“Having a sense of self is vital to our mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health. It becomes our internal compass for every interaction with others,” she says. “Your sense of self tells you what boundaries you need to place with others and [how to] make decisions that will serve you. It also enables you to reflect on the things that don’t serve you and evolves to help you survive, adapt, and ultimately thrive....
If you’re wondering how to get better at flirting, the first thing to do is to really understand what flirting is and why we do it in the first place. From there, it’ll be easier to understand how to flirt in a way that truly feels natural for you. A more modern, human definition of flirting as it functions in our culture today would be to think of it simply as any method you use to signal to someone that you find them interesting and want to engage with them further....
Hangnails are so common it might seem like there’s nothing you can do to prevent them, even if you regularly tend to your nails at home. PSA—that’s not exactly the case. So hangnails actually have more to do with your cuticles than the nail itself. That being said, certain nail habits, practices, and products can make the cuticle become dry—which in turn creates a hot spot for hangnails. If you pick or bite your nails—don’t be too hard on yourself....
Want to hang a plant from your ceiling but unsure how to get started? Here’s your step-by-step guide. If you’re looking for a houseplant to hang in a darker area, Rebecca Bullene, the founder of biophilic design shop Greenery Unlimited, loves ZZ plants, pothos, and Devil’s Ivy. For bright-light varieties, she’s partial to the Philodendron Birkin and Snake Plant. Whatever plant you choose, make sure it’s one you really enjoy looking at....
If you’re anything like me, you may have a hard time truly letting yourself relax knowing that you have done enough. When we walk around the world believing we aren’t enough, we’ll spend our lives collecting evidence for this core belief. “I’m not enough because I said something stupid, I didn’t get everything done at work today, I wasn’t there for my partner/child/family member the way they needed me to be....
Once we started having the conversation about having kids, it was really important that we embraced being outside. We weren’t going to stop that part of our lives just because we had kids. And it was, too, a conscious choice: What we know, and what we just experience in our own lives, it’s hugely beneficial to spend time in nature—so that was part of it, too. Nature does help bring this out, too....
Why do I do this? Because I care about you, I care about my children, and I care about other people’s children. I want to see you live your best and healthiest life. You see, in the last hundred years, our diets have radically changed—for the worse. We’ve gone from eating whole foods that nourish and heal the body to eating processed junk that is high in fat, sugar, additives, toxins, and fillers yet lacks vital nutrients....
