Alexis Sclamberg

It seems that most of my friends are having meltdowns. In these final years of our restless 20's, we're wrestling with some big ticket items -- getting married, finding better jobs, moving, settling down, having kids. And it seems that some of us are swept up in storms of uncertainty...

My husband is away on business for nearly a month. When I first heard about his plans, I huffed and puffed, unhappy he'd be away so long, but the trip didn't budge. I quickly relented and bolstered myself with the upshot: I would avoid the NHL playoffs and hunker down,...

If you're chasing big dreams like I am, you know that the road to success is paved with stumbling blocks. This is nothing new. No one's traveled over the rainbow without a few flat tires along the way.

Obstacle-ridden tales from the most successful people tell us that success...

If you know more about seasonal fashion trends than seasonal food options, or spend more time in the morning thinking about what you're going to wear rather than what you're going to eat, listen up. Lori Reamer, registered dietitian and longtime nutrition director of Canyon Ranch, has written The Food...

I don't know about you, but I rarely leave the house without makeup. I've even submitted to the mighty makeup brush on occasion before my morning run -- the one time of day I usually dare to step foot in public without brightening my (pale) cheeks with blush or lengthening...

This month, your heart is supposed to be throbbing with love -- the romantic kind, full of chocolate and flowers. But mine is aching. Because I know that Valentine's Day ushers in a crushingly difficult time for the women who produce, pick, and package those flowers. It's hard to see...

Have you heard of the disappearing date? The one that's great for some dinners and after hours fun, and then -- poof! -- he's gone? My happy hours lately have been consumed with this same tale.

I don't know what happened, my friends tell me, one after...

You probably think it's stale, the Having it All talk. You've heard it 1,000 times. The I-can-have-a-vibrant-career-and-be-a-mother-with-a-wonderful-family-too, mantra. Career and family, career and family, career and family.

There's no shortage of us fertile and feminine types waxing poetic on the ever-convincing possibility of Having it All.

I grew up claiming...

I've been thinking, as you have, a lot about gifts this past week. As the holidays approach, our gift-giving lists lengthen and we're all running around, accumulating stuff to give to people who already have piles of it -- at home, on their office desks and scattered in the back...