No one tells us that a breakup is a nervous system event. We speak of heartbreak in metaphors, but the body speaks in symptoms. Tight chest. Restless nights. Sudden waves of panic. A hollow feeling in ...

Standing up for Workers’ Rights—May Day isn’t (Quite) the same as Labor Day. I’m a Millennial. I came of age in the midst of school bombings and mass shootings and terrorist attacks. One of my first ...

I have a good friend who is convinced everything is too late for her. On a girls trip, we all got tattoos. In the moment it was fun. Afterwards came the spiral: it’s too late for me to get tattoos. On ...

I used to believe that love was what held a relationship together. That if two people loved each other deeply enough, they could withstand anything—circumstances, pressure, mistakes, even each other.

We all love talking about attachment styles these days, especially when it comes to relationships. Is he avoidant? Am I anxious? Is she emotionally available? But what if attachment theory doesn’t ...

When I worked as a professional model, people would see me in a magazine or on a billboard and say, “I want to do that.” What they didn’t understand was that it meant being evaluated constantly, ...

I’ve struggled to find the words this week. To find the balance between blind rage and constructive communication. To understand why I feel the need to find that balance at all. Racism isn’t new to me ...

She was done not fully being herself. She realized she was the only self she could be—and not being unapologetically true to herself was a disservice to her soul and the world. She was done listening ...

We know that “narcissist” has become a bit of a buzzword recently, and some folks are quick to apply it to an ex-lover or family member or friend. While awareness of this concept is healthy, so is ...

This is a copyrighted excerpt from the bestselling book, Fify Shades of Narcissism:Your Brain on Love, Sex and the Narcissist. It was first featured on Self-Care Haven. The common question posed to ...

It is often said that we don’t find yoga, but that yoga finds us. That something in our life, in the universe, responds to our readiness to benefit from what yoga has to offer us and then presents us ...

“Why is it so easy to abandon ourselves, and why do we so easily fall into the illusion that this self-abandonment is the only way people will like us?” ~ Ariana Carouth “I did so much for her! I ...