Intentional Living
Essential Oil Blends for Winter
Improve your mood by diffusing these winter-inspired blends.
Writer's Panel: Staying True to Yourself in a Distracting World
Haley Stewart, Laura Vanderkam, Christine Emba, Amanda De Jesus, and Blanca Morales discuss the challenges women face today.
Starting Small: Five Steps to Getting Involved in Your Community
How to show up for your city or neighborhood when you don't know where to start.
Three Lessons Children Can Teach Us About Cities
The environment around us matters.
Accompanying Yourself Through Times of Transition
In times of change, we do well to be present to ourselves.
Our Relationships with Animals (and People) are Going to the Dogs
Our love for fur babies comes at a time when there’s an atrocious lack of investment in people.
City Mindfulness: Seeing Your City Through Travelers’ (and Urbanists’) Eyes
How adopting a traveler’s curiosity can help you rediscover your city
The Grass Really Isn't Greener
Recognizing the curation of our virtual realities
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A Perspective that Helps Me Process Covid Trauma in the Now
We can't avoid going through the dark to get to the other side.
5 Things We Can Do to Live More Sustainably
The little things can go a long way.
Rethinking Normal: How to Make Car-Free Living Work for You
Regain a sense of place in your local area by trying these alternative forms of transit.
From the Editor's Desk: Choosing What We Consume with Intention
Avoiding toxins isn't just for one's nutritional diet.
Dread Laundry Less by Sprucing Up Your Space
A little light, a little encouragement, and a little foliage go a long way.
What the Olsen Twins’ Success Paving their Own Path Can Teach All of Us
A rare interview with Mary-Kate and Ashley reveals how much intentionality is required to choose a less noisy, simpler road.
Using Introspection to Shed Light on Big Decisions
Learning to check in with yourself
How I Stopped Pretending Suffering Is Avoidable
Leaning into uncomfortable tasks helped me overcome a fear of suffering
Looking Ahead By Looking Back: Accepting Help
Leaning on others to be freed of negative self-talk and self-pity
When Emergency Contraception Is Commonplace, Are We Losing Introspection?
What I wish I had known before I took Plan B
A Spring Wedding and Coronavirus: Embracing What Is Essential
What I learned adjusting my spring wedding plans
Lessons on Surviving a Quarantine from a Military Spouse
For me, a pandemic feels somewhat familiar
Cultivating Holiday Traditions as a New Family While Honoring Your Past
Shifting your mindset to create a unique, new holiday schedule that weaves old traditions with the new
The Importance of Cultivating Mindful Leisure Time
Busyness isn’t the only cause of burnout
Lessons Learned from Being Steeped in the World of Tea
Valuable knowledge and experience gained while volunteering at a tea festival
Finding Balance in an Unbalanced World
A few tips to help cultivate balance in everyday life