TODAY I WILL:  

Prioritize my own voice over the algorithm.

The pursuit of better work, wellness, and warmth comes with opinions.

• The cost of productivity in the age of AI.

• Breaking down contrast therapy for recovery.

• Why everyone is raving about simple hot water.

• One-of-a-kind jewelry might be polarizing in this category.

• These winter Olympians have some advice for staying warm.

Exhale like you mean it.

When stress hits and your body often tightens without you realizing it (especially in your jaw, shoulders, and chest), TikTok has a hack for that: horse breathing. The simple breathing technique uses a long, loose exhale through relaxed lips (think horse lips) to help your nervous system shift out of high alert and into calm.

According to those who have tried it, there’s magic in the exhale. Slow, extended breathing out tells your body it’s safe to relax, activating your parasympathetic nervous system (the one responsible for rest and recovery). Letting your lips gently flutter adds a physical release, helping tension melt away and making the practice feel more intuitive than rigid breathing. 

To note: Horse breathing can be especially helpful when traditional breathwork feels too serious—or when your mind is racing and needs something tangible to focus on.

Try this today: Sit comfortably and take a soft inhale through your nose. Then exhale slowly through relaxed lips as if you’re softly saying “brrr.” Keep your shoulders loose, and your jaw unclenched. Repeat for about a minute.

So…you’re the “responsible one.”

If you’re always the planner, the fixer, and the one who remembers deadlines, birthdays, insurance renewals, and emotional temperature checks, congrats! You’re the Responsible One. Also… you’re probably exhausted in ways no one sees.

Being “reliable” often comes with invisible labor. You’re trusted, leaned on, and rarely checked on. People assume you’re fine because you’re capable. Over time, that assumption turns into expectation, and expectation turns into resentment you feel guilty for even having.

The real cost isn’t just burnout. It’s:

• Feeling like rest has to be earned.

• Struggling to ask for help because “you’ve got it handled.”

• Being overlooked for care because you’re not visibly falling apart.

• Carrying emotional weight that was never officially assigned to you.

The power move: Stop auto-volunteering your nervous system. Reliability doesn’t mean unlimited access. You’re allowed to be competent and cared for. You can be strong without being the safety net for everyone else.

Try this instead:

• Pause before stepping in. Let the silence sit.

• Say “I can’t take this on right now” without over-explaining.

• Let someone else be uncomfortable. It won’t break them.

• Redefine being responsible as being responsible to yourself, too.

Because the most radical shift? Realizing that being dependable doesn’t mean being depleted.

Making friends as an adult can feel surprisingly brutal. The group chats are quiet, everyone is busy with their own lives (career, family, dating), and suddenly you’re wondering how something that once felt so easy became so complicated. Enter Liv Schreiber, the woman turning modern loneliness into meaningful, real-life connections. 

As the Founder and CEO of Camp Social and Hot & Social, Liv has built a movement around showing up solo and leaving with real friends. At a moment when women everywhere are craving deeper, more intentional IRL community, Liv’s work feels especially timely. Her sold-out Camp Social weekends and upcoming women-only Galentine’s Cowgirl Weekend in Brooklyn redefine what friendships look like in adulthood and prove that needing new friends is not a failure. She turns strangers into soul sisters and continues to lead the charge to make finding new friends feel fun. 

We sat down with her to talk about why making friends as an adult is so hard—and how to finally make it feel possible. 

What inspired you to start creating spaces where showing up solo is the whole point?

Adulthood is the only phase of life where you’re expected to have a full social life without any built-in way to actually create one. In school, friendship is automatic. You’re surrounded by people, you’re forced into proximity, you have dorms and classes and group projects. But as an adult, it’s basically just you, your job, your phone, and a handful of “we should totally hang” texts that never turn into actual plans. 

Women start internalizing it, like something is wrong with them for not having a solid friend group. That’s what inspired me. I wanted to build spaces where showing up solo isn’t awkward or a sad story, it’s the whole point. It’s the design. It’s the power move. You come solo and leave with friends.

What’s the secret sauce to turning strangers into soul sisters?

We treat friendship like something worth working on. People think community just magically happens, but it doesn’t anymore—not in cities, not with busy schedules, not with women feeling exhausted, guarded, and overstimulated. We build a structure that makes connections easy. We create moments that feel natural but are actually intentional: Small groups, shared experiences, playful activities, curated bonding, and enough humor and chaos that people drop their defenses. Women don’t struggle to connect; they struggle to start because they don't always know where to go and shouldn't be expected to—it's all very overwhelming.

You’ve said that your events are for “the girl who just moved, just got out of a breakup, or just needs a hug.” Why do you think that hits home for so many women right now?

I think that line hits so hard because women are in constant transition right now, and nobody talks about how isolating that can feel. So many women look like they’re thriving online, but behind the scenes, they’re lonely, burnt out, heartbroken, or just realizing their friendships don’t fit their life anymore. And that's okay! That's normal! 

Your Galentine’s Cowgirl Weekend is coming up. What are you most excited for?