Design Your Own Holiday Tradition | Less Stress, More Fun!

What’s your favorite holiday tradition? In November and December, you can find me enjoying many of the same seasonal activities you do: watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, shopping on Black Friday, wrapping presents, singing Christmas carols, and eating way too many chocolate chip cookies. But my favorite holiday tradition is when I curl up…

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Life Editor’s Picks: Astrology Treats

I’ve been into astrology, crystals, and spiritual practices since I was a little girl. My 12-year-old self decorated my bedroom with plastic glow-in-the-dark stars and more tie-dyed glittery candles than I could count. One memorable summer, my friends and I got our fortunes read by a bead-wearing palm reader. What was my destiny? To have…

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Life Editor’s Picks: 2018 Holiday Gift Guide

‘Tis the season for my annual Holiday Gift Guide! Make yourself a cup of cocoa, grab your coziest blanket, and snuggle up to enjoy my picks for seasonal gifts that are gorgeous, functional, and easy on your wallet. I like to choose a mix of editorial gifts (the journals and planners), organizers (pill case), and…

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The 2019 Planners Are Here! Look Inside and Try Before You Buy

I grew up as a nerdy, bookish little girl in the Midwest who always looked forward to my favorite time of year. No, not Christmas. Not Halloween, and not even my birthday. To me, there was (and still is!) no sweeter time than back-to-school shopping season. Walking through the automatic sliding doors of Staples or…

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7 Surprising Ways to Make Tomorrow Better Than Today

Sigh . . . are you having a bad day? Yep, we’ve all been there. You’re tired, you’re bored, your boss dumped a huge project on your desk, the printer is broken, and someone ate your lunch out of the office fridge. “I don’t see your name on it, Karen!” This day sucks and the…

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Book Review: Kick Ass With Mel Robbins

Do you ever get that sluggish feeling where you’re stuck in a rut and can’t seem to make any headway on your goals? Maybe it’s burnout. Maybe it’s boredom. Or maybe you’re letting yourself off the hook and giving yourself permission to be lazy with your life. It happens to me too, and that’s when…

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How to Find Your Purpose When You’ve Lost Your Direction

My friends like to make fun of me because I have no sense of direction. Seriously, when I get in a car it’s like my spacial reasoning disappears and I have no concept of north, south, east, and west. If it weren’t for GPS, I would have been dead in a ditch on the side…

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