Carina Hsieh
Carina Hsieh is a writer and editor based in New York City. She was previously a Senior Editor at Cosmopolitan. Her freelance work has been published in The New Yorker, New York, SELF, Byrdie, Wondermind, and Yale Medicine. Her comedy writing and directing has been featured on BuzzFeed, New York, The Washington Post, Gothamist, InStyle, The Daily Mail, WhoHaHa, and The Verge. She is an alum of the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Yale School of Public Health. She’s on Instagram: @carinahsieh.
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Publications
- Well+Good68 articles
- wondermind.com1 article
- Freelance Writer
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How To Set Rest Goals That Tone Down the Stress of Everyday Life29 May 2022—Well+GoodGoal setting tends to be defined by doing. Maybe you want to make a point of moving your body more, or make the necessary steps to get promoted at work. While all of this is fine and dandy (and worthwhile, for sure), remember: R&R is a valuable goal, too. So today, Headspace meditation expert and clinical social worker Kessonga Giscombé, LAc, has the advice you need to put your own replenishment first. If you're not convinced that rest deserves room in your calendar, look to the research....
6 Ways Middle Child Syndrome Can Pop Up in Adult Life30 Aug 2024—Well+GoodWhen it comes to birth order theory in pop culture, being the middle child is often portrayed as the worst spot to be in. From Jan Brady in The Brady Bunch, Alex Dunphy from Modern Family, to Lisa Simpson in The Simpsons, middle children (and often, middle daughters) are shown getting the short end of the stick when it comes to parental attention, expectations, and more. But according to experts, middle child syndrome isn’t a curse, in fact: it can be a good thing. “The term ‘middle child...
I Have a Higher Libido Than My Partner—How Can I Be Both Supportive and Satisfied?30 Aug 2024—Well+GoodWhen you consider all the other compatibilities that go into making a healthy relationship work, it’s really not the end-all-be-all of things if you and your partner have mismatched libidos. After all, sex is much more than just penetration, and emotional intimacy can bring couples even closer together than physical acts can many times. However, it’s totally normal to wonder to yourself “why is my libido so high” — especially if your partner seems to have a lower libido than you do. However,...
6 Signs That a Person Lacks Self-Awareness—and Why That Could Be a Problem30 Aug 2024—Well+GoodWhen it comes to self-awareness, it’s easy for the concept to get more confusing the more you try to unpack it. After all, isn’t self-awareness just…being aware of the self? How does someone have a lack of self awareness? Is it the same as being selfish or self-centered? Exactly how aware of yourself are you supposed to be in the möbius strip of self? According to organizational psychologist Tasha Eurich, PhD, author of Insight and years-long researcher of the trait, true self-awareness is...
You Should Know About the ‘Grey Rock Method’ if You Have To Communicate With a Narcissist30 Aug 2024—Well+GoodIf you’ve ever had the misfortune of dealing with a narcissistic or toxic person you know that using logic, compassion, or empathy is a losing game. Sometimes it seems like no matter how you react (or don’t), you just get more hate and vitriol thrown back at your face. That’s where the grey rock method comes in. The grey rock method essentially entails responding to narcissistic, manipulative, or otherwise toxic behavior by hardly engaging at all, à la channeling your best grey rock. “Grey...
