Feeling guilty about not practicing enough self-care or like you’re not doing it right? Go ahead and take these off your list of things to worry about. We’re living in difficult times. There’s COVID itself and the many losses that have come with it. There’s burnout...
Read More↓ We can’t second-guess every choice we make. So how do we know what it means for something to feel right? ↓ One of the questions that have come up for me often in my life is what it means to trust myself. How do I know that the...
Read More↓ When we listen to the nagging, negative voice inside our heads, we push ourselves too hard—and we push ourselves away, too. When you learn to love yourself, your relationships will improve for the better. ↓ Try a loving-kindness day: pick a day, don't schedule anything, and just see...
Read More↓ How do we remain healthy while successfully navigating a type-A lifestyle? I was on Park Avenue and 49th Street in Manhattan at around noon yesterday. Armies of well-dressed people crowded the sidewalks while getting lunch from food trucks and take-out establishments. As I admired their clothing,...
Read MoreIt's easy to get wrapped up in numbers, but the desire for the perfect score can become an addiction. Your imperfect self, meanwhile, is waiting for validation. I was obsessed with numbers, but not in a geeky mathematician sort of way. My first high came when...
Read More“Becoming clear on what is our problem and what is someone else’s is revolutionary.” Over the last couple of years, I’ve been working with a wonderful, life-changing phrase: not my problem. It might sound harsh, cruel, or maybe like a cool breeze on a hot day, but,...
Read MoreAte two orders of fries? Downed a bottle of Chardonnay? Haven't been to a yoga class all month? Well, today is a new day. Here are 11 mantras for when you want to take amazingly good care of your body, starting now. Today I treat myself...
Read MoreSelf-compassion can make a person feel more energetic, alive, and optimistic. Right up there with being able to make spaghetti and wash your own socks, practicing self-compassion rates as a vital life skill. With self-compassion, we are able to accept that though we are imperfect...
Read MoreI never knew my dad’s outlet until just now. Driving into work this morning, I felt blank. Void. I didn’t have any words to say outwardly, but I needed to express myself inwardly. “I need to write,” I thought, making a mental note to post that...
Read MoreWhen self-doubt takes over, we can begin to lose our sense of purpose and identity. Here’s how you can be more confident in the choices you make. “Know thyself” is a nugget of wisdom that has survived since it originated in Ancient Greece all the way...
Read MoreMindful Editor, Anne Alexander, shares some cringeworthy reasons why self-care might just be something worth considering. Self-care can be touchy subject. It certainly was for me. I used to think that “self-care” was for privileged, entitled, lucky folks who were out of touch with the lives of real...
Read MoreWe all have bad days, where nothing we do seems to work out the way we planned. If these days are more common than not, you might feel like you are merely surviving your life. It is possible to get beyond surviving: the key is...
Read MoreThere’s a reason why most successful people agree that time is their most valuable asset: Once it’s gone, it’s gone forever. Unlike money, you can’t earn more time. Unfortunately, most of us undervalue the time we’ve been given. We waste it by putting others’ needs ahead...
Read MoreCharcoal’s millions of tiny pores have the strength to capture and remove toxins, increasing energy and overall well-being. HEAL Charcoal is getting all the hype right now. It is more than deserving, because it is a very strong absorber. When something absorbs, it essentially works like a magnet. Charcoal is...
Read More↓ There’s an increase in interest in this Asian healing modality. Let’s take a look. ↓ You might have heard of gua sha, which is basically a scraping massage. It’s often used as part of acupuncture therapy, employed to treat acute disease, from fever and migraine to hepatitis....
Read More↓ Reconnect with yourself and feel more alive again. “Off to recharge my mom battery,” wrote a friend recently, as she departed with her husband for a week of child-free vacation with her husband. That concept, of being a “battery,” as a human, especially for parents, is...
Read More↓ Guidelines for designing your own intentional retreat. Going on retreat is a wonderful experience. I recently went on one 20 minutes from home, which was kind of wonderful - except for the amount of stuff I felt compelled to bring since I was driving there. It...
Read MoreLove yourself in a way only you can. Treat yourself as you would your most adored person, place, or object. Why not? ↓ “Sometimes, it only takes one person to change your life. One to be there for you, to push you, to believe in you. It...
Read More↓ It's Just a Number: We've all been there. Stepping on the scale and holding our breath. Closing our eyes to delay, just for a moment, the number that awaits us. If you're like me, you've tried every trick to make that dastardly old scale behave a...
Read MoreHow to cultivate and strengthen our capacity for kindness and compassion. ↓ Offering a smile and a kind word to the checkout person, giving a frazzled mom an understanding look when her child is having a tantrum, offering your shoulder to cry on for an upset friend;...
Read More↓ The year is coming to an end, so we’re all starting to think about holiday binge-ing and new year’s resolutions. The reason they’re so popular is that January represents a new start. In reality, the sun rises just like it does on any other day....
Read More↓ An Ayurvedic fix for a better night’s sleep—great for calming Vata, or any flighty, fractured, anxious, can’t settle down sort of energy. How did you sleep last night? If you are one of the majority of people in our modern times who doesn’t sleep well, you know...
Read MoreBegin to lessen the overwhelming emotional response you may be experiencing to the smallest provocation. We are inundated by the news and the reality of a chaotic world. From natural disasters—floods, fires, and hurricanes—to chaotic leadership and man-made disasters, we can easily be swept up in...
Read More↓ Step away and create an “oasis time” for restoration, communion, and grace. Right now, you probably have bells dinging, to-do lists staring you down, and notifications popping up on every electronic device you own. In the ever-increasing speed of our lives, we praise efficiency and getting...
Read More↓ What is a BB foundation? Love your BB foundation but not sure how it’s different from other foundations? “BB” is short for “beauty balm,” which is a term for a multipurpose foundation with skin-improving ingredients. Our NV™ BB Perfecting Mist Foundation lives up to its name...
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