Mind & Body

As someone who has been on a self-help journey for about a decade now, I can safely say that working on yourself can certainly get boring. While so many of the tools we employ are critically helpful, a lot of the “fixing” comes from living life and course correcting while making mistakes. If you spend

The beginning of the year always asks of us to lock in and claim our most valiant effort. To shed skin and rebirth overnight. However, with winter prevailing, the nights remaining long, and spring’s promise of bloom still a ways away, it’s easy to feel like you’re still in hibernation mode. If you’re ready to

The last week of January is here. The very first month of 2026 brought many opportunities for resetting, renewing, and establishing the tone for who you will be this year. The weather may still be chilly, but there’s a fire inside of you ready to spread. If you’re itching to move into the rest of

“Back day” has become a staple of fitness social media, often framed through aesthetics alone. Many people have shifted from making sure their “face card” doesn’t decline to focusing on their “back card.” Toned lats and sculpted shoulders are considered the visual markers of strength. But beneath the trending clips and gym selfies, it’s important

For years, mainstream fitness culture has promoted consistency as the ultimate marker of discipline. There’s this idea that you need to show up every day, push harder, and ignore discomfort. For people with menstrual cycles, however, that rigid approach often fails to account for a basic biological reality. Hormones fluctuate throughout the month, and those

It’s your first Monday of 2026. You’re officially embarking on a blank slate where you can write any story you want about yourself and the life you want to live, starting now. With all of the baggage, unbalanced friendships, and bad habits left in the dust in 2025, there’s nothing left but to go after

A color walk is a simple mindfulness practice. You choose a color before stepping outside and then move through your environment, noticing anything that matches it. That might mean spotting green leaves, blue cars, or pink storefront signs as you walk. The appeal is in its ease. Color walks do not require equipment, tracking, or

It’s the last week of 2025. Another year of triumphs, failures, celebrations, and heartbreak. In ways both consciously and unconsciously, you’ve grown into the next evolution of yourself, leaving this year much more refined and wisened than how you entered. It’s important to not only reflect on everything you’ve lived through in 2025, but also

There are plenty of tales passed down from generation to generation that claim a number of things regarding a woman’s menstrual cycle. They vary from culture to culture, with some parts of the world claiming a person should never walk barefoot during their period, as it’s said to worsen cramps, while other cultures believe that