How to identify & release toxic relationships
June 17, 2013
Hi Sweet Friends, As wellness seekers, we’re constantly looking for ways to find harmony on our plates, in our bodies and throughout our lives. Yet sometimes that harmony comes from making tough decisions about our relationships. Some folks boost our energy reserves. Others drain us dry. In reality, we each have choices. We get to decide who we allow into our inner sanctum (the space where our spirits replenish, our hearts lower their walls, and… Read More >
Love, Eat, Heal
September 24, 2012
Hi Friend, Every time I see a cardinal, I know my grandmother is with me. This regal, red bird was Grandma’s favorite. It reminds me of her fiery Colombian spirit and the blue flames that blazed in her restaurant’s kitchen. Grandma infused her food with love, captivating stories and copious amounts of butter. And everyone who slipped into a booth at The Village Gourmet in Pawling, NY felt that love from their taste buds to… Read More >
Pens — They’re Good for You
August 21, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Stephen King wrote “Dreamcatcher” in longhand — using a Waterman pen. J. K. Rowling penned “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” — all 157 pages of it — in longhand, and the leather-bound tome sold for an amazing $4 million at Sotheby’s. F. Scott Fitzgerald did it, as did Hemingway, Kafka and countless others, each of whom had access to either a typewriter or, later, a computer. They chose to put pen to paper and… Read More >
Three Tips for Dating After Loss
August 16, 2012
By Guest Blogger
When I decided to start dating again after my husband died it was almost like guilt started screaming at me so loud that I felt sick to my stomach. I literally had to sit down and think this decision through. It was not as simple as a yes or a no answer. I was a 34-year-old widow, with two little girls by my side. When I sat down to think it through, along came some… Read More >
Five Ways to Not Raise a Bully
July 27, 2012
By Peggy Drexler PhD
Quentin, three-and-a-half, was happily darting around the playground, like usual, when out of nowhere another little boy ran right up and kicked him in the shins. Quentin looked stunned, like he couldn’t believe what had just happened. But he didn’t kick back. First, he cried for a few minutes — not unusual for a small child. But then he collected himself and walked right up to the boy. “Martin,” said Quentin, calmly but with emotion.… Read More >
Letting Love Shine In From All Sources
July 23, 2012
By Guest Blogger
One of the most awesome things about love is that there are so many different kinds. The love we feel for family, friends, pets, fellow human beings we don’t even know, ourselves, those we’re in love with, those we used to be in love with, and on and on. With all this love around us and in us, it’s amazing that somehow it seems so easy to let troubles within the realm of our romantic… Read More >
Crazy Sexy Diet: The New Love of My Life
July 16, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Navigating my thirties as a mostly single gal has been a challenge to say the least. There are many days that I feel like Bridget Jones and have reflected her habits accordingly. There have also been numerous late night conversations (and drinks, etc.) with my sister and friends who are in the same boat, and we just can’t seem to figure out where all the good ones are! After discovering Kris Carr from her beautiful… Read More >
Food and Culture: How to Survive Family Meals
July 3, 2012
By Guest Blogger
In Mexican-American culture, getting together usually involves food. A celebration between family and friends can be an all day affair. Food in general is hot, spicy, and there’s a lot of it. Sounds great, right? Well I’m going to admit something here with you right now. It was kind of a problem for me adjusting to a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle at classic, traditional, Mexican get-togethers. This issue all came back to me as I attended a… Read More >
Crazy Sexy Solitude
June 27, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Being yourself is Crazy Sexy. We Crazy Sexy Life readers know this statement rings true. But why is it we sometimes feel blocked from fully being ourselves or muddled about who we really are in the first place? I talk to so many amazing women who tell me that they have a sense of their inner sexiness, but it gets trampled on and snuffed out by work stress, busyness, lack of play and general confusion.… Read More >
Three Ways to Celebrate Being Cancer-Free
May 31, 2012
By Guest Blogger
The day my sister, Jo, learned she had breast cancer was the scariest day of her life – and mine. Jo is more than just my sister; she is my best friend and confidant and has been by my side through thick and thin. The thought of losing her was impossible to comprehend. After months of intensive treatment and a mastectomy, she learned her cancer was in remission. When her doctor revealed the results of… Read More >
I’m Getting Married.
May 11, 2012
By Jen Louden
I’m getting married. Me, getting married. We met four years ago on Match.com. (His sister met her husband on Match too. Wild!) Both of us were simply looking for someone to have dinner with, maybe go for a hike. We’d both been on Match for a couple of weeks and were not digging it – it felt like person shopping and made us feel a little icky – so we were about to sign off… Read More >
10 Tips to Find the Right Doctor
March 30, 2012
By Lissa Rankin MD
You might have been raised to believe that doctors are gods and that you shouldn’t question us, but let me tell you the real truth, my loves. We docs are in the service industry — it’s our job to love, nurture, tend and care for you, and if we’re not doing that the way you deserve, you should fire our sorry asses! If you weren’t getting what you needed from your massage therapist, hairdresser, or… Read More >
Nourishing Your Inner Introvert
March 29, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Ever notice how exhausted you get after social outings? You had a great time, saw old friends, wined, dined, laughed and reconnected. Then the next day (or two…) all you want to do is hibernate. Why does socializing make you feel so exhausted, so depleted, so run down? Did you drink too much wine? Stay out too late? Are you just frail, weak, lazy? Why do the happiest of times turn into the most exhausting… Read More >
Love’s Rules to Living Life
March 26, 2012
By Guest Blogger
There will always come a moment in our lives where we ponder the question, “Why does this work for others and not for me?” This moment is often closely followed by our cry of, “What the heck!” Then we might try to force ourselves into fitting into a mold that we deem acceptable and appropriate. Who can we really blame for creating all these rules and regulations about how life should look? We can call out… Read More >
Raising Confident Sons Who Have Respect for Others
March 9, 2012
By Peggy Drexler PhD
A while ago, I was rushing up the street, carrying groceries and my briefcase, barely closed from all I had stuffed inside it, trying not to be late to pick up my daughter from basketball practice. One of her classmates, 13-year-old Damien, was walking from school toward me. I’d known Damien and his family for years, as part of a study I was conducting on boys and moms. “Can I help you with that?” he… Read More >
Five Tips for Establishing & Maintaining Healthy Boundaries
March 1, 2012
By Guest Blogger
One of the most common questions I am asked as a mental health professional and someone living with and healing from a “chronic and progressive” neurological disease, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (RSD/CRPS), is how to establish, maintain and enforce (when needed) healthy interpersonal boundaries. This topic is especially important when one is living with chronic, acute and/or terminal illness because unhealthy interpersonal relationships and stressful life events can flare up and even aid… Read More >
What To Do When You Doubt Everything and Want To Stay In Bed
February 20, 2012
By Marie Forleo
Do you ever start questioning everything you’re creating, everything you’re working on and everything you’re working toward? Do you sometimes wish you could just pull the covers over your head and stay in bed all day long? Gurrrl, I feel you. Now before we go any further, I want you to know that you’re not alone. Millions of highly successful people go through periods of questioning what the heck they’re doing and crave a few… Read More >
Letting Go of Romantic Fear
February 3, 2012
By Gabrielle Bernstein
Let’s face it: Sometimes romantic relationships can be totally nightmarish instead of wonderful. While there are a lot of reasons romance can be tough, most of the time the chaos begins within. As a student and teacher of the metaphysical text A Course in Miracles, I’ve come to understand how our ego (fear mind) wreaks havoc in the romantic arena. The Course guides us to see how we project our fear and neuroses onto our… Read More >
Other People’s Lives Aren’t What You Think
February 1, 2012
By Leslie Carr Psy.D.
“Sometimes, late at night, I’m visited by dread and shame. I lie in bed and think of somebody else’s life. I imagine the love that they’re getting and the relief that comes from being really known. The private pleasures they share. The friends they have and the pressures they don’t. Their sense of importance. The satisfactions of their work. I imagine how fulfilled they are, and how rich their life is. In these moments, I… Read More >
Sex, Self-Esteem and the Goddess Cure
January 24, 2012
By Guest Blogger
We’ve all had those moments where our minds go on a scary adventure to fear. It’s the “fear mind” that resembles a monkey with rabies and tends to be rather abusive and pessimistic. It says things like: “You can’t do that”; “Who do you think you are?”; “Ewww, gross, you have cellulite on your ass when you move like that in bed!” It’s really like a mind bully, except that bully is a part of… Read More >
