We circulate memes and hashtags shouting its concept. We advise our friends to practice it in the midst of stormy breakups and career setbacks. Its mantra appears on candles, totes and t-shirts—oftentimes landing like…
Revolution on Womanhood: How This Author Is Challenging the Folklore
“I used to walk into boardrooms telling myself, ‘I am Power Woman.’ I would masculinize myself, as opposed to showing up as my true self, because the messages I’d been given in…
Everyone Lives Out Their Grief Differently. Here’s How to Identify the Signs.
I rushed from my car and to the front door as first responders lolled around in my parents’ yard. I couldn’t understand the lack of urgency. The last I’d heard, my father…
The Energy of Your People Will Make or Break Your Brand
The spirit of my beloved neighborhood coffee shop was dead. There was no heartbeat, no presence, no voice that I recognized. It felt painfully hollow and lifeless—like I might as well throw…
Honor Thy Heart: It’s Your Body’s Most Vulnerable Organ
You forgive from the bottom of your heart and love with all of it. When you open up to someone, you pour your heart out. You are vulnerable when you wear your…
Scammed Into Love? This YouTube Star Says It Could Happen to You, Too.
Brittani Louise Taylor glanced around her gorgeous Los Angeles home. Thirty-one and newly single, she was surrounded by relics from a life she worked diligently to build. An enviable wardrobe. Plush decor.…
Crushed by a Major Setback? Here’s What to Do Now.
It felt like I’d been kicked in the teeth. I stared down into my phone screen, reading an icy email that announced a story I had spent two years duly devoted to…
Why Vulnerability Is Essential to Living Bravely
Vulnerability is oftentimes the hardest virtue to exercise at the moment we need it most. There’s something about pride that gets in the way of making us feel comfortable exposing our soft…
The Most Surprising, Wardrobe-Sparing Laundry Hacks
You eyed that dress for weeks before you caved and swiped your card. Now its pastel polka dots are covered in spaghetti sauce. Your morning started out with your brain tuned to…
The Anti-Hallmark Guide to Holiday Survival & Self-Care
Brittany is going skiing with her family in Park City, Utah. Jessica is baking cookies with her mom and sister. Tom is flying first class to Mexico, where he’ll be spending the…