Summer is here and my guess is that many of you have plans to soak in the sun with at least one vacation. To help you get to and through your trip hassle free, we’re sharing our guide to packing like a pro. Whether you’ll be gone for 1 week or 1 month, this 5 step plan will help you figure what and how to pack for your trip.
Tomorrow is the first day of summer and we couldn’t be more excited. Though we’ve been unofficially celebrating the season since Memorial Day, tomorrow’s Summer solstice seals the deal. To help us all get into the swing of the season, we’ve rounded up 9 of our summer favorites– from swimsuits to sundresses. Check out our list and then let us know what you’d add to yours!
I’m a big fan of overall wellness (and Beyonce) and I’m a firm believer that an individual’s environment can greatly affect her happiness and level of productivity. I’m pretty certain this goes for everyone –the happier we are the more productive we are. Yes? Yes. I’m here to take you on my journey of moving out into the big bad world on my own and to share with you the decisions behind my interior designs. Read on for my top 5 tips for designing your space in a way that will boost your happiness and productivity.
If I were to walk into a room full of young women and pose the question, “who here has ever struggled with their body image and had concerns about their weight?”, my guess is that a majority of hands would rise in the air. I think it’s a fair assumption that most of us have felt these insecurities at some point in our lives. Our Single Girl contributor, Jenna Wolf knows that feeling. She, like so many other young women, admits to having waged the battle to keep up a healthy lifestyle– one that balances the right mix of working out and eating right without going overboard.
When it comes to truly being healthy, the definition isn’t rooted in the number that appears on the scale. It’s about making choices that will help you lead a longer, happier, better life. That definition and our motivations behind getting healthy may be different for each of us. Similarly, our struggles to stay committed to healthy habits are also deeply personal. In today’s post, Jenna, now a certified health coach, talks about how choosing to help others achieve their health and fitness goals has been the secret to helping her reach her own.
As much as we love OITNB for its cast of outrageous characters and their snappy one-liners, we’ve also come to appreciate the depth the writers have given to their back stories. We learn what has brought each of these women to prison and watch as their lives and relationships unfold within their new confined realities. With each episode we get to know the characters a little better and grow to understands what motivates their behaviors and actions.
In getting to know these characters we’ve also recognized that there is a great deal they can teach us about our own choices. Here we take a look at 7 lessons we’ve learned from Orange is the New Black and how they apply to our lives outside the prison walls.