Green and Gorgeous: My Top 5 Beauty + Health Recommendations

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I believe that the best way to apply makeup is to make it look like you aren’t wearing any. I agree with One Direction: you’re all lovely and luscious enough already. You’re turning heads when you walk through the door Don’t need make up To cover up Being the way that you are is enough [...]

I’m Giving Away 10 Books on Good Reads

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Thrilled to announce that I’m giving away my New York Times bestselling book to folks who enter to win one of the 10 copies I’m giving away. I’d love to see you there! Please share the love with your awesome group of women, mamas, hot chicks, and nerds. My goal is to change the conversation [...]

Not All Who Wander Are Lusty (But Most of Them Are)

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J. R. R. Tolkien wrote: “Not all those who wander are lost.” In fact, I believe that those who wander have found something very valuable. Especially those who find themselves at a Wanderlust festival. As you know, these wonderful weekends are dedicated to days packed full of yoga, farm-to-table meals, gifted musicians, and talks from [...]

Turn Your Insulin into Jillian Michaels (Part 1): Test Your Blood Sugar

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Feel fat or sluggish? It may not be YOU, it may be your glucose level and a hot little hormone called insulin. I find that measuring my fasting glucose is an incredibly helpful metric. When I was a chunky monkey and stress-crazed mom in my thirties, I discovered that my fasting glucose was 110. I [...]

Sweat for Success

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When the sun comes out, so do the runners. And the tennis players. And the swimmers. Who Wears Short-Shorts? And, often, the tiny, revealing workout clothes that go with those sports. If you’re having a little exercise anxiety, you’re not alone. Some of us don’t crave a “bikini body” – what we want is a [...]

My Detox, My Self: Dr. Sara Answers Your Most Common Detox Questions (Part 1): What to Eat, What to Dump

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We officially kicked off the Dr. Sara Detox Challenge this week, which I consider to be ground zero of hormone balancing and creating radical health. I’ve gotten about 100 questions in our first day about what you can eat, what you can’t eat, how you feel groggy from getting off of caffeine. I know how [...]

Angelina Jolie Takes Charge + Undergoes the Sexiest Double Mastectomy Ever

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When Angelina Jolie recently announced that she had undergone a double mastectomy as a preventative measure against breast cancer, most people were shocked. I was delighted. Angelina is brave and bold, and knows we need to change the conversation about taboo topics such as breast cancer and prevention. I hope that her grace and honesty [...]

Just Breathe

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A Band Aid…for Your Lungs It’s spring. Which means that along with flowers blooming and “beach-body” resolutions looming, allergies are hitting. Hard. As rates of asthma and allergies rise each year, so does the amount of money put into treatment. Breathing is about the most basic function needed for survival, so it’s not surprising that [...]

Dial in Your Hormone Cure (Part 1): Find a Practitioner

When someone asks on Facebook or elsewhere online which practitioner to see for an appointment to get their hormone cure… in Kansas, Austin, or Australia, I have a standard response. But here’s the thing. I’ve now got a better answer for you. No, it’s not my Rolodex. (Who has a Rolodex anymore?) Meet the Hormone [...]

Sugar Cravings & A Sweetie Pie (Plus 7 Ways to Curb the Jungle Drums)

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Dr. Mark Hyman, will you be my boyfriend? (My husband says it’s okay!) Because you’re just about the cutest, smartest man I’ve had the chance to talk sugar with. And not just sugar – sugar cravings. Blood sugar. Cortisol. Some of my very favorite things to nerd out over. Dr. Hyman knows his stuff, too. [...]