Editor’s Note: We’re sharing this article, originally published in March 2020, as a reminder of the power of setting healthy boundaries in each and every relationship in our lives. “No.” Practice it again: No, no, no. Boundaries, baby! We all need them...
Slowness is not a speed I come by naturally. For as long as I can remember, I’ve placed great pride on my ability to go-go-go, to push through anything, to work through bouts of boredom, exhaustion, and burnout. This...
Photo by Lieselotte De Bie on UnsplashI don’t remember how it felt to kick and scream as a kid. I don’t remember how it felt to wail, to want something so unreasonably badly that the gut-yearning made my fists clench into white...
This post is brought to you by Ritual.Photos by Nicole Feest at NYLONSADDLE PhotographyEveryone is talking about practicing self-care these days—taking baths, reading books, practicing meditation, and all the other lovely ways to take care of yourself. It’s hard to...
This post is brought to you byLysol™® Germ-Cast™, available for download on the Apple App Store and Google Play.Images by Judith Kostroski and video by Chris McDuffie Well, the holidays are long gone. For our 2020 celebrations, we managed to...
Stop a bad day in its tracks with Dr. Anna’s Better Bad Day’s e-course.Learn more here. If perfectionism is something that has accompanied you throughout your life, you two likely have a love-hate relationship. Sometimes you deeply resent this...
Image by Marlen Mueller via RepellerSome of you who were thrown into working from home during the pandemic may have just recently discovered the magic of a midday nap. I’m fortunate enough to have been working from home for...
Photo by Leonardo Corral on UnsplashWhile the last twelve months may have been defined by less physical movement, with stay at home orders and living through a pandemic, it has been an extraordinary time of mental movement. From the moment we wake...
Do you remember the first time you had a gut feeling about something? Probably not. It’s a natural-in-the-sense-that-you-don’t-always-acknowledge-it thing that happens; a this-is-just-how-it’s-supposed-to-be part of life we’ve all experienced time and time again.  So here’s an easier question: Do you...
Plenty of experts will explain the benefits of daily creativity. This always used to baffle me a bit, because I once thought creativity was a feeling or a state of mind that would just magically show up, a spontaneous...

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