cooking and shopping curated by Tess Bredesen, Thrive’s Nutrition Director, the Thrive Global Cookbook helps readers plan and prepare easy-to-make meals with nutritious, budget-friendly ingredients. I hope the recipes in this cookbook show how you can make easy and affordable meals that are both delicious and healthy. We are proud to partner with Blue Shield of CA Promise Health Plan to bring this cookbook to so many people. And especially meaningful to me in this holiday season is that the Thrive Global Foundation is teaming up with SharkNinja to not only give out the cookbook but also kitchen appliances, like blenders, food processors and cookware, to empower people to prepare these nourishing recipes with ease. Click here to access the free Thrive Global Cookbook:

Eating isn’t just something we do because we have to. Food is part of who we are, how we spend time with friends and family and connect to our culture. I’m a Greek immigrant. Many of my best memories are from my childhood in Athens, where my mother loved to cook. My sister and I would come home from school, and we’d sit around the kitchen table for long meals that always ended with walnuts dipped in Greek honey. To this day, I take every opportunity to recreate these cherished moments around the table with family and friends. How and what we eat is one of five daily behaviors we focus on at Thrive – along with sleep, movement, managing stress and connecting with others – to improve our health. With the new Thrive Global Global Cookbook, our aim is to share simple, healthy and delicious recipes and ways that can make healthy eating affordable, easy and fun. With over 60 breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack and drink recipes from renowned chefs and food experts, including Ina Garten, Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳, Daniel Humm, Diane Kochilas, Candice Kumai and Mona Vand, as well as dozens of creative swaps and tips for healthy eating, cooking and shopping curated by Tess Bredesen, Thrive’s Nutrition Director, the Thrive Global Cookbook helps readers plan and prepare easy-to-make meals with nutritious, budget-friendly ingredients. I hope the recipes in this cookbook show how you can make easy and affordable meals that are both delicious and healthy. We are proud to partner with Blue Shield of CA Promise Health Plan to bring this cookbook to so many people. And especially meaningful to me in this holiday season is that the Thrive Global Foundation is teaming up with SharkNinja to not only give out the cookbook but also kitchen appliances, like blenders, food processors and cookware, to empower people to prepare these nourishing recipes with ease. Click here to access the free Thrive Global Cookbook:

Arianna Huffington

14,739 views • 1 year ago

I loved this amazing lesson about success from Giannis Antetokounmpo, the two-time National Basketball Association (NBA) MVP, and NBA finals MVP from 2021. Antetokounmpo (nicknamed the “Greek Freak”) hails from my home country, and I've been rooting for him for a long time! As he showed in the press conference after his Milwaukee Bucks were eliminated in the playoffs, his attitude about life is every bit as impressive as his athletic ability. Asked whether he considered the season to be a failure, Giannis pointed out that not winning the championship every year isn’t the same as failure, just as people not getting a job promotion every year doesn’t mean they’ve failed in working towards their goals of taking care of their families. And then this was the best part: “You work toward a goal. It's not a failure. It's steps to success.” Which almost perfectly echoes my mother’s motto in life: failure isn’t the opposite of success, but a stepping stone to success. So while Antetokounmpo might not be taking home another championship ring this year, he’s a winner for dropping some freakishly good Greek wisdom that’s just as valuable in life as it is on the court.

I loved this amazing lesson about success from Giannis Antetokounmpo, the two-time National Basketball Association (NBA) MVP, and NBA finals MVP from 2021. Antetokounmpo (nicknamed the “Greek Freak”) hails from my home country, and I've been rooting for him for a long time! As he showed in the press conference after his Milwaukee Bucks were eliminated in the playoffs, his attitude about life is every bit as impressive as his athletic ability. Asked whether he considered the season to be a failure, Giannis pointed out that not winning the championship every year isn’t the same as failure, just as people not getting a job promotion every year doesn’t mean they’ve failed in working towards their goals of taking care of their families. And then this was the best part: “You work toward a goal. It's not a failure. It's steps to success.” Which almost perfectly echoes my mother’s motto in life: failure isn’t the opposite of success, but a stepping stone to success. So while Antetokounmpo might not be taking home another championship ring this year, he’s a winner for dropping some freakishly good Greek wisdom that’s just as valuable in life as it is on the court.

Arianna Huffington

17,138 views • 3 years ago

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