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In a world where food is often – though not always – abundant, it can become somewhere to retreat when not just hungry, but a vast array of emotions: confused, lonely, sad, or just plain bored. Emotional eating is a crutch so many of us fall upon, and if that sounds familiar to you, then be thankful for Soshy Adelstein. She’s an intuitive wellness coach out to help women make peace with both food and their bodies. She wants to teach you how to heal your relationship with eating and learn to love, embrace, and accept your body no matter what.
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Why is it that so often when we see someone else struggling, our first thought is one of compassion and empathy, but when it comes to ourselves, that compassion quickly washes away? Luckily, Dr. Kristin Neff is here to help unpack the intricacies of self-compassion. She’s an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, and received her doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley, studying moral development. She changed how we talk about self-care with her bestselling book Self-Compassion, and now, ten years and many studies later, she expands her body of work to explore a new take on self-compassion: Fierce Self-Compassion. Dr. Kristin Neff has made it her life’s work to show women how they can use fierce and tender self-compassion to succeed in the workplace, engage in caregiving without burning out, be authentic in relationships, and end the silence around sexual harassment and abuse. If there was ever a time to reclaim balance within ourselves so that we can help balance the world, it’s now.
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While “that time of the month” is no walk in the park for anyone, it can range from uncomfortable to a full-on bloodfest. But for those not dealing with the agony that is the dreaded “E” word – endometriosis – Aunt Flo’s visit is likely a walk in the park by comparison. Regulating your hormones is already enough of a clusterfuck, often requiring a cabal of gynecologists, a couple of naturopaths, and multiple friends of friends with similar symptoms to get any sort of grip on what’s going on. And all of that’s without our friendo, endo. Women muscle through a lot, but that shouldn’t have to be the expectation. That’s where your ally through endometriosis, Jessica Murnane, comes in. Beloved author, speaker, and consultant, she helps women break through the misinformation that plagues the healthcare system to help those living with endo to have more control and feel better in their bodies.
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I’m no stranger to the various healing modalities out there: Reiki, talk, sound, light, halo, couples, or float therapy – whatever it is, I’ve loved the idea of finding support so that I don’t have to bear the load of this reality alone. But one challenge with all of those has been feeling connected during that healing. It takes time. But my time with Marine Sélénée – a mere forty minutes – exceeded all expectations. She’s a New York-based family constellations therapist, author, and speaker. Her practice begins with the premise “Your trauma did not start with you.”
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You don’t have to be who they tell you to be. You can just be who you say you are. That’s what’s so enlightening about Sunny Mabrey, who is everything her name seems to imply and more. She’s an actress, writer, and comedian who hails from Rainbow City, Alabama. She’s claimed recurring roles on Once Upon a Time, Reckless, The Client List, Mad Men, Memphis Heat, and Still the King, as well as major studio and independent films such as XxX: State of the Union and cult classic Snakes on a Plane. Taking the internet by storm with her quirky brand of comedy, she reels in and relates to people with her brilliant humor and characters. She’s the definition of committing unapologetically to who you are, and we are all the better for it.
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Who are we as humans? What is our intrinsic value to each other? Why do we want humans by our side? Is it out of desire, obligation, validation, or true necessity? And what does Amanda Montell have to do with any of this? It has everything to do with her. In a recent interview with Salon Magazine, Amanda breaks down the way that cultish rhetoric causes us not to empathize with one another or see others as human. We see people as “other” if they don’t align perfectly with our rapidly narrowing ideologies. It’s important to know the cultish language that makes you feel so confident that you are right and that everyone else is not only wrong but morally inferior.
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The road to success is always under construction. Some days, the journey is fast and smooth, but on others, it’s rocky AF with no stop sign in sight. It’s great to keep moving forward, but can’t let yourself miss out on the other aspects of being human. It’s enough to make you question the complexities of growing something that matters, and Jules Newmark can speak to that. She’s the director and founder of newMARK Models, a female talent agency that boasts an all-female board and a dynamic squad of everything from singers to actors to photographers to surfers to bloggers, and more. She uses her ability to see deep into people – beyond what they can see, themselves – to keep her fingers on the pulse of potential across LA.
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My therapist once described divorce as “writing a death certificate to a life you once lived,” and it’s true. There is no escaping the pain of divorcing someone you love but are unable to move forward with. If only I had Sandra Wood as I went through that process, but better to unpack late than never at all. A relationship expert, certified life coach, and women’s divorce coach, Sandra has been supporting women for over 16 years. She helps professional women regain their identity and confidence after a divorce, bring clarity to what they want moving forward, and heal the wounds of the past. We look at framing life post-divorce and how divorce can spark the process of really getting to know yourself.
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Wellness can feel out of reach, indulgent, or just a shell of what we see on the internet. It’s not that everything online is bad and IRL is all good, but we do have a crisis of the heart and we don’t know how to get out. That’s why Lily Diamond is here to remind us of the beautiful, complex life we are living, and advocate for us when we are too tired and too distracted to remember our purpose. Writer, educator, and advocate, harnessing the power of digital media to democratize wellness and empower women, she’s the co-author of “What’s Your Story? A Journal for Everyday Evolution.” In order to change our outlooks, our habits, and our narratives, we need to hone our storytelling muscles daily.
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It seems as if in a post-pandemic world, there is a thirst for information about wellness and self-care – totally makes sense. How healthy we and our children are is taking up a lot of headspace, and people are desperate for a support buoy as they navigate the choppy waters of a new “new normal.” Dr. Robert Lustig hopes to do that by gifting information to help us stay one step ahead of an industry that overcomplicates what “healthy” is. He’s objectively on the cutting edge of medicine and science – and he’s moving medicinal mountains. He’s discovered one underlying truth: medicine can’t cure what nutrition can. He uses this science to chronicle the breakdown of our current healthcare paradigm, which has crumbled under the influence of big food, big pharma, and big government. Weaving together the interconnected strands of nutrition, disease, medicine, environment, and society, “Metabolical” provides a scientific basis for a series of iconoclastic revelations.
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