No one tells us that a breakup is a nervous system event. We speak of heartbreak in metaphors, but the body speaks in symptoms. Tight chest. Restless nights. Sudden waves of panic. A hollow feeling in ...

I used to believe that love was what held a relationship together. That if two people loved each other deeply enough, they could withstand anything—circumstances, pressure, mistakes, even each other.

We all love talking about attachment styles these days, especially when it comes to relationships. Is he avoidant? Am I anxious? Is she emotionally available? But what if attachment theory doesn’t ...

I have a good friend who is convinced everything is too late for her. On a girls trip, we all got tattoos. In the moment it was fun. Afterwards came the spiral: it’s too late for me to get tattoos. On ...

When I worked as a professional model, people would see me in a magazine or on a billboard and say, “I want to do that.” What they didn’t understand was that it meant being evaluated constantly, ...

Saying “thank you” ain’t nearly enough, I’m sure we agree, but it’s a start! Those who know war, as they say, hate war. It’s not a thing of glory, it’s a thing of mud and blood. Plato said “Only the ...

There was once a man who was visited by three goddesses. They were attempting to settle a dispute between them, a trifling matter to determine which of them held claim to the golden apple that had ...

Here's how to survive Dön Season: Dön Season is a time when the accumulated karmic dust bunnies of the past 12 months gather—and doing one thing at a time, with mindfulness is particularly vital. Don ...

“But… how can you say she was being objectified if she agreed to do the photo shoot?” my friend asked. I’d just expressed my distaste with a nude yoga photo ...

Zen has a funny reputation…seriously. Everyone’s very serious and uptight…and at the same time, the great Zen teachers are famous for their irreverent ...

She was done not fully being herself. She realized she was the only self she could be—and not being unapologetically true to herself was a disservice to her soul and the world. She was done listening ...

Some words pass through us quickly and vanish into the air; others burrow into our very flesh and change the way we think, speak and feel. For me, the work of Kahlil Gibran (alt. Khalil Gibran) falls ...