“Beyond the fact that this mysterious yogurt looked less like yogurt than it did a cross between cottage cheese and whipped cream, the words “coconut” (yum) and “cult” (ooOooooOo) had me immediately intrigued.”— Harling Ross, manrepeller.com
“These are the people who never miss an opportunity to skinny-dip, love the feel of the breeze, are the first to suggest strip poker, and have a master’s degree in joie de vivre.”— Elizabeth Siegel, allure.com
“Make sure that your private garden is healthy and beautiful. The balance of your life is important.”— Yoko Ono, twitter.com
“Weight isn’t neutral. A woman’s body isn’t neutral. A woman’s body is everyone’s business but her own. Even in our attempts to free one another, we were still trying to tell one another what to want and what to do. It is terrible to tell people to try to be thinner; it is also terrible to tell them…”— Taffy Brodesser-Akner, nytimes.com
“I used to say this to my producers all the time. We are never going to win with this show looking back to see what other people are doing on their shows. The only way you win is to keep looking forward for yourself. What’s best for you?’”— Oprah Winfrey, nytimes.com
“I am 41, I would say. I am 41 and accomplished and a beloved wife and a good mother and a hard worker and a contributor to society and I am learning how to eat a goddamned raisin. How did this all go so wrong for me?”— Taffy Brodesser-Akner, nytimes.com
“About two years ago, I decided to yield to what every statistic I knew was telling me and stop trying to lose weight at all. I decided to stop dieting, but when I did, I realized I couldn’t. I didn’t know what or how to eat. I couldn’t fathom planning my food without thinking first about its ability…”— Taffy Brodesser-Akner, nytimes.com
“And what I find interesting is that if you had asked me that morning, ‘How are you, Arianna?,’ I would have said, ‘Fine,’ because it was normal running on empty. Think about how aware we are of how much battery remains on our smartphone, but we don’t have that same awareness about ourselves.”— Ariana Huffington, thecut.com
“Spend a little time in the wellness world, and it seems like everyone has an official diagnosis.”— Amy Larocca, thecut.com
“Maybe I’d just buy a few, maybe just the $40 probiotic mist to balance and restore my facial microbiome.”— Amy Larocca, thecut.com
“It used to be a butcher, a baker, and a hardware store. Now it’s SoulCycle, Juice Press, and a meditation place.”— Cristina Greeven, thecut.com
“Rich and beautiful people don’t just go to nicer places, their organs work better.”— Amy Larocca, thecut.com