Good Clean Reads

“You must weed your mind as you would weed your garden.” ~Terri Guillemets 

I learned about weeds before I learned anything about gardens. For my 40th birthday, my husband built me a beautiful, secure deer fence to make my first garden. Someone advised me to add straw to augment and lighten the heavy clay soil. Unfortunately, what I thought was straw turned out to be hay and seeded itself heartily throughout my new garden. In no time I was completely overwhelmed with weeds that I had inadvertently sown.

What is daily care of the vagina? We know how to take daily care of our face – we cleanse it, we balance our pH with toner, we moisturize it. But what’s involved with taking care of our vagina? And why take care of it every day? Let’s first address why you want to practice daily care of your lady business.

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, here is an idea that not only promises to make the holiday more enjoyable, but also has the potential to benefit your relationship for months afterward: working with the contradictions in your heart by finding balance and even synergy between seemingly opposing emotions.

According to U.S. News, 80 percent of us give up on our New Year’s resolutions by the second week of February. That’s a blight statistic for those of us who want to pursue growth in our lives. But I don’t mention this statistic to bring you down or to try to pop your dream bubble. I personally have loved New Year’s resolutions for as long as I can remember. 

Last year, we collaborated with MADE SAFE on a list of the top five ingredients to avoid when purchasing body, skin, and hair care products. It continues to be a great starting point for anyone looking to reduce the role of toxins in their daily life. But with summer upon us, we’re likely using products like sunscreen, deodorant, or dry shampoo, and these all have ingredients we didn't cover two years ago. Here is your guide to the five ingredients to avoid in products this summer.

Earth Day is coming up on April 22, and there are many different ways you can celebrate. You can plant a tree, start your own garden, switch to e-bills, volunteer at a local Earth Day event, or start with something as simple as greening your bedroom. Here are 4 ways you can celebrate Earth Day by making your bedroom green:

A new year brings many new ideas to the surface. We often take time to reflect on our health and well-being, and seek out new trends in hopes of making a fresh start.

Today marks the 15^th anniversary of the UN’s longtime effort to stop FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) by 2030. However, since their awareness campaign began, more women than ever are being impacted by this historic and barbaric practice of the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia.

Remember the cry Do-Over? It was how we got back to center when we played street games as a kid. Something was amiss and either side could call it, and although it didn’t promise any specific outcome, the ability to start again from a place everyone agreed was fair made any outcome reasonable. And while most of us can’t just call a do-over on most of what happens from one day to the next, it’s a worthwhile spirit to cultivate as we begin a new year...