5 Powerful Daily Journaling Prompts for Processing Your Emotions

Photo by Suruchi Avasthi “Feel your feelings” is advice that feels like non-advice. Like, no shit, Sherlock. We’re all built to feel feelings, just as we breathe and digest food and pump blood through our veins without so much as a thought. And it’s true—we’re riding the waves of our emotions on autopilot because life is…

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A Summer Linen Giveaway (Plus, a Discount Code)

The weather is slowly warming up, and we’re looking forward to summer and all its trappings: strawberry cake, coconut sunscreen, and linen dresses. Luckily, two female friends, who wanted everyone to have access to great fashion, founded Universal Standard to make thoughtfully-constructed wardrobe essentials that fit sizes 00-40. We love their mission to be the…

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What Sentimental Items Would You Frame?

When I was growing up in Manhattan, a pair of ceramic Staffordshire cats perched regally on our living room mantle. Years later, living on my own, I came across a hand-painted card that looked exactly like them. It was uncanny how perfectly they matched. A funny little pair. “Some of us are born a little…

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Sausage Meatballs with Halloumi and Tomatoes

When I was young, when my kids were young, when I was teaching myself how to cook, the only way I knew how to be sure homemade meals happened regularly was by sitting down with a notebook on Sunday and mapping out a dinner plan for the week. Turkey Burgers on Monday, Chicken Cutlets on…

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A Cute Spring Outfit

Last night, we went on a picnic and I got whiplash looking at everyone’s cute spring vibes. As the weather gets warmer, the people-watching in Brooklyn gets better and better. Instead of a sea of winter coats, you spot floral dresses and bookstore totes and chubby toddlers. The outfit I’ve noticed a few times that…

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A Colorful, Art-Filled Home in Mississippi

“My style is grandpa chic,” says writer and photographer Erin Austen Abbott. She lives in Water Valley, Mississippi, with her husband, their son, two dogs, and a cat. Here, Erin shares their art-filled home, family travel tips, and ideas for movie nights… LIVING ROOM Paint: Sherwin Williams Pure White. Sofa: West Elm, similar. Coffee table:…

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