Women Special

“Being sustainable” isn’t something you achieve overnight. No offense to those content creators who can fit several years’ worth of trash into a single Mason jar, but no one *actually* wakes up one day and suddenly starts living a completely zero-waste, climate-neutral lifestyle. Like many things, it’s a process, and the key is to start small . One of the best ways I’ve found to up my eco-friendliness is to swap in a few sustainable products for items I’m already using in my daily routine . Trying to give my whole life an eco-friendly overhaul all at once is a sure-fire way to make me burnt out and inevitably go right back to my old ways. Instead, I focus on small things I can do every day to reduce my impact on the planet. If you’re looking for places to start, these sustainable products make it easy to swap in a more ecological option without sacrificing your style.  Thousand Fell Women's Court Sneaker Cans and bottles are easy to recycle, but your worn-out sneakers fr...

As a rule of thumb, I generally avoid frozen pizza. The plastic-looking cheese, questionable toppings, and cardboard-like crust do not look appetizing to me. But as with most things in life, you can slap a Trader Joe’s logo on it, and suddenly, I’m on board. My fiancé (a real frozen pizza stan) loves to tease me about this particular personality trait, but you know what? I have faith that my good pal Joe would never lead me astray. Confident that my love for TJ’s would win over my distaste for frozen pizza, I headed to my local store and stocked up on every variety I could find to put the theory to the test. Determined to keep this experiment fair, I decided to try all of the pizzas at the same time. Ambitious, I know, but I figured a direct comparison would be most accurate. I also enlisted some help because I like to eat, but singlehandedly consuming nine pizzas would likely put me in a coma. It took one standard oven, one toaster oven, and one countertop pizza oven to make it happ...

Awhile ago, after a weekend of ruminating over why no one was replying to my text messages, I found myself in a meeting wondering why no one was smiling at me when I spoke, and Googled, “Why do I always think everyone is mad at me.” ( And of course, asked my therapist about it later.) If you’ve found yourself worrying about past disagreements to solve the no-response mystery, feeling like you said something stupid, or that all the people you love and respect most are conspiring against you, you’re not alone. I have an intense internal desire to be liked by everyone. I mean everyone—friends, friends of friends, family, colleagues, even cashiers and yoga instructors. At some point along the way, I’ve been conditioned that liked=good, and disliked=bad. Likely, you can relate on some level. The desire to be liked is very human— we all want to be liked and accepted . I know objectively that being liked by everyone is simply not possible. As a woman with strong opinions, values, and per...

I don’t have to tell you that hormones can be a bee-och: Whether we’re on our period or not, it can feel like we’re at their beck and call. They affect everything from our emotions and mood to sexual function and sleep, after all! The good news is we can keep our hormones in check naturally (music to my ears) and live our best lives PMS-free with some simple tweaks in the kitchen. Thanks to functional nutrition and women’s hormone expert and creator of The Cycle SyncingⓇ Method , Alisa Vitti, I’ve got the holy grail of balancing hormones down to each phase of our cycles, and I’m letting you in on it. Ahead, the foods to hack your way to hormonal bliss, proving once and for all that food is medicine.   Meet the expert Alisa Vitti, HHC, AADP HORMONE EXPERT AND FOUNDER OF FLO LIVING Alisa Vitti is a functional nutritionist and womens hormone expert, the founder of modern hormone health care company FLO Living, bestselling author of WomanCode, and creator of MyFLO, the #1 pai...

I can feel the crisp fall air right around the corner and I am not mad about it. One thing about me is that as soon as the clock strikes 12 on September 1st, I’ll be decorating for fall . So when I started working through tech backgrounds for September, I knew I wanted to sprinkle in some of my favorite fall moments. We have everything from apple picking, the leaves changing colors, warm drinks, and all the cozy vibes!    Click to Download Calendar—Sunday Start Desktop   |  iPhone X / iPhone 11  |  Samsung Galaxy iPad / Tablet | Second Screen Calendar—Monday Start Desktop   |  iPhone X / iPhone 11  |  Samsung Galaxy iPad / Tablet No Calendar Desktop   |   iPhone X / iPhone 11  |  Samsung Galaxy iPad / Tablet   Click to Download Calendar—Sunday Start Desktop   |  iPhone X / iPhone 11  |  Samsung Galaxy iPad / Tablet | Second Screen Calendar—Monday Start Desktop   |...