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Recovery in Progress: Meghan’s Story

May 12, 2012
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Needless to say, I am abundantly grateful for your comments on my superhero smoothie post. Thank you, CR readers, for inspiring me every day. I’m here today with a new Green Recovery post. This one is from Meghan, who writes the blog Happy Life: One Gal’s Plunge into the Present. Meghan has a long, long history [...]

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Flow Yoga, D.C.; Becoming “Real”

May 6, 2012
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At the end of this month, it will officially be a year since I moved from NYC to Washington, DC. In the year I’ve been here, one of my favorite activities has been to explore the city’s wonderful and varied yoga scene. Like many yogis, I call one studio “home”: that’s Laughing Lotus in NYC, [...]

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“Something So Simple”: The Reality of Maintaining Healthy Habits

March 8, 2011
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A few days after I wrote my post on not letting one bad day turn into two, I was chatting with one of my best friends, who told me that he loved the post. He also admitted that, lately, he’s found it difficult to make time for proper self care. He hasn’t been exercising enough [...]

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Raw Rehab: Dealing with Social Discomfort

April 30, 2010

Hello, friends. TGIF. This was a long week, and I’m ready for it to be over. The highlight? Attending the opening of my mom’s current art exhibit, Illuminations, showing at First Street Gallery in Manhattan. The opening was a success, and I was so, so proud of my mother, who has been a working artist [...]

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Be Your Own Guru: Avoiding the Fads, the Bestsellers, and the Magic Plans

June 8, 2009
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Hey everyone! Thanks again for the birthday wishes! You all made my day. My weekend, actually. I am so grateful. So unless you were hiding under a rock last week, you probably heard that Newsweek magazine “took Oprah on” with a hard-hitting cover story that weighed in critically against her constant endorsement of alternative health [...]

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The Power of Choice, and a Raw Challenge

May 3, 2009
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Happy (Rainy) Sunday, everyone. I was supposed to meet the lovely April of Raw Food Passion for lunch today, but her flight was (sadly) delayed. So instead, I’m taking a moment to make an announcement, and to share an article that’s near and dear to my heart. First things first: Miss Jenna (of Eat Live [...]

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