College is known for those uber-cliche moments where some incredibly brilliant person says something that changes your entire worldview. A professor’s genius insight that sends you on a path of intellectual inquiry, a classmate’s drunken/high/late-night eureka moment on the meaning of life, the day youread more

Many culinary traditions and single recipes tout the power of spice combinations. turmeric and black pepper; Chinese five-spice; cumin, coriander, and fennel tea. I’ve personally benefitted from the nutritional and flavor boost that eating certain foods together affords. To break down just one example onread more

Many religions describe their spiritual leaders as having been awakened by a divine calling—a vocation in the most literal etymological terms. God/A Higher Being struck a match in the dark of night, whispered in an ear deafened by the hum of expectation, touched a lost soul’sread more

“It’s just a little congestion,” the esthetician said as she examined my face under the harsh, bright spa light. I was wrapped in soft, just-warm-enough blankets, my ears soothed by gentle Sanskrit chanting, the room filled with a subtle and spicy aroma: all the ingredients for optimalread more

This weekend marks the unofficial end of summer, which for most people is a reason to lament. Soon, those long sunshine-filled days, lazy weekends out of town or lounging at home, and wardrobes consisting of everything flowy will be replaced by an urge to moveread more

It started as many of my greatest clean-beauty-aha moments did: with a free sample. Nestled in my monthly magenta gift—no, no that, but my Petit Vour subscription box—was an entire stick of Blissoma’s Scentless natural deodorant. I opened it, smelled it (yes, it was scentless),read more

When it comes to drinks, I almost always prefer the warm/hot variety to the cold. Even after a steamy yoga class or long run—or just a trip on the 1 train, which seems to always have the AC set on “energy saver” mode—ice-cold drinks tendread more

Leggings, kombucha, Game of Thrones: Just a few cultural touchstones that I’ve been ridiculously late to pick up on. The latter has recently consumed me, and for the past several weeks I’ve treated catching up to this generation-defining book-to-screen mega hit like an assignment. (As soonread more

Eighth grade was when I really came into my own as a book person. I was in a great “honors” English class with a young, fun teacher, a class that was full of my friends (distracting and prodcutive at once) and had a syllabus full ofread more

It’s no secret that café-hopping is an expensive but all too common habit that can eat up anyone’s budget in a heartbeat, whether you live in a city or the suburbs or even in a more rural area. Cutting back on outside coffee purchases isread more