If you’re pregnant — not sick, why are nearly 99% of women in the US, giving birth in a hospital setting? We have to ask ourselves, despite the United States literally having the second worst newborn death rate in the developed world, why has medicalized childbirth become the default position?

With Open enrollment for Healthcare just opening, there has been a lot of hype about “Obamacare” premiums raising, yet most of us have no idea what this means or even how to apply. According to government data, monthly insurance premiums on www.HealthCare.gov are rising by an average of  25 percent.

As 2024 winds down, we’re reflecting on another incredible year of sharing the stories, art, culture, and nightlife that make the Bay Area so unique. BrokeAssStuart.com wouldn’t be what it is without you—our community of readers, supporters, and believers in independent media. This year, instead of asking you to join Patreon

  Souls of Society visionary, Dijon Bowden, first caught our attention back in 2011,  when he started walking the streets of San Francisco documenting the cultural Fabric of the Bay Area through portrait photography and storytelling. Now he has teamed up with Annie Anton and Craig Wenaweser, aka “Keys”, chronicling what can only be

Even though it is widely accepted that people can be attracted – even love – multiple people at once, there is a heated divide on whether Polyamory or Monogamy is an innate “orientation” or a “Lifestyle choice.” Is being polyamorous like being gay? Or is it like an extended vacation

Whether you are into being monogamous, polyamorous, “mongogamish”, gay, straight, “greedy” or whatever you identify as, having an awareness of your “attachment style” can significantly help you relate, adjust, and maintain healthy relationships. It wasn’t until I came across, Philippe Lewis,”Exquisite Love Coach” and Founder of the “Open Relationship Community”

If you’ve ever tried looking for a therapist, you may have noticed it can feel eerily similar to another tedious search in your life…dating. We asked a Psychotherapist about what interview questions someone should ask a potential therapist and how to find ‘the one’

It’s a dark time in San Francisco. Our fellow neighbors are being priced out left and right due to the housing crisis, tripping over the homeless and their excrement is common place, and our once vibrant city that used to be a welcoming beacon of hope, has become a divided techpocalypse full of tension

It is going to change your life, is what is is going to do. I would argue, that you can’t afford not to partake in at least one pilgrimage in your lifetime, or ideally every 5 years or through times of transition. It is going to immensely help you to deal with problems you experience everyday: open your prospecting on work, family, relationships, love, and purpose. There are reasons why people have decided to join a pilgrimage for hundreds of years.