Day 1 is here and oh boy are we ecstatic to get this whole thing started!! WE LOVE the 30 Day Love Challenge and know that you will as well!! Just a reminder that we will be posting a new challenge every day for the next 30 days leading up to Valentine’s Day! This challenge can change your marriage if you let it, so play along and enjoy the ride!...

The logic behind this unplugging is that by turning off our digital devices, we can free ourselves of stressful “iDistractions” and turn our attention to the present moment. You might find the next piece of news counterintuitive, then. Tomorrow, it’s very likely—in fact, you can count on it—that you’ll see fresh stories on Mindful.org, tweets, and Facebook posts. Not that we don’t believe a break from our digital activities would be productive....

But this critique—most strongly heard in Ron Purser’s recent book McMindfulness—is a classic straw man: It paints a vivid picture of people doing wrong in order to hurl brickbats at them, without saying exactly who’s being talked about and when and how they offended. It’s not supported by a lot of evidence of the work of actual mindfulness teachers. Yes, there are bad mindfulness teachers, and bad mindfulness apps, and probably there are a growing number of both....

Now that I’m older, I’ve come to adore my straight locks just as equally as I did curly hair. I also realize that every woman has her own grass-is-greener hair moment at one point or another. Also—and more to the point of women everywhere—it just makes life so much easier to not go against Mother Nature. However, the best thing about having been so desperate for curls is that you become extremely hypervigilant in maintaining them....

Using Dry Shampoo on Natural Hair Want to get the lowdown on how you can get the most of dry shampoo on natural hair? Read on to learn the many ways you can use this product 1. Use Dry Shampoo on Braided Hairstyles When wearing protective braid styles like box braids and cornrows long term, dry shampoo can come in really handy. Washing braids too often can lead to frizz and lose braids....

Spring of 2007. My oncologist thought that it would be beneficial. Did you take a class? If so, what sort of a class did you take? Yes. It was an eight-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. How has mindfulness made a difference in your life? It smooths out, or controls, the side effects of my cancer therapies (depression, stress, anxiety, body pain, etc....

St. Patty’s Day is just around the corner and so is spring! Get the family outside and active again after a long, cold winter inside. Our St. Patrick’s Day Exercise Treasure Hunt is an exciting and fun way to celebrate the holiday together! This post contains affiliate links. To learn more about ’em, click here. Sometimes it’s difficult to get the kids away from screens! {It’s a DAILY struggle at my house!...

If you believe that stopping eating when you are comfortably full will help your health, then consider using the following hunger/fullness scale. This tool can be helpful to discover a comfortable level of fullness when eating. The rating scale below is divided into three sections. Numbers 10-7 is when either hunger or fullness is painful and unpleasant, 6-4 is when hunger or fullness is comfortable, and 3-1 is when hunger or fullness is slightly noticeable....

Mindfulness is the energy that helps us recognize the conditions of happiness that are already present in our lives. You don’t have to wait ten years to experience this happiness. It is present in every moment of your daily life. There are those of us who are alive but don’t know it. But when you breathe in, and you are aware of your in-breath, you touch the miracle of being alive....

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. To learn more about ’em, click here. I have participated in a Friendsgiving dinner twice and both were so much fun! The first time, my friend Holly invited me to a Thanksgiving Soup Swap Party at her home that she called Friendsgiving. She invited several of our co-workers and had a potluck-style Thanksgiving feast as friends a few days before the actual Thanksgiving day....

Bauer-Wu is director of the Compassionate Care Initiative at the University of Virginia School of Nursing and the author of Leaves Falling Gently: Living Fully with Serious & Life Threatening Illness through Mindfulness, Compassion, & Connectedness. She researches chronic stress, pain, and how mindfulness and compassion can help. When she’s teaching mindfulness, she often sees people get frustrated about where to start and how to feel—unable just to be present in their own bodies....

Fast-forward a year, and I’m at the (partially) restored Eileen Fisher HQ, learning about the kind of care the company takes with its clothing: from helping a Chinese silk dyer use fewer chemicals and less water, to launching a recycled clothing program, where customers return garments they no longer use, with the proceeds going to an initiative that helps improve the lives of woman and girls. There is a yoga/meditation room....

Gray blending is a low-maintenance color that is perfect for those who want to take part in the gray hair dye trend or those who want to subtly transition to or cover up gray hair in a natural way as their hair begins to lighten. Keep scrolling to learn more about this gray hair trend. What is gray blending? Gray blending is a new movement in hair color. It is all about accentuating your gray strands whether they’re natural or dyed or using highlights to make that not as noticeable....

One very crucial thing that guys with long hair have to keep in mind though is their grooming routine. Read on for the best ways to keep your hair in tip-top shape, whether you’re aiming for a grungy hippie look or some full-on Casanova curls. Tips for Guys with Long Hair 1. Don’t skip on washes. You know when your girlfriend hasn’t shampooed in a few days and everything seems just a little bit stringier?...

Why Hair Washing is such an Important Detox Start with a Scrub for Detox Hair Washing When beginning my hair reset at home, I decided a scrub was the best place to start. I love using Nexxus Scalp Inergy Gentle Exfoliating Scalp Scrub. Scrubs are extremely important when detoxing your hair because they help remove product build-up and dandruff that may have accumulated on your scalp since your last wash....

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. To learn more about ’em, click here. This printable pack was designed by the amazing Carisa with Messes to Memories! She is phenomenal to work with and does outstanding work!! Check her out! Harry Potter Marathon Activities and Printables Who doesn’t love a good Harry Potter movie night?! You better believe that we most definitely do! There are few, if any things, better than a Harry Potter marathon with all of your favorite friends!...

Now that this super-pretty shade has comfortably hit the mainstream, it behooves fans of hot pink hair to know how to take care of it and keep it looking its best. 5 Ways to Wear Hot Pink Hair Scroll down for a few tips on prolonging the vibrancy of this color, as well as some inspirational photos on the best versions of hot pink hair we’ve seen so far:...

At its worst, during my late twenties, I was caught in this anxious state for a number of years, despite the fact that outwardly my life looked safe, stable, and privileged. Since then, these episodes of inner hyper-restlessness have diminished, both in frequency and duration. In no small part, I think this is due to mindfulness practice—these days I’m more aware of the conditions that tend to trip the switch for anxiety for me (such as taking on more than I have resources to cope with, or personal, social and professional rejection)....

Now, it’s probably helpful at this point in the story to give you a little background. My husband dislikes talking on the phone so much that in 1999 when he proposed to me, a time when email was just starting to be a thing, he emailed his parents to tell them we were engaged. His parents still tease him about this, but joking aside, the fact that he did not call them doesn’t mean that he wasn’t eager to share the news, but it does mean that he does not like to talk on the phone....