Jordana Landres is a freelance wellness writer who has been known to type fitness articles in one hand while holding chocolate chip cookies in the other. Her work is motivated by the drive to explore how nutrition and lifestyle habits impact health.
Affection is a core need of humans everywhere, and one which has launched numerous businesses throughout history, (including, of course, what many have dubbed ‘the oldest profession’), but the latest incarnation may just be the most delightful: The Cat Café. It only takes a moment to realize how brilliant this…
The morning after a fun sleepover, your best friend offers you a bowl of oatmeal. You’re hungry and you’d love some. Checking the label, the ingredients on the packet lists oats, salt and soy. It doesn’t indicate whether the oats were produced in a dedicated gluten-free facility, making gluten cross-contamination a…
A recent Yahoo article featured a series of plus-size bloggers — a yoga devotee and pole dancer among them — in an article entitled “Meet The Women Proving You Can Be Fit At Any Size”. Yes, you can. Relatively. There’s no question that exercising to increase strength, flexibility and endurance…
The road to self-improvement can be a bumpy one. Nobody changes until not changing hurts more, and hurts every second. For those of you who’ve ever confided your troubles to the wrong person, you know this: advice that’s effective, shrewd and condescension-free can often prove hard to come by. If you’re…
Meet the Walnut: A True Superfood More than being simply tasty and filling, walnuts offer an incredible number of advantages for our health. These include heart-protective benefits, preventing the development of diabetes, being high in protein and fiber, and helping to keep our bones strong. Studies have shown they may…
I post, therefore I am….attention hungry? Lonely? A salivating narcissist? In 2015, bad Facebook posts dot and cheapen the digital landscape with more of a presence than ever before, leaving the floor of the great futility factory rife with yet more emotional grime. And much like death, taxes, or a…