🍝 Extra Sauce 🍝 030: Haircuts for Good, The Rock's Kindness, and a Young Ph.D.

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We missed you last Friday, but we’re back! Here’s what we’ve got for you to end the week 🍝

• Haircuts for a good cause, The Rock giving back, and a 17 year old PHD recipient

• Our favorite wellness picks of the week

• A note from Minaa about how reading can be a healing practice

• Danny talks with New York Times' bestselling author Ben Nemtin about overcoming depression on Off The Cuff

• Billy Dinnerstien is the owner of 'Your Kind of Cuts in Nutley, NJ. This barber shop specializes in providing haircuts to both kids and adults with special needs, making it a sensory-friendly environment. Billy has set up a GoFundMe page with the goal of raising funds to train more barbers. 💈👏

• Dwayne Johnson contributed a 7-figure donation to SAG-AFTRA Foundation Relief Fund – helping up to 10,000 members in need. This is incredible as many continue to strike for equitable pay and improved work conditions 🤝 💰

• Tessa Embry, a 17-year-old girl, has recently made history as one of the youngest Ph.D. holders in the United States. She completed her Ph.D. Degree from Capella University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and earned her high school diploma at the age of 11 from Lake County College, Illinois. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Chicago University at just 14 years old. What a bright future she has! 🏫🙌 

This week, our experts have chosen some at-home gut health tests for you to try, a hemp tincture to help with chronic pain, and a gravity blanket to help improve your sleep.

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Discover the power of self-care and community care with Minaa B., 1AND1's Chief Behavioral Officer and licensed therapist, as she shares actionable tips in "Minaa's Minute" each week — check it out below!

In S3 EP 8 of Off the Cuff with Danny LoPriore, he sits down with New York Times bestselling author, Ben Nemtin. Ben shares his story of battling and overcoming depression and embracing his true self, which is nothing short of amazing. His new book entitled, “The Buried Life,” is a truly awesome read that will open your eyes and set your feet to move in the right direction.

Listen in as Danny and Ben talk about something that many people are struggling with daily. With depression, anxiety, and mental illness affecting so many people, it’s important that we always try to be kind as we don’t know what silent battles people are facing.

Danny gets open and honest in this episode and wants you to know that you’re not alone. Tune in and hear more from him in this important episode!

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