Love & Family

What Women Want for Valentine's Day

What Women Want for Valentine’s Day

I wrote this post last year and somehow, it got lost in emails and never got posted. Fortunately, what women really want for Valentines Day hasn’t really changed, has it?

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The Power of Flowers

The Power of Flowers

Sometimes we need a dose of fresh fragrance and life in the middle of winter. On my counter now I have the first hyacinths of the season that I picked up while food-shopping.

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Unbinding the Heart

Unbinding the Heart

by guest blogger Agapi Stassinopoulos. There are no seven or eight simple steps to unbind our hearts, but there is one choice that we all have, and this is our golden opportunity in every moment of every day, whatever small or big challenges it brings: Do I shut down or do I choose to open up one more time, even deeper?

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The Courage to Create

The Courage to Create

There is a line that some people cross and others are terrified to cross—so terrified they try to take down the people who do cross it—and that is the invisible line of the creators, the artists, musicians, scientists, writers, dancers, entrepreneurs, businessmen and –women, and other people who find the courage to create new things.

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10 Great Movies about “Women Finding Themselves”

10 Great Movies about “Women Finding Themselves”

I’m not sure that “Women Finding Themselves” is an actual official genre of movies, but I have to say, it’s my favorite unofficial genre. So here is my list, in no particular order of my favorite “Women Finding Themselves” movies

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Observing Weekends

Observing Weekends

by guest blogger Maya Rodale. My name is Maya, and I am a workaholic. I love working so much that I even kept two jobs in two states simultaneously. Which is why I’m going to try to observe weekends

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The Truth about Breastfeeding

The Truth about Breastfeeding

Many moms enter motherhood not sure what to expect. I was once a young mother, too, who didn’t know what to expect, and with each child the exact same thing happened. So here we go, the unvarnished, unfiltered truth about breastfeeding:

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5 Ways to Nourish Winter Skin

5 Ways to Nourish Winter Skin

by guest blogger Mark A. Moyad, MD, MPH. Winter skin takes a beating, But there are easy steps you can take to nourish your winter skin and keep it happy.

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