Accountability + Weight-Loss = Recipe For Success at Mirabile M.D.
Real talk—I kicked off 2023 heavier than I’d ever been before. My feet were perpetually killing me. I was also cranky and bloated. And don’t even get me started on… Read more
44 Stupid Things I’ve Learned Since My Stupid Birthday Last Year
Humor writer Jen Mann is my spirit animal. In the words of Bananarama, she’s a goddess on the mountain top, burning like a silver flame. And in honor of her… Read more
Interview: How Romeo Void’s Debora Iyall Became One of New Wave’s Matriarchs
If truth be told, I became mesmerized by Debora Iyall the first time I spied Romeo Void on MTV. It was well, well after midnight and well, well after my… Read more
2022: The Vagabond Edition
Right before I scored my killer new job in September, a woman I didn’t know sent me a snarky message on social media. “Question—how can you afford to be a… Read more
Top 8 Reasons You Should Never Work For Lifetime Fitness
The absurdity of it all was astounding to me. I’m talking about being unceremoniously dumped by Lifetime Fitness recently. And because timing—it was one day after celebrating my 16th anniversary… Read more
The Rift That Keeps on Giving
This week I stumbled across an archaic 12-year-old blog I wrote. The subject? How to properly shop for me for Christmas. At the top of the list was—shocker!—several bottles of… Read more
9 Burning Questions with Fatma Konyalioglu of Fatma’s Alterations
Fatma Konyalioglu says you’re more than welcome to attempt saying her last name, but she’d rather be known simply as Fatma. For nearly three decades, the one-named wonder has run… Read more
6 Burning Questions with Strang Hall Chef Brett DeHart
Chef Brett DeHart doesn’t mean to brag, but in his nearly 30 years in the culinary field, he’s whipped up pretty much every kind of cuisine imaginable. “I started out… Read more
8 Burning Questions with Spiritual Alchemy’s Angela Holmes
When Overland Park energy practitioner Angela Holmes started doing occupational therapy back in 1999, she discovered she had a secondary gift. She found herself completely in tune with other people’s… Read more
I’m Jumping on the Ozempic Weight Loss Bandwagon To See If It Works
Heard of the drug Ozempic? Up until a month ago, it had never crossed my medicinal pop culture radar. The drug—which is typically prescribed to treat diabetes—has also been proven… Read more