Monthly Archive: January 2014
I’ll admit that I wasn’t sure if I was going to watch Downton Abbey this season. But I did—and I was pleasantly surprised. Sure, there was destined to be drama when nearly a handful of...
I hope that my beloved yoga and wellness community will still love me after this one. I feel like I’m writing a blog that straight away sets me up for non-success with my fellow...
I have this amazing friend. She inspires me. She shows me love. She makes me feel beautiful and smart and special—and right now she needs a boost. Because she’s not sure of who she...
I began dating my husband even before I began high school. We had celebrated our tenth anniversary and made our first cross-country move before we said “I do.” With our seventh wedding anniversary recently...
I recently wrote an article called “10 Things to Stop Doing in Your Yoga Practice.” In it, I suggested that we stop “overusing your quadriceps.” In response, a reader left a really wonderful question. She wrote:...
Daily Mini-Resolutions I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions. Why? Because I think we should be working on self-improvement and overall life satisfaction on a regular basis, rather than on some arbitrary date. Having said that—in...
I used to occasionally hold hands with my best friend in high school in the hallways, walking from class to class. I remember one time another student asking if we were lesbians, and, quite...
How to have happy nails. A few readers made the interesting assumption after reading this article that I don’t paint my toenails. Um, no. I love painting my nails. It feels like a way to zone...
How to fall apart, and then pick the pieces back up—and love. This is part two in a new elephant journal series about love. To be fair, we never truly heal from broken hearts. Like...
Let’s get right to it. Here we go. 1. Unpainted toenails are the bomb-diggity. Seriously. They are. I understand having stained nails from former polish experiments (and why this might prevent us from going...