How to Make a Difference in the World with Colin Beavan

July 28, 2020

I think a lot about how I can make a difference in the world, now more than ever. The trouble is, sometimes I just don’t know where to start. I look at the issues that are important to me—poverty, hunger, ending human trafficking and climate change, racial justice, animal welfare, education—and honestly, I get overwhelmed. […]

How to Give a Good Apology with Molly Howes

July 21, 2020

We all mess up, we drop the ball, say the wrong thing and hurt someone’s feelings. No doubt, we have all needed to say “I’m sorry” lots of times. But how many of us know how to effectively apologize and make amends? In her new book, A Good Apology: Four Steps to Make Things Right, […]

Our Beauty Contracts with Jeanette Johnson

July 14, 2020

It’s my belief that the first step in living more mindfully is that we start to pay attention to how we are living, what we are thinking and the choices we are making. That includes beauty. As the founder of J’s Everyday Fashion, one of the internet’s first-ever budget fashion blogs, Jeanette Johnson’s life was […]

Lean in with Love with Stephanie VanZytveld

July 7, 2020

We are in the midst of a tremendous amount of flux. The desire for change is palpable, even if the way is not yet clear. This week’s guest thinks a lot about change, writing in her new book that “radical change involves construction and destruction. In my experience, there’s also been a lengthy period in […]

How to Stay Calm When People Aren’t Wearing Masks

July 6, 2020

I am a rule follower. Show me the guidelines, protocols and recommendations and you can be sure I will fall in line. According to Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies paradigm, I am an “Upholder,” which means I have a propensity toward responding readily and openly to outer expectations. If you’re part of this upholder camp, you’ve […]