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During a recent work trip, I decided to squeeze in a little self-care and relaxation by getting a strip mall mani/pedi.

One of the greatest joys of my life is spending time with my nieces and nephews. I would share pictures, but I fear their intense cuteness might cause you to look at the children in your life [...]

I’ve always lived in states with four distinct seasons--hot, muggy days by the pool shifting to crisp air and flame-colored leaves, deep snowfall melting and letting in that first, fresh rush of [...]

Two years ago, I moved from Alaska to Washington DC to work for Alteristic and I was excited for both the professional and personal journeys I would go on. Personally, I was excited to immerse [...]

Hope is an exercise in practicality. It’s having a vision of the future and making a plan to get there. It’s practical optimism. If another world is possible (which it is), what have I done to [...]

I grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky where no one played any kind of winter sport. Although we’d get a regular dusting of snow in winter, that’s all it was—a dusting, [...]

At the risk of sounding like Forrest Gump, my mom always told me that “what you think about, you bring about.” I’ve taken that thought to heart and it has translated to a positive attitude in [...]

The room is full of people and you’re about to start speaking. You’re nervous because it means you must deliver content in a way that’s interesting, compelling, and most importantly, inspiring. [...]

When I write the words "self-care," what kind of images come to your mind? Expensive spa days? Unreasonably relaxed women in complicated yoga poses? People who have the time, money, and privilege [...]

It’s that time of year again, a moment where many of us are frantically deciding on a New Year’s resolution that we can stick to - one that’s realistic, actionable, and won’t go by...