City Guide: Nashville
No matter the time, no matter the mood, you want this one around to share all of your days and memories. She is fun personified through a vast bright blue sky…
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February 2014
54 posts
Choosing Positivity As An Employee
For most of us, we’ve had the thought a time or two (or three or four). Months following the giddiness of starting a new job and learning the ropes…
Simple Spring Reboot
Spring is a great time to hit the reset button. With the winter holiday season well behind us, spring is on its way to welcome warmer days, bright green buds and…
The Explorer Embodied: ALAS
Kelly and Betony are the owners and founders of ALAS, a socially responsible and impeccably made sleepwear brand. Their travels have taken them all over India via bus, train and…
You Are What You Read
Body ideals for women have dramatically changed over the past 60 years, according to media research. Scholars have found that the women shown in media images have become increasingly thinner…
Red Cabbage Slaw With Sweet Corn, Cilantro, & Lime
This slaw was created a while back when I was asked to bring a side dish to a get-together. Those moments have become increasingly more frequent lately, haven’t they? These…
Shopping Your Joy Away
Call me shallow, but one of my most vivid prayers as a little girl was for L.A. Gear shoes and pierced ears. Yes, in case you’re wondering, I got my…
Lady Of Legacy: Sophia Jex-Blake, MD
United Kingdom, 1870. Charles Dickens dies in Rochester. The postal headquarters puts Victoria’s face on the new Three Halfpence Red stamp. In Edinburgh, Sophia Jex-Blake and the first female medical…
The Wonder Of Marveling
At the beginning of December, my boyfriend suggested that we start searching for things to marvel at together. Struggling with all of the fears and insecurities that come with being…
Taking My Wedding Back From Pinterest
I’m not ready to come right out and say that I hate Pinterest, because it just feels a bit extreme. It feels harsh to turn on a friend that I spent…
The Achiever Embodied: Sseko Designs
Liz Forkin Bohannon moved to Uganda after she graduated college in 2008 with a journalism degree. While there, she began Sseko Designs – creating sandals, scarves and leather bags –…
Standing > Sitting
We all know too much sitting is detrimental to our health, but it’s so normalized in our culture that we don’t even think twice about the effect it may have…
