How can we better understand and improve mental health through the creative arts? To help us answer this question we sat down with LA-based glass artist Kazuki Takizawa, founder of …
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What is your background and what got you to start Fit & Female Fitness Programs?
I have been a fitness coach since 2012. I started out as a Personal Trainer …
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It may seem counterintuitive to heat up by cooling down, but that’s just business as usual for Brrrn in NYC.
As the innovators behind the world’s first cool-temperature-concept fitness location, …
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In a world where modern women are often pigeonholed as “beauty” or “brains,” Anna Wood is here to share a different story of female empowerment. A tall, slim, blonde young …
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Jeff Hittner is the founder of Your Project X, an organization dedicated to helping people (re)discover their purpose to build careers they’ll love. Previously, he founded IBM’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) …
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We all make mistakes.
Whether it’s a blunder at work or forgetting something at home, chances are you’ve had a day that didn’t go as planned.
That sinking sensation you …
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As part of IVY’s ongoing efforts to introduce our audience to exciting and elevated brands, we are thrilled to partner with Eleven James, the annual luxury timepiece membership service. Much …
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Passionate about personal development, Laurie Gerber has been coaching individuals and groups for over 15 years. An Expert Coach and Co-President of Handel Group® Life Coaching, Laurie teaches people to …
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Sarah Larson Levey is the Co-Founder of the New York-based yoga studio Y7 Studio. With music-driven classes that put a twist on the ancient art of yoga, Y7 appeals to a new …
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Jeff Hittner is the founder of Your Project X, an organization dedicated to helping people (re)discover their purpose to build careers they’ll love. Previously, he founded IBM’s Corporate Social Responsibility …
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Passionate about personal development, Laurie Gerber has been coaching individuals and groups for over 15 years. An Expert Coach and Co-President of Handel Group® Life Coaching, Laurie teaches people to …
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Bill Murray, Amy Poehler, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Aziz Ansari. Can you name the common denominator for this group of funnies?
Well, yes, they’re all famous actors. But they …
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In 1983, at the age of 19, Dr. Arthur C. Brooks left college to pursue a career as a professional French horn player. He toured internationally and recorded several albums, …
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Last week, about fifteen Bay Area tech influencers came out for The CLIF Bar Urban Adventure, hitting the streets (by bike) to enjoy some of San Francisco’s top highlights. The …
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If you were told that booking an impulsive vacation in the middle of your busiest project/launch/season was the key to your success, would you believe it and do it? I’ll …
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IVY Members Andrew Herr and Tiffany Newenhouse are paving the way in the development of cutting-edge human performance enhancement. Their company, Helicase, specializes in combining the newest science and technology to …
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Most of us are poor sleepers. Americans currently get an average of 6.8 hours of sleep each night, which is down more than hour from 1942. While experts recommend anywhere from …
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Our bodies are designed to adapt to our environment, conforming to the positions in which we spend the most time. If you spend nine hours a day sitting at your …
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“Focus less on the impression you’re making on others and more on the impression you’re making on yourself.”
So writes TED legend and Harvard Business School Professor Amy Cuddy in …
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These days, people like their fitness programs like they crave cold-pressed juice: sizeable and often. Crossfit, SoulCycle, P90x: the list of available workout options that promise body transformation goes on …
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Self-confidence is crucial to success. People with high levels of self-confidence exhibit greater motivation, personal belief, and ability to overcome fears.
Yet with all the curveballs life throws at us, …
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In a world in which everybody and their mother has a digital platform to publicly voice their thoughts, the number of opinions we come across on a daily basis has …
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The former Dean of Columbia College Michele Moody-Adams talks about how she learns best and why all of us need those big conversations if we ever hope to understand the …
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“Watch your thoughts, for they will become actions. Watch your actions, for they’ll become habits. Watch your habits for they will forge your character. Watch your character, …
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We’ve all said things we regret. Whether it’s at work or over dinner with family, it can be difficult to control our emotions in stressful situations. And the fact is, the …
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When it comes to happiness, the Ancient Chinese had it all figured out.
At least, this is the argument made by Harvard Professor Michael Puett and author Christine Gross-Loh, co-authors …
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Is spirituality the key to building a better world? IVY Magazine sat down with Dr. William Vendley, the Secretary General of the Religions for Peace International, to hear his answer …
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It’s human nature: we all aim to avoid worst-case scenarios so as to protect ourselves against potential losses. Yet in doing so, we actually crowd out opportunities by putting disproportionate …
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It’s no secret that taking care of your body is key to being happy and successful. Exercise can ease stress, anxiety, and depression—and even decrease memory loss; improve self-esteem; and …
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As an idea, mindfulness is mainstream. As a practice, most of us are far from leading a fully mindful lifestyle. We run from one place to another, feeling stressed, angry, …
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Vanity Fair recently published an article, which likens the current dating scene to online shopping—only you’re ordering a person, not a piece of clothing.
“We are in uncharted territory,” …
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Dr. James Doty wants to change the world with compassion. He’s encouraging all of us to look inward, harness our minds, and feel radically empowered to take on life’s great …
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These days—online content is king. But that doesn’t make it any easier to craft an engaging, readable blog.
When IVY member Kit Graham started The Kittchen, her food and …
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Researchers at Harvard recently reported that we spend over 46% of our waking hours distracted, thinking about something other than what we’re doing. And almost all of us know the …
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Allison Shapira never imagined she’d write a folk song on the steps on the Paris Opera House. As a child, she always dreamed of being an opera singer, but after …
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If you bite into a capsule of algae, you’ll find it tastes a lot like the bottom of a pond. “We encourage people to swallow,” says algae entrepreneur Catharine Arnston. But …
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It’s time to stop accepting your fatigue as normal. “I was tired for 20 years straight,” says Dr. Holly Phillips, author of The Exhaustion Breakthrough. “At one point, I was drinking a …
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A moment ago I sat down to jot some ideas about the act of walking. It took seconds before I stood up again and paced to a balcony overlooking the …
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Believe it or not, most of us make more than 35,000 of these decisions every single day. How do we ensure we’re making the best ones?
Columbia Business School Professor …
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What does it take to succeed? Should you radically pursue your own self-interest or should you focus more on cooperation and collaboration?
The best leaders do both, says Columbia Business …
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It’s no secret that our deeply ingrained habits—good or bad—shape our lives. We repeat a whopping 40% of our behavior each day. If we improve our habits, does that mean …
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If you’re building a venture, running a country, or starting a movement, you need to know how to persuade people. What makes someone more a persuasive communicator than others?
Professor …
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There’s more to “gluten-free” than fad diets—some people say “no” to grains because of a serious gluten-intolerant disorder known as Celiac disease. This disease affects the lining of the small …
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During the 2015 season of commencement speeches, lucky Amherst students heard from astrophysics legend Neil deGrasse Tyson, who, in his own words, shared “things you should know going forward in …
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One year before he died, Thomas Jefferson was asked by a friend to give some life advice to his young boy.
Jefferson obliged, penning a letter in which he listed …
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Kristen Eykel has no shortage of talents: she is an international supermodel, yoga expert, meditation guru, mystic, hypnotherapist, TV host, teacher, mom, entrepreneur, childbirth consultant, writer—the list goes on.
But perhaps …
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If Ben Franklin were your mentor, what advice would he give you?
To answer this question, let us revisit the writings of young Ben, who at age twenty penned a wishlist …
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After 4,000 years of trying to come up with New Year’s Resolutions, we still can’t get them right.
According to a recent poll by the University of Bristol, our collective …
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Can we put an end to illness?
Meet cancer pioneer and health legend Dr. David Agus, who takes a new approach to an old disease. Rather than changing cancer itself, he …
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These days, when we think about plastic surgery, it is most often in the context of Hollywood celebrities and reality television. We live in culture where it has become commonplace …
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