I was at the beach on a very windy day. About the time my friend and I were getting ready to leave she grabbed something out of her bag and a $20 bill came flying out of it as well and landed on the sand slightly behind us…

If you're anything like me, you've spent a lifetime being hard on yourself for feeling so stressed out by day-to-day life, asking yourself, why is this so hard for me? Why does everyone else seem to be handling this better? What am I doing wrong…

Smoothie bowls have been around for years, but I must admit I was super late to the party. Once you've got the smoothie base down, the fun part is playing with all the different possible topping combinations. It's almost like eating ice cream for breakfast…

One of the things I love most about yoga is that it can always meet you where you’re at. It’s not just the different styles of yoga that can support different needs, a single pose, like Child’s Pose, can be modified and varied for a completely different experience. Here’s how...

I was introduced to Qoya at a burlesque workshop I attended to heal my relationship with my sexuality and sensuality, and because I am an avid lover of anything that allows me to taunt and tease in life. I was shocked when I realized…

Whether it's because of the rain, you're about to start your period, didn't sleep enough, or whatever plethora of reasons you can come up with, sometimes we're just not feeling up to snuff. All you have is yourself and you have a choice…

Most of the time living alone can be pretty amazing. I can eat whenever and whatever I want, there's no one to disturb my sleep at night and any mess that's made is my own. But every once in a while…

Knowing my own body rhythms, the fact that I've been burning the candle at both ends, and that my back injury was acting up, I knew I was only setting myself up for further suffering. So I took a self-care day…

A few weeks ago I wiped out on the sidewalk. There was no ice. It wasn’t even snowing or raining. I hit an uneven spot of pavement and went flying. At the moment I started to trip…

You know those moments where you’re in a situation like the first day at a new job, a moment before a big presentation, or trying your prowess at a new sport and you suddenly realize "Holy F**k, I have no idea what I'm doing!" For me, that was after…

I’ve put a lot of importance on my name throughout my life. My name isn’t anything overly unique or exciting. I wasn’t named after anyone. I was an 80’s baby and Allison was a popular name at the time. But then I discovered the meaning behind my name…