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Amy Waterman

The Missing Ingredient in a Healthy Life

The top 5 ingredients for healthy living, according to the best scientific sources, are:

– Diet
– Exercise
– Sleep
– Sunshine
– Socializing [Read more…] about The Missing Ingredient in a Healthy Life

Lessons from a Hollywood Makeup Artist

If you’re anything like me, you’re doing your makeup the exact same way you’ve done it for years.

Why change a good thing? It’s familiar. It’s quick. You don’t have to think about it.

And no one ever complains, do they? [Read more…] about Lessons from a Hollywood Makeup Artist

Why You Should Break the Habit of Being Good

We want to do everything right.

We want to be good. We want other people to approve of us, give us jobs, invite us to their parties, introduce us to the handsome single men they know.

We’ve got this vision in our heads of who we want to be. [Read more…] about Why You Should Break the Habit of Being Good

#BrilliantBabe: Blogger Glennon Doyle

Imagine this:

You’re on the eve of publishing a brutally honest memoir about how you saved your marriage. Oprah loves it. Everyone predicts it will hit the top of the bestseller lists.

Then you’re at a conference … and you see someone across the room. [Read more…] about #BrilliantBabe: Blogger Glennon Doyle

When You Really, Really Want a Guy You Can’t Have

It sucks.

He’s so perfect. He’s everything you ever wanted.

And you can’t have him.

Maybe he’s with someone else. Maybe he lives far away. [Read more…] about When You Really, Really Want a Guy You Can’t Have

Dance Your Way to Happiness & Health

If you’re going to dance, you’d better do it well.

Otherwise there’s an audience ready to laugh you off the floor.

That’s not much of an incentive to take up dancing, even if studies are showing that it can help you beat the advance of age. [Read more…] about Dance Your Way to Happiness & Health

#BrilliantBabe: Entrepreneur Marie Forleo

Everything is “figureoutable.”

No matter what it is—a problem in your life, a situation you’re stuck with, or a dream that remains tantalizingly out of reach—you can figure it out. There is a way. It may not be obvious, and it may take some work, but don’t lose faith. [Read more…] about #BrilliantBabe: Entrepreneur Marie Forleo

Think Your Way to Wealth

I grew up believing wealth was a matter of money.

Either you had it, which made you rich.

Or you didn’t have it, which made you a worker bee. [Read more…] about Think Your Way to Wealth

3 Skincare Products You Need in Your Bathroom

It would be so nice to have the kind of skin that flourishes no matter what you use on it. Bar soap, makeup wipes, whatever is on sale at the drugstore.

But that’s not me.

My skin hates everything. [Read more…] about 3 Skincare Products You Need in Your Bathroom

When You Feel Responsible for Everything That’s Wrong in Your Relationship

You think it’s you.

Your marriage isn’t working because of you.

He agrees. You’re the problem. Everything would fine if it weren’t for you.

Is it you? [Read more…] about When You Feel Responsible for Everything That’s Wrong in Your Relationship

Are Your Food Storage Containers Safe?

Back in college, I was putting away my lunch things when my housemother stopped me. “Are you going to put that can back in the fridge?”

I blinked at her. I looked down at the can. “I only used half of it.”

“Put it in a container, then!” [Read more…] about Are Your Food Storage Containers Safe?

Why Single Moms Rock (And Men Should Stand Up and Take Notice)

Which is tougher:

Being a mother or being a wife?

Looking after little ones … or looking after one big one?

4 Words You Need to Survive in a Culture of Nastiness

Nothing wrecks a perfectly good day faster than someone making a nasty comment.

Especially when it happens right when you need confidence the most.

That’s what happened to me. [Read more…] about 4 Words You Need to Survive in a Culture of Nastiness

Could This Be Your American Dream? The Fortune Lurking in Your Closet

Imagine this. You’ve just moved to a bustling metropolitan area to go to college, and the only clothes you can afford on your student budget are vintage.

But what vintage!

The vintage shops are packed [Read more…] about Could This Be Your American Dream? The Fortune Lurking in Your Closet