How to Feel Less Lonely When You’re Alone
When the days get grayer and the nights get longer, being alone can get, well, lonely. But it doesn’t have to be that way. As…
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How to Meal-Plan For One (and Save Money)
When I started my career in public relations, I made a tiny little salary. To match my income, I lived in a shoebox of an…
How to Train your Motivation Muscle: Tips from a Personal Trainer
Let’s be real – maintaining a regular workout routine is already hard enough. We know we should be working out because it’s good for our…
Why Everyone Needs A Healthy Digital Diet
I’m nearly always plugged in. I obsessively check my email, then my Instagram and Facebook (because, hey, I’m already on my phone, so why not?).…
How I Learned to Focus on My Health, Not My Weight
Like many 20-somethings, I started dieting at a young age. Junior high and high school were a succession of one diet after another. I tried…
What Happened When I Quit Coffee for a Month
Let me be transparent: I write this article while sipping my dear, iced “Jungle Espresso” from the cafe down the street, so you could say…
How to Be a Good Friend to Someone with Depression
Depression is a disease of isolation. I make this claim because depressed people spend a lot of time in their head, with their own thoughts.…
Feeling Sluggish? How to Cope with a Seasonal Slump
When I moved from sunny southern California to Prague last year, I was ecstatic. After all, I’d just traded suburban sprawl for a stunning medieval…
6 Health-Related New Year’s Resolutions You Can Actually Keep
New Year’s resolutions are founded on the best intentions, but as everyone knows, long-term follow-through on them is notoriously difficult. We say we’ll lose 10…
5 Ways Using a Gratitude Rock Changed My Life
Not too long ago, I went through a terrible breakup and was struggling to put the pieces of my life back together. My friend, seeing…
