Health + Wellness

Can we all agree that the pressure to look our best in spite of the chaos of our daily routines is tough?! And can we also admit that keeping up with the Janices of beauty gets pretty darn expensive...

About a year after I got married, someone asked me if I learned to cook soon after the wedding. I nearly spat out my drink. I got married a little later in life and I wouldn’t have struggled with...

Waiting backstage is always the worst part. Sitting in the dim light behind the black curtain, I study my script and the indigo blue handwritten notes scribbled in the margins. It's at least the 12th time I've read these...

How many times a day do you hear, "Life is just crazy right now" or "I feel like I'm always running!"? We live in a society that is over-scheduled, over-committed, and chronically fatigued. It is not popular to have...

I always loved going back to school. During summer break, I counted down the days until classes started up again, no matter how old I was or what I was going to school for. In You've Got Mail, Tom...

If my relationship with food had a status, mine would read "It's complicated." I have struggled with my weight for as long as I can remember. In high school, I stopped eating. I lost weight and felt like it...

Health fads come and go, but with how things have been the past year, I think it is safe to say that some health “fads” are here to stay. Not too long ago, IV therapy clinics started hitting our...

Hi, I’m Jama and I have ADHD. I also have a child with ADHD (officially diagnosed) and another that I strongly suspect has ADHD but it hasn’t yet caused enough of a problem to seek a diagnosis. As I have...

It’s no secret that teenagers are particularly self-conscious and sensitive. In the social media age, appearance matters more than ever—just think about how today’s teens live in a world of shared selfies and cultivated Instagram personas. If this sounds...

I am always jealous of the women who gain only the recommended 15 to 20 pounds during pregnancy, have their baby, and are back to their pre-pregnancy bodies after a week. That is definitely not me. When I am...