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meditation

Step By Step Meditation From A College Yogi

So aside from being the Editor-In-Chief of Every College Girl, unbeknownst to some I also moonlight as a college yogi. Throughout my three and a half years of college thus far I have found meditation...
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Uncertainty: Story From A Fellow College Girl

I don’t know what I want. There, I said it. I’m a college junior and I’m confused, which is scary because juniors are supposed to have it together by now, right? Well, after being at...
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Exam Week Snack Plan: What To Eat For Every Mood

So this may be jumping the gun, but when it comes to preparing yourself for midterms week it’s never too soon. You know what that means: stress, anxiety, sluggishness, and crankiness, to name a few...
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A Minute-By-Minute Interval Running Guide

“Interval running” has become one of the biggest buzz words in the health and fitness world… but what does it actually mean? Interval workouts include rising and falling levels of intensity that ensure that your...
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Reflection Journal: Let Your Heart Beat

Before you read this sentence I doubt you were mindfully reflecting or feeling your own heartbeat. It is one thing we rarely think about, yet it sustains us, marches us forward, and allows us to...
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Reflection Journal: Using Your Eyes

I think that our eyes, or vision more specifically, is one of the things that we take for granted the most in our daily lives, even when we think we are taking in the beauty...
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Reflection Journal: Mindful Breathing

Confession: I haven’t kept a written journal in years. But my heart never forgets a single breath. I am now in my last semester of college, and needless to say this is a big time...
essential oil

4 Aromatherapy Oils To Keep At Your Desk

So we’ve made it past New Years, and now are spring semesters are underway. While you’re busy stocking up on supplies like books, pens, and notebooks, why not stock up on a few aromatherapy oils?...
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The Thighs and Buns Blaster Treadmill Workout

Get bored of running on the treadmill? Who doesn’t. But who gets bored of walking on one? This 45-minute workout is mostly walking and fast walking, but uses an incline to isolate your glutes and...
Evening Primrose Oil

Benefits Of Evening Primrose Oil

If one of your resolutions for 2013 is to get healthier, look no further than this new beauty and health supplement that doctors and scientists have been raving about: evening primrose oil. According to herbwisdom.com,...
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4 New Year’s Resolutions To Borrow This Year

By this point in the month we’ve already heard them all – losing weight, going to the gym more often, being more organized. 2013 does not have to be another one of “those” years. Spice...
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Apps To Help You Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions

The bells have stopped ringing, the trees have come down, and those unwanted gifts are returned. So what comes next? Our annual broken promises to ourselves: New Year’s resolutions. With each new year that rolls...
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Happy Holidays From Every College Girl!

Wishing you a merry Christmas and and happy holidays from the editors at Every College Girl! What do you think? What are your holiday plans? Are you doing anything fun for New Year’s? Leave us...
GOAL

Anatomy of a Goal: Making New Year’s Resolutions

With the new year right around the corner and the entire year in perspective, now is the time to craft a few new year’s resolutions. To craft the perfect (or, achievable) new year’s resolutions, make...
peppermint

Peppermint: A Healthy Christmas Treat

Sitting in my black swivel desk chair, I turned away from the window and propped my head against my palms, then held my forehead, thinking that would make this pounding headache go away. Negative. As...
eat healthy

How To… Diet. Or, Not Really

I know, I know. There are a ton of these “cheat sheets to slim your stomach” recipes out there. I’ve read them, and tried living them. I’d like to briefly come out with some serious...
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How To… Stick To New Year’s Resolutions

New year’s resolutions are picked up and kicked out so fast these days. Whether it is to kick tummy troubles to the curb or to finish reading that Charles Dickens compilation, the vigorous excitement to...
coconut oil

20+ Uses For Coconut Oil To Add To Your Beauty Routine and Health Maintenance

So I just so happen to be sitting here with my hair tied up, soaking in some organic coconut oil that I picked up from Whole Foods for about $7! I did some beauty treatments...