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Summer camp for billionaires, fake Louis Vuitton bags, and expensive dresses: Lifestyle news roundup
Lifestyle Image: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images (Getty Images), Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (Getty Images), THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images (Getty Images), SOPA Images (Getty Images), Cindy Ord/MG22/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue (Getty Images), Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (Getty Images), Prodip Guha/Getty Images (Getty Images), Photo: Aaron M. Sprecher (AP), Gary Hershorn (Getty Images)Image: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images (Getty Images)Image: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (Getty Images)The small Idaho town of Sun Valley normally has a population of just 1,783 – but this week that figure is expected to swell to include hundreds of more people and at least 165 private jets. Read MoreImage: THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images (Getty Images)As France ramped up its preparations for the 2024 Summer Olympics, law enforcement officials cracked down on the sale of counterfeit luxury goods.Police officers raided one popular...
Notable Couples Therapist Guests on Lifestyle Show
Lifestyle Wendi L. Dumbroff speaks on vulnerability and intimacy in relationships. Newark, NJ (1888PressRelease) July 12, 2024 - Wendi L. Dumbroff, MA, LPC, was recently a guest on the Toward A Better Life podcast. Alongside Host Kevin Pennell, Dumbroff discussed a model she uses, with couples, called The Vulnerability Cycle. This model illustrates each partners vulnerabilities (what triggers them), along with their coping strategies, both of which are often developed in the families we grow up in. She goes on to discuss that we, unconsciously, take these early coping strategies into our adult relationships, but that context has changed and they are not necessarily useful in these situations. She uses relational genograms of each partner's family to help them understand how their past informs their present. Dumbroff also explored the complex...
Xiaohongshu says reports of new funding based on $20 billion valuation are “untrue”
Lifestyle China’s Instagram-like lifestyle platform Xiaohongshu has merged its e-commerce and livestreaming operations. Credit: XiaohongshuChinese lifestyle sharing social media platform Xiaohongshu has dismissed as “untrue information” reports by local media outlet IPOzaozhidao that it is in the midst of a new round of fundraising that values the company at $20 billion. A previous report by tech outlet The Information in September 2023 said Sequoia China had acquired a Xiaohongshu stake from existing investors, in a deal that valued the firm at $14 billion, a 30% discount compared to the social media app’s $20 billion valuation in 2021. The move saw the well-known venture capital firm join Alibaba and Tencent in betting on Xiaohongshu’s prospects. The social app, now popular among younger users with its search function and sharing features, has stepped up its efforts in...
