Some things I’ve written
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Hairstylists Have Always Been Mental Health Caretakers. Now, They’re Being Trained for It
With new training, hairstylists are offering more than a shoulder to cry on for clients in need of mental health support.
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These Startups Want You to Send Them Your Period Blood
The kit arrives in your mailbox in a cardboard box stamped with a modern, serif-font logo. It’s the kind of sleek, clean design so often associated with direct-to-consumer brands that fill your social media feeds with ads…
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Inside the Tasty Mission to Get You to Eat Lab Grown Meat
In June, two companies that create cultivated meat—or meat made by taking a sample of cells from a live animal and replicating them in a facility…
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Women’s Use of Sleep Aids Is on the Rise, but at What Cost to Their Health?
Bonnie Procter, a 39-year old mother of four, was first prescribed a sleep aid by her endocrinologist following a surgery in 2015. “You need to get some sleep so you can heal,” she remembers her doctor telling her…
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Hybrid Health-Care Models Are Meeting More People Where They Are With Human-Centered Care
American health care is in critical condition. According to an analysis by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, in 2019, the United States’s per capita health-care spending…
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We Need To Talk About Climate Change
On her website, climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe tees up her bio with a quote from John Holdren, the former Science Advisor to President Barack Obama. When it comes to climate…
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5 Signs You’re Maybe, Probably Codependent
From “gaslighting” discussions on The Bachelor to celebs texting about their “boundaries,” therapy-speak has entered the chat. But when terms like these make their way from the psychologist’s office to our everyday lives…
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A New Generation of Youth Wellness Programs Is Growing Up
New launches over the past couple years have made it possible for your kids to do yoga with Elmo and meditate with Barbie. But the coronavirus pandemic…
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Well+ Newsletter
When I was an intern at Dance magazine (over a decade ago; my very first job in the magazine industry), I was handed a yellow highlighter and a printed article draft—on actual paper—and told to underline all the facts…
Some things I’ve edited
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These Founders Were Sick of Being Told They Weren't Sick—And Now Their Work Is Driving Real Progress in Women’s Health
By Rina Raphael
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The Venn Diagram of Wellness and COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Has a Dangerous Amount of Overlap—Here’s Why
By Erin Bunch
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The Great Last Gasp of the Great Salt Lake
By Hannah Singleton
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How Americans Really Feel About Abortion Rights in the Year 2020
By Jessie Van Amburg
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What Will It Take for Wellness To Finally Leave Behind Its Ableist Origins?
By Erin Bunch
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For Black Millennials and Gen Z, Embracing Hoodoo Is Healing and Transformative
By Patia Braithwaite
Some chats I’ve had
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If Everyone Would Just Listen to Jameela Jamil, the World Would Be Better
The actress, activist, and I Weigh founder isn't afraid to use her voice and her platform to speak truth to power. The diet industry would be wise to listen up…
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For Padma Lakshmi, Change-Making Is Personal
The Emmy-nominated host, best-selling author, and advocate opens up about finding her voice—and using it to bring attention to the needs of those who are underserved, underrepresented, and underappreciated…
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Why This Wellness Journalist Wants You To Be More Skeptical of Health-Promoting Products That Are Too Good To Be True
I had barely hit record on my conversation with journalist Rina Raphael when she started dropping pearls of wisdom…
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How Jennifer Garner Gets Her Hands Dirty (Literally) to Prioritize Health With Her Kids
In the early aughts, Jennifer Garner's portrayal of super-spy Sydney Bristow not only earned her a Golden Globe Award (and four Emmy nominations), but helped set a new standard for strong, smart, totally butt-kicking leading ladies on TV…
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Why Nicole Cardoza Says Racism in the Wellness Industry Is Particularly Egregious—And the Time To Change Is Now
Just a day after announcing that she'd created the Anti-Racism Daily newsletter, Nicole Cardoza was thrilled to see that 8,500 people had signed up…
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Matt Damon Is Ready to Replace Ben Affleck with John Krasinski
Matt Damon is not only part of the creative force behind Promised Land, which he co-wrote with John Krasinski, but is also the glue that holds the film’s talented cast together…
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Loaded Gunn: Anna Gunn of ‘Breaking Bad’ On Her Explosive Moments
The first five episodes of Breaking Bad‘s fifth season have left viewers scraping their jaws off the floor…
Special projects
The Reset
I was the content lead for POPSUGAR’s New Year’s program, the Wellness Reset, launched in Jan. 2024.
Wellness Trends
I spearheaded Well+Good’s annual Wellness Trends tentpole, the most robust trend-spotting report in the wellness industry, from 2019-2022.
Well+Good Digital Issues
In 2023, I launched digital issues for Well+Good, conceptualizing each theme, commissioning articles, and top-editing all content within their “pages.”