A Conversation with Sara Avant Stover
I’m delighted to share with you my first ever audio interview at Wise Living. That’s right, we are going multimedia! I’m so excited. So you know I’d choose an amazing person as my first guest,...
View ArticlePrana, Location Independence, and Getting High
Today I’m so happy to be blogging in partnership with two fabulous women, Lianne Raymond and Heather Plett. We’re all writing on the theme of “location dependence” and connection to place. Lianne and...
View Article10 Things I'm Glad I Did For My Body in 2010 (And That You Might Want to Try...
1. Gave up artificial sweeteners (Splenda, Equal, Sweet & Low, etc.) and switched to Stevia. Now that Stevia is available, I see no reason any of us should be taking risks with the artificial...
View ArticleBody Dissatisfaction
I think it’s fair to say that, collectively, we women are officially in trouble when it comes to our relationship to our bodies: 70% of normal-weight women report wanting to be thinner. A UK study...
View ArticleBeing Beauty
Note: Today is the very last day to sign up for my hot-off-the-presses new course. The course is about owning and sharing your fabulous, utterly unique brilliance in the world. If you are feeling like...
View ArticleQuestioning the Call
“Beginning in 2006, players at the US Open were allowed to challenge judges on a limited number of questionable calls, thanks to video replay. When a player challenged a call, the video supported the...
View ArticleThe woman who didn’t listen (+ NYC events)
The other day I was standing in the elevator in my building, heading out for the day. In the elevators, the walls are all mirrors. I glanced over and had a negative thought about my body — a reflexive,...
View ArticleMy Sugar Story
I’m a woman who can’t handle sugar. You know how an alcoholic just can’t stop drinking? That’s me with sugar. For me, there has never been chewing one piece of gum. There is only chewing through the...
View ArticleA Conversation with Ellen Goodman
Well, she is one of the most widely read US women columnists in the United States. She has the ability to sum up a whole movement, a whole era, or a complex reality with a single, perfect line....
View ArticleA Conversation with Ellen Goodman Part 2
Here’s Part 2 of my chat with Pullitzer prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman. (Read Part 1 here). TARA: Let’s talk more about social change because you’ve both written about it and taken time to...
View ArticleCreate Your Health
I spent the day traveling home from Mexico reading Martin Seligman’s quite good book, Authentic Happiness. Seligman is an American psychologist, professor of psychology, and past president of the...
View ArticleFour Questions. Is It That Simple?
What would it look like to create your life around these four questions: What do I love? Who do I love? What do I need to take care of myself? What contribution do I want to make? What if it’s a...
View ArticleLeaving, and Coming Back Again
Recently I’ve been writing more about my history, my life-long romance, we might say, with leaving myself and going somewhere else. I realize that may sound like crazy California-speak. What do I...
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