Life is about accepting who you are from the inside first. Stop trying to always fix yourself. Also, don't fix yourself externally unless you are willing to fix yourself internally first.

Up until the age of twenty-five I was searching for happiness on the outside. I had a bad case of what I call the "when I haves." For example, "When I have that next boyfriend then I'll be happy."

You see, my theory is that the country won't be free from terrorism until every single American has been on at least one reality show. Why else would this hideous trend continue ceaselessly?

Men's wrinkled faces are "craggy" and "rugged." Women's are "lined" and "worn." Men get theirs through a lifetime of adventures, while ours come from being old and tired.

Advertisers shape cultural mindsets through carefully crafted campaign messages. When those messages are shrouded in euphemisms, does anyone know what it is we're really talking about?

Claim your Beauty. We all need to do this. I'll never forget the day I realized that although I was never going to look like Christy Brinkley, Christy Brinkley was never going to look like me either.

I used to think that my remarkable ability to add and drop pounds at will was a function of my relationship with food. So I was as surprised as anyone to discover that it actually reflected my relationship with myself.

Slowly, the women began opening up and what started on the surface as an intellectual discussion about career change, unfolded intossues much more rooted in their identities.

Luckily for Barbara Grufferman, she's pulled it all together in a smart, simple book called The Best of Everything After 50: The Expert's Guide to Style, Sex, Health, Money, and More.

Publications for women love to make you feel sh**ty about yourself, particularly when it comes to aging as if it were a choice, and women who choose t...

There is so much in life that is out of our control, yet we feel some urge to manage the unmanageable to achieve the outcome we want.

So many friends from my college circle lived in or around New York City; I was afraid someone was going to use the words "skinny" and "jeans" in the same sentence.

Even those fortunate enough to have arms worth bearing and legs worth touting, need to consider where they are in life and where attractive ends and desperate begins.

Each time a woman shares her truth about her insecurities, questions, doubts, addictions, abuse as well as her feelings of power, it heals another woman.

Dads are helping out with childrearing more and more these days. The result can be both a boon and a letdown for super-moms, whose self-competence can...

This charming and sensitive novel is about four women who reunite on the yoga mat ten years after their college graduation, and how their yoga practice and friendships help each of them find balance in their lives.

Forget about beauty. Be funny. When you can forget yourself you can express your talents and connect with people as the maverick Isabella Rossellini.

I don't judge anyone who wants to improve their appearance. I mean, who doesn't? But as a society, I think we've gone far enough with the obsession to make plastic into perfect.

General Electric, Burger King, Microsoft and Hewlett Packard were all founded during severe recessions. Economic pressure forces business to look for ways to operate smarter and leaner.

If you've knocked your partner up, it seems to follow that you might be curious about her 'nether' regions during and after the birth of your child.

An occasional reference to our imperfection is one thing; an ongoing commentary is different. You might think that little remarks about weight are harmless, but they add up.

As a 17 year-old abused homeless runaway, getting what I needed to survive sometimes meant hurting those that I loved and those that loved me most.