“By slowing down, even if it feels odd, I know that I’m showing up for myself, and setting myself up to wake up ready to take on another day.”— Bianca Sparacino, thoughtcatalog.com
“Some observers see an even darker underbelly to our reliance on the BMI, though: there’s a lot of money to be made off of it, and it sure isn’t going towards helping caregivers find better solutions.”— Danielle Cohen, gq.com
“Taking time off from your usual routine every now and then is great, but I’ve found that when I try to maintain some semblance of wellbeing while on vacation, I end up enjoying the trip even more and coming home feeling actually recharged.”— Amy Marturana, self.com
“Stop sacrificing your own mental health for other people's well being. Stop giving in and settling for people who mean no good. Put yourself first for a change. You matter too.”— Anyssa A, weheartit.com
“Food is a part of my life — a fun part — but it no longer tastes irresistible, the way it did when I told myself I couldn’t have it.”— Jessica Knoll, nytimes.com
“We generally assume that a woman's abdominal muscles become visible at around 16-19% body fat. We also know that hormonal disturbances can lead to reduced fertility when body fat percentages are under 22% in women. That being said, women are still excessively exercising every day to achieve a body t…”— Sophie Medlin, forbes.com
“It’s really important to be consistent. It’s about trying to earn credibility in an authentic way with a community that is very, very attuned to the concept of holistic wellness.”— Elina Vives, digiday.com
“At her worst, Hollis refashions her own (apparently resolved) struggles into astonishingly harsh instruction for other women.”— Laura Turner, buzzfeednews.com
“Highlighting, strobing, illuminating: Whatever you want to call it, this glow-ifying technique has moved from full-blown trend to one of the best tools in our makeup arsenal.”— Renne Jacques, Tanisha Pina, allure.com
“What matters is learning the skills of habit-building and habit-breaking so that you can always adopt the right set of habits for that moment in time.”— Niklas Göke, betterhumans.coach.me
“I’ve learned to expect comments about my body from others in my life (and even random strangers on the street), but to hear the same from a medical professional, particularly one who's aware of my eating disorder, always feels like a special brand of disappointment.”— Rosemary Donahue, allure.com
“Colloquially, we might call someone who lies a lot a psychopath, just as we might call someone who texts us more frequently than we want 'crazy.'”— Katie Heaney, thecut.com
“Beauty and grooming should be these gorgeous bursts of wind beneath your wings so you can figure out how to feel a little cuter and look in the mirror and get those endorphins and be like, ‘I feel good!’”— Jonathan Van Ness, intothegloss.com
“While self-help and wellness culture may be a $3.7 trillion industry, the narrators of these books don’t buy the idea that it will save us.”— Maris Kreizman, buzzfeednews.com
“Goop’s ethic was this: that having beautiful things sometimes costs money; finding beautiful things was sometimes a result of an immense privilege; but a lack of that privilege didn’t mean you shouldn’t have those things.”— Taffy Brodesser-Akner, nytimes.com
“I am more observant and compassionate toward those whose behavior seems bizarre or rude.”— Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman, lennyletter.com