Bridget Bunch | Her Nexx Chapter

Intimacy, Vulnerability and Merging Lives: Insights from a Newlywed Perspective

When moving in with someone, especially someone you have just married, there are big and little changes, often unforeseen, you have to make. It’s nothing like how you have lived with others before. You grow up in a family, whether they are yours or an extension,...

Jan 4, 2023

“Can I Catch That?”: Autoimmune Diseases and the Impact of a Positive Mindset

The young woman in front of me rattled off her autoimmune diseases, ticking each one off on her fingers. She also shared about her sister, the only other family member she knows of who also suffers from an autoimmune disease. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating...

Nov 30, 2022

Support Your Local Growers and Small Businesses: Visit a Farmers’ Market

I started going to farmers’ markets when I was in college before it was cool. You may call me weird; I would like to say I was community-focused and food aware. (I realize adding popular terms also makes me seem like I’m trying too hard.) Either way, I loved...

Aug 11, 2022

The Impact of Mindfulness: An Interview with Wellness Instructor Kalindi Dinoffer

A Tree The image that comes to wellness instructor Kalindi Dinoffer’s mind when thinking of mindfulness. She explains that it is an example of a seemingly calm and grounded element of nature being present in the moment. The tree experiences changes, often...

Jul 27, 2022

Cancel Culture: How We Have Stopped Listening to One Another

When musician Nile Rodgers penned the song, “Your Love is Cancelled” in the 80s, little did he know he’d coined the term “canceling” someone. As easily as a network drops a not-so-popular TV show, the snowball effect of canceling has been infectious. Over the last...

Jul 21, 2022

Chef Ahki: Creating Recipes to Help You “Get Healthy by Any Greens Necessary”

Although known for her cookbook promoting electric foods, Sepsenahki Taylor, also known as Chef Ahki, gives off a tangible electric energy in everything she does. Her passion for natural foods has catapulted her into being a nutritionist, celebrity chef, and author...

Jul 18, 2022

Feeling Beautiful in Your Skin is About More Than Just Following Your Skincare Routine

I sat down in the makeup chair, nervously looking at the other bridesmaid who just had her face done. I emphasized to the makeup artist I preferred a natural and soft look, but I had to trust her because she knew what she was doing. While prepping my face, she...

Jun 14, 2022

The Impact of Food Waste is Greater Than You Think: How to Help Reduce It

When you hear of restaurants like Panera’s Day-End Dough-Nation, where they donate unsold bakery products and bread; grocery stores giving food banks recently expired packaged food; or Food Rescue US where volunteers transfer surplus food from businesses to people...

Apr 28, 2022

A Blueprint for Her Life’s Journey with Autoimmune Conditions: An Interview with Emily Brown

Working on Capitol Hill as a business journalist validated Emily Brown’s passion for writing, but it also made her life more stressful than meaningful. A decade of a demanding job was more than her body could take, and the physical traumas led her down a path of...

Mar 10, 2022

Reshaping What it Means to be Single: Creating a Life Filled with Love

When rewatching My Big Fat Greek Wedding the other day, I was struck by the beginning monologue of the protagonist, Toula Portokalos, when she said: “Nice Greek girls who don't find a husband, work in the family restaurant. So here I am, day after day, year after...

Feb 15, 2022

The Surprising Health Benefits of Indoor Plants and Why You Should Have Them

Houseplants are no longer a luxury only for the wealthy. Now anyone can pick up a small succulent for the price of a fancy coffee. Over the last century in American culture, we have been bringing the outdoors in as we spend more time inside. We know limiting our...

Jan 10, 2022

Family, Friends, and the Lonely: Christmas Cards Make a Joyful Impact

My mom was on her first Zoom call last week. She just never had the opportunity to be on one working in retail. So, when the two of us needed to work on Christmas cards together using my Snapfish account and being on either side of the country, I knew a Zoom...

Dec 9, 2021

Living Free and Solo: We Have Just One Life, Dance On!

Thriving at an HBCU (Historically Black College & University): Zoë Shares Her Spelman Journey

Finding Hope and Strength During Seasons of Grief: Heather’s Story

Gaslighting and Psychological Abuse: Help for Victims of Manipulation and Bullying

My Journey of Self-Discovery: Unraveling the Paradigm of the “Rules of a Happy Life”