Want to stay healthy and reduce stress? Then have more girls’ nights out. Seriously. Women and men react differently to stress, which comes as no surprise to most of us. Our brains release chemicals that actually cause us to seek out friends for bonding and support. That same response doesn’t happen in men. This helps [...]
Well, it’s that time of year again, ladies…time to take inventory of your wardrobe and get inspired by some of this years hottest looks and hues! With only a few weeks to go until the official start of summer, it’s only fitting to start talking about what the trends of this summer will look like. [...]
Going through a hard time and want to feel better about yourself? Read on and find out how to reconnect with what you love most. The road traveled can be a tough one. We all go through some pretty heaving things during our lives that can derail us. It’s happened to me several times, and [...]
Recently, 14-year-old Julia Bluhm presented editors at Seventeen Magazine with a petition signed by close to 25,000, requesting that the magazine start publishing just one non-Photoshopped spread per issue. In response, Editor Ann Shoket scheduled a personal meeting with Bluhm, showered her with praise for her efforts, then essentially ignored the part where Bluhm had [...]
We’ve all been there….You know that moment when you really just want to scream bloody murder, or lock yourself in the bathroom for five minutes. Let’s look at some scenarios just for fun… Your toddler or baby will not eat anything the whole day, and seems to have been on a two-week hunger strike. He’s [...]
Three years ago, we got some terrible news from our vet about my cat, Sesame. He was dying. Kidney disease. No way to stop it, and no cure. It’s very sad; the news was difficult to take. Except three years later . . . he lives! And here’s the part that makes me a bad [...]
Having lost ten pounds after my first successful diet at age eleven, I happily paraded my thinner self in front of my mom and grandpa in the family kitchen and announced my success. “Good for you,” my grandpa told me at the time. “You were getting a little heavy.” I was . . . wha? [...]
