“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” —Rumi February is rough. There, I said it. We’re in the last stretch of winter—the deep bottom of the earth’sread more

There’s one gift that’s guaranteed to suit everyone’s size, taste, and budget: the gift of health. Over the past several years, I’ve been moving away from the commercialism of typical store-bought holiday gifts that lack a personal connection to their makers. While I succeeded forread more

Unwrapped candy may be a no-no for trick-or-treating kiddos, but the rules get a little laxer when it’s time for the grown-ups to treat themselves. These chocolate squares, inspired by the Almond Joys I used to love in my pre-vegan days, are as healthy asread more

Ayurveda teaches us that happiness is something we can generate internally—from health, from good company, from connection to the macrocosm. And yet, ask the average person on the street what makes them happy and you might hear a very different sort of response. Success, wealth,read more

Note: This post contains affiliate links. Read our disclosure and disclaimer here. We live in a world where every day there seems to be a new superfood, promising a sip from the fountain of youth or cure for all our pains, worries, and sorrows. Turmeric won’tread more

Many of our morning routines have undergone radical changes in recent times, including the way we nourish ourselves. Maybe your hour-long commute on public transportation has become five steps from your kitchen to your home office, or maybe the quiet time you once had whileread more

I grew up among women who cooked everything—all the meals for their families, and most every kind of food. From barbecue burgers and potato salad to French toast, and intricate cookies passed down from my German great-grandmother (who measured things in pinches, apparently—my kind ofread more

Have you ever been in the presence of someone who radiated health and happiness? Whose eyes, skin, hair, and smile made you not only want to be around them, but also want to know what their secret to such beauty was? There IS a secretread more

We’ve all learned how important it is to eat a balanced diet to ensure whole-body health. But did you know that certain foods and herbal medicines can support the health of specific tissues and body systems? In Ayurveda, digestion is described as a multi-step process,read more