I overanalyze everything. All of my major decisions involve multiple conversations with my closest friends and family, pros and cons lists (where my pros often equal my cons, like I can’t help but balance the score to agonize myself further), and plenty of second-guessing whether I made the right choice. Lately, I find myself giving…

No one was more surprised than me to see that Justin Timberlake came out with an insight-laden coffee table book. There are certain side projects you expect to see a star take on — custom Levi’s, sure; lip balms and marionettes, why not? (the pop music landscape in the early 2000s was a weird place,…

Right now, it’s hard to scroll Instagram, Twitter or Facebook without seeing half a dozen posts from people who are winnowing their closets, declaring what sparks joy in their lives and ditching the rest. Marie Kondo’s new Netflix show, Tidying Up With Marie Kondo, has inspired tons of people with her refreshingly simple, deeply empathetic…

Every year, I get a little crazy about setting goals. It’s been a tradition: January 1st, Nate and I hit up a coffee shop to map out everything we want to do in the year ahead, listing up to 10 goals apiece and a bunch of joint ones, too. We know we’ll probably only achieve…

If you haven’t seen Johnnyswim perform live, it’s worth treating yourself to a show. There’s something gutting, empowering, and freeing about the way the duo leaves all of their emotions on stage. You can’t help but connect with them, and feel a sense of catharsis and joy in their songs. Maybe that’s why Chip and…

Reese Witherspoon’s an unlikely architect, but—to some degree—that’s exactly what she’s doing these days. Over the past six years, the actress has been expanding her sphere, launching a production company, a series of clothing and accessories boutiques known as Draper James, a video-on-demand channel with AT&T, and now, a lifestyle book, Whiskey In A Teacup. She’s…

Lisa Gungor and her husband, Michael, had been touring the world as part of an indie Christian duo, snagging two Grammy nominations for their worship music. They’d fallen in love going to a Christian college, and later, founded a church together. Then, one day, Michael looked at Lisa and said, simply and honestly, that he…

Bob Goff is one of those people you marvel at, with that sort of “how does he do it all?” wonder, though honestly, that’s the last thing he’d want from you. The Love Does author would argue he’s just working on “becoming love,” as he puts it. Even if that means learning to skydive to…

It started out as a passing curiosity, but then, a couple thousand words later, I was in — and hooked. Sure, I’d read Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop newsletter before, and I’d even spent a week cooking meals from her latest cookbook, It’s All Easy, for a Delish story, but I’d fallen out of touch with her…

It’s a small, one-page article, but it’s the most powerful one I’ve read in Elle all year. The magazine’s June issue featured a 200ish-word essay from Kyra Parrow, a photographer and student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. For four years, she’d been capturing her high school experience through the lens of a camera, snapping…