A good hair day may mean long flowing locks, bouncy curls, or a voluminous natural afro—and all are gorgeous! Unfortunately, mainstream personal care goods still use an overwhelmingly amount of plastic to help tame our hair—but the tides are changing. As we try to move away from plastic in hair care, the seven brands are …
A Psychologist Shares How To Calm Your Inner Critic
Being a psychologist for 35+ years and counseling hundreds of women at all stages of life, I’d like to tell you this doesn’t happen to me anymore. But, I can’t. It’s a habit. My inner critic gets stirred up if I’m in a new situation like moving after living in the same home for over …
How To Customize Your Life So That It Feels Uniquely Yours
When we’re young, we do what feels right to us. As a kid, I napped in the middle of the living room floor because it felt warm and expansive. When the inspiration struck, I’d write a poem, contort myself into a pretzel, or dance an adagio across the kitchen. It never occurred to me that …
10 Female Poets Through History To Inspire Us In 2025
Poetry, like so many art forms, has a way of expressing the inexpressible and exposing human nature through musical rhythms, vivid imagery, and powerful metaphors. Throughout history, female poets have used their voices to be catalysts for social and political change, and their words are just as important today as they ever have been. There …
99 Sober Activities To Enjoy Instead Of Drinking
Everywhere I turn, there’s a cocktail hour. Or, an innocuous “let’s grab a drink” text with a friend I haven’t seen in years. And of course, there’s the third space that has become so beautiful and rare. (My own third space has been the open-air brewery four blocks from my home.) Many of our third spaces do include drinking, …
5 Best Organic Kids Multivitamins In 2025
Our team has researched dozens of organic multivitamins for kids — these our picks with the highest quality ingredients. (Oh, and our kids love them too!) As I reminisce about my youth, I fondly remember a diet filled with…well, junk. Candy, pizza rolls, and soda made up a large contingent of my everyday intake. And …
10 Best Women’s Health Podcasts In 2025
Health Podcasts For Women’s Wellness We’re always seeking new information about how we can live healthy, well-balanced lives! That’s why we’ve curated an up-to-date list of health & wellness podcasts, perfect for your daily commute and neighborhood walks. Each of these health podcasts is unique in that expert hosts cover a variety of interesting and …
10 Best Sites For Online Education Courses In 2025
We’ve researched dozens of online courses for the best educational learning platforms — these are our top 10 picks. Many of us follow a pretty typical education trajectory: elementary school, middle school, high school. Some of us go on to college or university, and others go even further, earning higher degrees and making careers in …
9 Sustainable Toilet Paper Alternatives (And Bidets!)
Zero Waste Toilet Paper Alternatives From a sustainability standpoint, global toilet paper production devastates the world’s forests by consuming millions of trees yearly, exacerbating the climate crisis and threatening precious wildlife and indigenous communities. These trees often take decades to recover from harvesting. Additionally, a single toilet paper roll requires 37 gallons of water to make. But toilet paper …
10 Amazon Alternatives For Sustainable Online Shopping
Want to break up with Amazon Prime? These are our favorite ethical Amazon alternatives for everything from household items to books and beauty. Shopping online is convenient, and it’s an accessible option for people who live outside large cities or without access to nearby sustainable stores. While Amazon has certainly made millions of lives easier …