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Five Mental Health-Caring Habits You Can Teach Your Kids
Taking care of your mental health is important in the best of times, but it feels doubly important when you’re a parent (which, incidentally, is…
Read MoreThree Tips for Getting Through Your First Pregnancy
I’ve been pregnant just once — but it was a twofer. I welcomed boy-girl twins in the sweltering mid-summer of 2014. At birth, they weighed…
Read MoreA Three-Course Watermelon Meal That Will Freshen Up Your Summer Dinner Table
For many years, my mom’s reliance on the Costco bulk fruit trays to liven up summertime meals meant I associated watermelon with pinkish, half-frozen lumps…
Read MoreTips for Saving Your Skin From the Summer Sun
Summer is here and the sun is out! Whether you live in sunny SoCal or rainy Seattle, chances are you’re giving a little more thought…
Read MoreHow to Prepare for Going Back to Work
Working from home has been the new reality for the past few months. COVID-19 has completely changed the way we do life, including our jobs. But…
Read MoreFour Vegan Salsa Recipes That Will Satisfy All of Your Snacking Needs
Snacks! Sometimes the only thing getting me out of bed in the morning is a good snack. In fact, a good snack is also the…
Read MoreThree Breathing Exercises That Will Help You Find Your Calm
This year has been overwhelming to the majority of the population, whether it’s due to being overworked, unusual sleeping patterns, a high level of stress,…
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Vegan Pizza Recipes That Will Make Your Belly Sing Hallelujah
Pizza is the queen-supreme comfort food. With endless topping varieties, you could eat pizza every single meal and up your happiness levels by 54%. It’s…
Read MoreSeven Resources for Talking to Kids About Race
Red fish, blue fish—let’s talk about color. It’s one of the first things kids name and recognize, and skin color is no exception. Kids aren’t…
Read MoreFive Reasons Breastfeeding Needs To Be Normalized
Your baby starts crying and isn’t tired or in need of a diaper change. You deduce that she is hungry, so you lift up your…
Read MoreThere Are Many Reasons Why Pet Adoption Is Rewarding: Here Are Seven of Them
Name the most rewarding thing in your life right now. GO! Exactly – I heard us in unison say, “Bun-up-ty-ig.” Which as we all know…
Read MoreThese Four Sorbet Recipes Will Keep You Cool All Summer Long
It’s getting to be my favorite time of year — when the setting of the sun has absolutely no effect on how hot it is…
Read MoreMake This Killer Vegan Pesto in Five Minutes Flat With a Surprising Ingredient
Pesto is a fabulously flavorful and endlessly versatile sauce to prep ahead and use on absolutely everything. But it is generally made with cheese, and…
Read MoreFour Vegan Salad Recipes Packed with Protein
Cooking isn’t easy. Plus, who has the time? Especially when, in the midst of lockdown, you just discovered there’s an entire channel dedicated to Gordon…
Read MoreFour Easy Tips on Combatting Fatigue
If all you want to do right now is lie down on the floor and give up on your to-do list—you are not alone. It…
Read MoreThis Spicy Vegan Burger Recipe Will Have You Saying, ‘Meat? Don't Know Her’
The nation’s impending meat shortage aside, there are just about a gazillion reasons you might forgo animal protein. Chief among them is the fact that…
Read MoreA Step-by-Step Guide to the Perfect At-Home Manicure
Unless you live in a handful of states that have thrown caution to the wind and invited the walking ungroomed to make haste to their…
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Tips for Combatting Murder Hornets- Because What’s One More Thing to Worry About!
There's a lot to worry these days. A global pandemic is sweeping the planet. Your kids probably aren't learning anything with their online classes. Your…
Read MoreThe Ultimate TikTok Dances to Learn With Your Partner
With everyone stuck at home and nowhere to go besides Trader Joe's, you've probably been finding yourself staring at your phone way more than normal…
Read MoreThese Five Smoothies Will Ensure That You Get Your Daily Vitamins and Antioxidants
Lately it feels like all I do is cook and wash dishes from cooking. It’s gotten to the point where I’ve started just eating dinner…
Read MoreA Step-by-Step Guide for Daily Meditation
You’ve probably heard about the countless benefits meditation has to offer… but how do you do it? And can it be done without a light-filled…
Read MoreFive Exercises You Can Do with Your Partner
What exactly is it about spring and summer that is so motivating? There is something about the warm air that makes me want to eat…
Read MoreYoga Poses That Will Help You Find Your Calm (When You’re Anything but Calm)
Remember when bumper-to-bumper traffic or perhaps contending with your little one’s sleep regression was your biggest headache? Aggravating everyday occurrences like those almost feel like…
Read MoreHow to Bake the Perfect Potato Bread
As lockdowns continue and whispers spread about e-learning extending through the fall, it always helps to turn to the most basic forms of comfort known…
Read MoreWhat Being a Team With Your Partner Looks Like After Kids
When my husband and I got married, we thought we were a pretty good team. We had been through a lot already: cancer, moving, unemployment,…
Read MoreFive Vegan Tacos You’ll Want to Eat Until You Pass Out
Here’s the tricky thing about tacos: they do not have an obvious stopping point. I’ve always been a burrito person myself, in part because when…
Read MoreSix Tips for Working from Home When Kids Are Around
It's been a while since I trekked home with the kids from school, only to be told to never come back. Well, not never, but…
Read MoreThis Incredible Vegan Chili Recipe Taught Me How To Improvise in the Kitchen
You’re busy, I’m busy, we’re all busy! Cooking every night can get a little exhausting, but meal prep can be daunting when you’re first getting…
Read MoreSick of Watching ‘Frozen 2’ for the 8th Time Today? Try These Ten Throwback Movies
Being a parent is hard work and nothing is harder on the adult psyche than having to watch the same movie over and over and…
Read MoreEight Things That Will Be Difficult as Hell to Adjust to Once We’re Out of Quarantine
While everyone has their own unique way of coping with the global pandemic, there’s one thing most of us agree on: every day has felt…
Read MoreFive Totally Not Depressing Ways to Celebrate a Birthday During Quarantine
It’s a major bummer when your birthday falls during a global pandemic. But don’t despair! You can still have a totally not depressing birthday, all…
Read MoreWho Needs A Gym When You Have These Household Items?
As many of us are in our second month of self-quarantine, we're quickly finding out that staying home isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.…
Read MoreFour Vegan Meals That Say, ‘Yes, I Stockpiled 25 Pounds of Dry Beans and Need to Use Them Somehow!’
OK, so I maybe got a little salty when people started buying huge quantities of beans over the last month. Don’t get me wrong: I…
Read MoreSeven Virtual Friend Dates That Aren’t Your Average Zoom Happy Hour
Let’s be honest: you can’t afford to let your friends slip away during this quarantine. Can you imagine having to deal with returning to normal…
Read MoreWhat I Learned About Myself While Practicing Social Distancing
There are many things that can cause someone to turn inwards in search of finding themselves. An emotional event, an epiphany of some sort, or…
Read MoreMatching Hairstyles You Can Really, Totally Rock With Your Kids
Because twinning (and embarrassing your little) is winning! We all know that #twinning is #winning. Who better to twin with than your kids? There is…
Read MorePerfect Picnic Recipes That Make Carnivores Go, ‘Wait, This is Vegan?’
Chocolate included. Obviously. So you’re vegan. Ninety-nine percent of the time you’re cool about veganism and your friends love you. You also know how annoyed…
Read MoreThis Is What Moms Really Want for Mother’s Day
Hint: it’s not macaroni art. I remember asking my mom every year what she wanted for Mother’s Day. She would always answer something like, “I…
Read MoreThe Importance of Creating a Zen Space in a Less Than Zen Home
Being a parent can be tough. Sometimes you feel like everything is magical and it’s a miracle that you’ve brought new life into the world.…
Read MoreThis Vegan Cashew Mac and Cheese Recipe Will Knock Your Socks Off
The perfect vegan mac and cheese DOES exist! The ultimate comfort food, hands down, is mac and cheese. You know, the creamy, gooey deliciousness you…
Read MoreHaters Gon’ Hate: So Here Are 3 Tips for Handling Mommy Shamers
Much is made of the mixed bag of advantages and drawbacks that comes from waiting until you’re of “advanced maternal age” to have kids. Older…
Read MoreMeet the “Unadoptable” Rescue Pets of Instagram!
Adopt, don’t shop! Do you live for rescue pet pics on Instagram? If so, these 10 accounts are ones you need to follow, stat. Rescue…
Read MoreHow to Combat Your Inner Critic by Cultivating Your Inner Animal
Battling procrastination and perfectionism one baby hippo at a time. Last year, I was assigned a big project for a job. I had a few…
Read MoreHow to Battle the Aches and Pains of Postpartum Life
Giving birth is nothing short of a magical experience, and by that I mean you’ll feel like a magician’s assistant who’s been sawed in half.…
Read MoreAt-Home Dates That Are Really, Totally Achievable With a Baby in the House
Because nothing says romance like spit-up running from your hair to your tit. Having a baby changes your relationship in ways you can’t even imagine.…
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