How Making My Wardrobe 37 Pieces Totally Changed My Life

While some people love their homes crammed with stuff and dream of a closet overflowing with hundreds of pairs of designer shoes, I’ve always found stress in a space and existence that’s cringing...

3 Signs Your "Healthy Diet" Is Making You Unhealthy

Our collective “diet perception” is so diverse, how could any single way of eating be the only right way and why let it control how we show up in the world? I dare you to consider whether or not...

Why Taking Breaks Makes You More Productive

Before I decided to launch my own business, I worked for a busy corporate consulting firm. There was a lot about that firm that was great: the staff was bright and talented, we took pride in our work...

What My Grandfather Taught Me About How To Live, Love & Matter

My parents went through a divorce when I was young. At the time, I was young enough that everything happening went over my head. The only thing I understood was that the two people I love most in...

5 Yoga Poses That Build Total-Body Strength

Yoga is not usually the first thing that comes to mind when we think about strength training. While hitting the weights is an effective way to bulk up, total-body strength involves more than six-pack...

8 Things That Happened After I Meditated For 100 Days

I am not a yogi, a life coach, or a yoga teacher. In fact, I am probably the furthest thing from what you would call a yogi. Like many, I struggled as a teenager and young adult. I failed my junior...

How To Restart A Terrible, Horrible Day

I have this (somewhat ridiculous) belief that my productivity and mental state are an exceptionally delicate ecosystem that needs constant monitoring. I wake up somewhere other than my own apartment...

3 Questions To Ask Before You Start Taking Supplements

Recently, Wal-Mart, GNC and Target were all served cease-and-desist letters by the New York state attorney general’s office, asking them to stop selling their store-brand supplements after an...

5 Reasons To Love Your Period

From the time girls hit puberty, we’re taught to hate our periods. We’re taught to hide it (just shove a tampon in),complain about it when it comes and dread the cramps, cravings and cranky moods....

How I Learned To Accept My Type-A Self

I’ve been hard on myself most of my life. As a perfectionist, I learned at an early age that I needed to do things the “right” way in order to gain approval. And so I did just that. It was what I...

Why Men Should Stop Lifting Weights

When I look back at all the time I spent in the gym, lifting weights as a teenager playing high school sports and then later pumping out my frustrations with work and the city as I got older, the...

Thinking About Running A Marathon? Here's What You Should Consider

As we get closer to late spring and temperatures warm up, we enter prime marathon season (which lasts until late autumn). For many runners, a marathon is the big event they dream of completing at...

4 Easy Homemade Drinks To Soothe Your Digestion

Food poisoning can be quite an appetite killer. The nausea, the cramps and the diarrhea just make the whole idea of putting anything down one's throat even more inconceivable. But, as you always...

Tantra + Sex: What You May Not Know, But Should

While many people associate Tantra with sex, the practice actually comes from little-understood Sanskrit texts originating from the 6th to 13th centuries in India. The practice involves mantra,...

13 Signs You've Found The One

Sometimes we fall in love with someone and it just feels so right. Suddenly, our world changes. It's not just the honeymoon phase; we find ourselves traveling down roads of self-discovery as we...

3 Cookies That Are Secretly Good For You

Let us preface with the fact that a cookie, by nature, is a treat. But these three options, from food blog turned cookbook, Chocolate-Covered Katie, are treats you can feel good about, featuring...

5 Kid-Friendly Yoga Poses To Help Your Child Avoid A Meltdown

Maybe it’s a refusal to put on a hat, maybe it’s wanting to get out of the car, or not get out of the car — whatever the trigger (and it can be anything, can’t it?) we all know the moment when our...

What Your Posture Says About Your Personality

We like to blame our posture on the heavy bags we carry or the long hours spent at a desk every day— both of which can be true, but tid you know your personality can also affect your posture?...

5 Things I’ve Learned Sitting In A Therapist’s Chair

Some people call me a counselor, others a therapist, still others a shrink. Technically, I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. But regardless of what...

Beyond Avocado: 3 New Healthy Toasts To Try

The classic avocado toast is much lauded for good reason. Delicious and versatile, avocados have fantastic health benefits and deserve all the praise they get. But if you are waiting for your...