4 tips for when you can’t fall asleep
Having trouble falling asleep is the worst. So, when I find strategies that can help with occasional restless nights, I’m eager to share. Here are four tips to keep in your pajamas’ back pocket. 1. Warm your feet. When you catch yourself rubbing your feet together because you can’t kick a chill — stop. Put […]
Maybe it’s good to be a little bit delusional
One of the coolest people I know is an almost-90-year-old man. He has a buzzing social life, is knee-deep in redoing his house and is all over the internet dating scene. He also steers clear of a lot of his peers because they “seem so old.” There’s nothing old about this dude. Another guy, one […]
Let it be easy. 2 quick and simple recipes for dinner.
Sometimes I like to share super practical ways to add more ease and flow to your day. Like recipes that taste good but don’t require a lot of time and mindshare. Here’s are a few of my faves. Spaghetti and clam sauce recipe Simple tomato salad recipe This spaghetti and clam sauce is adapted from […]
Around your spouse all the time these days? Here are 3 suggestions.
COVID-19 has put a lot of pressure on families. On top of financial strain, school and child care complications, and broad health concerns, a lot of us suddenly started being around our partners all the time. Don’t get me wrong, having someone to share life with is an incredible gift. I’m all in. I adore […]
Mindfulness is great — just don’t fall into this extremely tempting trap
One of the beautiful fruits of mindfulness is choice. When mindful, we aren’t susceptible to unconscious, automatic reactions. Whereas a mindless response to being cut off in traffic may be to slam your horn and reflexively rage about “drivers these days,” a mindful approach sees the event with some remove, notices budding emotions, and selects […]
To make things better, start right here
It’s painfully easy to miss out on life. We run around, busily doing, doing, doing, in perpetual pursuit of the next moment, the next day, the next bite, the next task. We so rarely stop. But in not stopping—in staying on the treadmill—we miss out on a lot. This has been abundantly clear to me […]
These 3 foods could make your diet healthier in the most practical way
I’m always on the lookout for simple and super practical feel-good tips. Here are a few dietary ones that I hope you might like, too! Drink ginger water. Ginger is loaded with health benefits. Ayurveda, the sister science of yoga, considers it a “universal remedy.” Among its long list of pros, it’s said to strengthen […]
Somatic therapy channels the benefits of yoga, but you don’t have to work out
“Our issues are in our tissues.” This adage often comes up in somatic therapy, a relatively new field that’s spiked in popularity in recent years. The basic idea is that our bodies hold our traumas. Whereas traditional talk therapy focuses on our stories, emotions and cognitive processing, somatic methods incorporate this physical element as well. […]