Quick tips to infuse your day with joy When you get stressed or sad, do you find yourself overeating, drinking too much, binging on TV, or being glued to your smartphone? I won’t deny that my first impulse when feeling down is to gorge on chocolate cake. But I know…

Or, what I wish I’d known before marrying a Portuguese man In December of 2021, my husband and I moved into his childhood home in Portugal—a dilapidated farmhouse inherited from his recently deceased father. This was not a country house built for comfort but a cramped, lightless space built for people who spent all their time outside growing food and taking…

Discover five simple steps to plan a healthy escape—when COVID-19 prevents you from getting away. — I love going to retreats, and I’ve been to them all over the world. In an average year, I go to two or more week-long retreats and multiple weekend retreats. There was that fantastic nude yoga retreat with YogaNu in the South of France, the life-changing ayahuasca retreat with Apotheosis…