By Katie Vagnino This is what happens when you sign up for a yoga class online and don’t read the fine print. It is an honest mistake, one I realize the moment I enter the studio and am confronted with posters of women smiling blissfully, their hands delicately...
Last night, before I went to bed, I mentally planned my writing week. I’d start by rewriting a piece I wrote about Raymond Chandler’s quote: “ The faster I write the better my output. If I’m going slow, I’m in trouble. It means I’m pushing the words instead of being...
Recent research has shown that the more you smile, the more you smile. Muscle memory creates pathways and patterns in the 200+ facial muscles summoned up every single time you smile. And chemicals react to those muscles, eliciting feelings of happiness that would...
I have kept very quiet this week in the wake of the Zimmerman trial verdict. I have read many a tweet, article, reaction, and analysis of what happened and why. I am a person who largely keeps my head in the sand regarding current events and world news because I...
