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Why I Love Gretchen Rubin, and HIGHLY Recommend her New Book, Happier at Home (And Learned to Check My Ego)
“Abandon a project” will make me happier at home? Damn, it’s true. I’m not a quitter but yet again, Gretchen Rubin changed my thinking and taught me 5 new things about connecting to my joie de vivre. Gretchen Rubin has done it again. Her new book, Happier at Home (Crown, September 4, 2012) is crazypants…
Read MoreMy Top 5 Apps for Working Moms
A working mom is expected to be kind of a superhero. She has to be an expert juggler of all things social, domestic, work related. Everyone seems to be depending on you. It’s a daunting task, but you already know that. Here are a few handy apps that can keep you from feeling like a burnt…
Read MorePleasure, Food and Stress
By Guest Writer Daphne Cohn If there’s one thing I know for sure it’s that eating and living without pleasure = stress. And stress leads to: Weight gain Overeating Exhaustion Moodiness Irritability Overwhelm Loss of passion And way less beauty But the tricky thing is most women I know don’t think pleasure is that important.…
Read MoreGretchen Rubin Made Me Do It: Getting Out the Door to Exercise
One of my dearest friends and I talked about how we didn’t want to read yet another book from some Yalie telling us what to do with our lives, but then we both caved, and actually loved this book. Read The Happiness Project. It will change you forever. Watch my video where I explain how…
Read MoreAnswer to Your Questions Monday 1/23/12 at 8am P/11am E (or get the recording)
Last minute Sally here. We had so many burning questions from the last few telejams that I decided on an impromptu live Q&A on Monday. That’s in 2 days. Sign up here to join us live OR post your question here or email it to us and I’ll get all I can cram into…
Read MoreNot Your Mother's Thyroid Talk: Think Different About Your Thyroid Health
Slow food? Love it. Slow sex? You know it. Slow thyroid? A show stopper. You cannot realize your full potential in the world if your thyroid is working against you. Is this you? You’ve packed on a few pounds and can’t seem to get them off. You look at a piece of cake and it…
Read MoreWhat Dr. Oz Taught Me About Oprah's Thyroid + Why She Struggles with Weight
Hormonal Hostage: Six Reasons Your Thyroid is Sluggish + Metabolism Slow
When your thyroid is working against you, your body feels slow. Reflexes? Not as rapid-fire as they were 10 years ago. You don’t react as fast to changes in your environment. Thyroid is the hormone of metabolism, similar to the “idle” position in a car. If your idle is slow, the processes in your body…
Read MoreLow Thyroid: Do you have a slow brain, weight gain or thyroid hair?
This week in Mission Ignition we are taking on the thyroid. Thought I’d share. Do you have, or have you experienced in the past… Hair loss, including of the outer third of your eyebrows and/or eyelashes (which indicates both a beauty crisis and a hormonal imbalance)? Dry skin? Dry, straw-like hair? Fluid retention or swollen…
Read MoreAre You a Type C Personality? How to Transition from Cortisol Crazed to Calm & Connected
By guest blogger Michelle Leath Top 3 Signs That You Have Elevated Cortisol Levels #1: You seem to have developed a stubborn muffin-top. #2: You feel constantly in a hurry, rushed, like you are running out of time. #3: You are looking for the quickest fix to your cortisol problem! We’ve been hearing a lot…
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