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8 Ways to Feel More at Home in a New House
Moving is exciting—and stressful. Here are ways to make your new space feel more “you.”
A Mountain Pose That Claimed My Career
Warning: Yoga may cause you to reassess your life's purpose and—gasp!—go for it.
Aging With Humility (We’re Not Indispensable)
Think of yourself as a leaf on a tree. Contributing what we can while realizing we’re not indispensable releases us to appreciate our own life cycle.
Book Review: Break the Norms
Break the NormsQuestioning Everything You Think You Know about God and Truth, Life and Death, Love and SexBy Chandresh BhardwajSounds TrueAre you ready to overhaul your life and fr…
Book Review: Professional Troublemaker
Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter ManualBy Luvvie Ajayi JonesPENGUIN LIFE/VIKING Imposter syndrome is real—just ask Luvvie Ajayi Jones, author of the New York Times be…
Caffeine: The Addiction We Share … and Don’t Talk About
Young lovers sit at a sidewalk café and sip espresso between kisses; a group of giggling cheerleaders head for a cooler filled with iced energy drinks; a group of happy kids swing …
Celebrate Whatever Life Brings: The Art of Seeing Each Day as a Poem
An interview with Jaqueline Suskin, author, poet, and healer.
Getting Unstuck
Last May, in order to pursue his dream of an integrated life of travel, writing, and photography, a smart, attractive thirty-something named Zero Dean quit his job, terminated the …
How to Make Life Transitions Easier
Ending a chapter feels less upsetting when we have a well-rounded ending.
Life Lessons from the Parking Lot
One-third of the new homeless are living in their vehicles with laptops, tablets, and cellphones. My husband and I were two of them.
Rewiring My Brain
“So, what are you doing now?” my well-meaning friends would ask after I had quit my job with no apparent employment or other occupation in sight. The only honest answer I could give was to say, “I’m rewiring my brain.”
Salvation in the City
One man finds that ditching suburbia for urban density meant he could work less, drop the gym membership, throw a few parties, and start a family. Oh, and he also cut his carbon footprint. Dramatically.
Support in Service of Sweetness
One of the most famous yoga sutras—the short aphorisms in yoga attributed to Patanjali—is sthiram sukham asanam. The phrase means essentially that your asana, your seat…
The Good Quit
Why is it so hard to walk away from some situations? Maybe it’s time to call it quits.
