** 1. Lob with ombré hair Accentuate your lob with a gradient of color and add some face-framing highlights to round out your look. Golden brown or rose gold hues seem to be having a moment this season. The latter is especially eye-catching against medium to dark brown hair. The contrast gives the pinkish and golden hues an extra kick! 2. Blonde ombré on short dark hair Go bold with golden blonde highlights on dark hair or play it safe with an ashy blonde....

When you first announce to your friends and family that you are getting married, all smiles and pure excitement showing on your face, it is much like when you announce you are expecting your first child. Well-meaning loved ones shower you with congratulations, and then they start giving you their two cents. They offer advice on everything from how to cook for your husband to tips on how to iron his shirts....

Date’s Ingredients: 1 Boxed cake (easy, right!?) 2 Mini cake or loaf tins 1 Container of White Frosting Food Coloring Assorted Candies, I used my left over goodies from my Inside Trick or Treat Date! Printable Note The only rule of this date is that you are to decorate the cake, for your spouse, by representing their interests, wants and/or likes! I’ll warn you now; it’s MUCH harder than it looks to decorate cakes with sticky frosting and little candies!...

Appreciative joy is our innate ability to delight in what’s good in the present moment, independent of our circumstances or success. It’s available to us when we’re not pushing away unpleasant experiences, chasing after pleasant ones, or running in circles (because of doubt or restlessness). This kind of joy activates the parasympathetic system (rest and digest functions) that protect us from burnout and overwhelm, despite challenging situations. Opening Up to Sustainable Joy Opening Up to Sustainable Joy...

9 Secrets of Happiness One of our favorite discoveries on the new science of happiness? “Happiness is an equal opportunity emotion, as available to grouches and worriers as it is to the innately cheerful,” Barbara Graham writes in the June 2015 issue of Mindful magazine. Graham looks into how researchers are re-defining happiness beyond a simple connotation of pleasure: Read the full article, “What is Happiness, Anyway?”