Friends,

There’s something about May in the Northeast. After a long, gray winter, we step outside, feel the sun on our face—and everything shifts. The heaviness lifts. The pace softens. And somewhere in that first stretch of sunshine, we all have the same quiet thought—it’s time to feel good again.

Not perfect. Not “back on track.” Just … good.

This issue, with a theme of Women’s Wellness, feels especially personal because women’s health isn’t just workouts and green juice—it’s hormones, stress, sleep, identity and for many of us… raising teenagers that are trying to figure out who they are while scrolling through a world that constantly tells them who they should be.

And if we’re being honest, sometimes we’re figuring that out right alongside them.

Inside this issue, the stories feel less like articles and more like conversations you didn’t know you needed.

Our feature brings together women who remind us that thriving doesn’t come from doing more—it comes from finally listening to yourself. One shares what it looks like to drop the masks and live authentically. Another redefines success by choosing a grounded, meaningful life over the constant chase. There’s a physician reshaping care by slowing it down and truly listening and a teacher helping women reconnect with their power.

We also explore pelvic health—something many women aren’t talking about, but should be—and hip strength, which plays a bigger role in stability and movement than most of us realize.

There’s nourishment in a way that feels real and doable. And one of my favorite threads? Joy. The reminder that fun isn’t something we earn—it’s something we need.

There’s also this deeper layer—“enoughness”. I see it in teenagers navigating comparison and pressure. I see it in women holding everything together while quietly questioning themselves.

This issue gently pushes back on that.

We also open the conversation around fertility in a more supportive, whole-body way—something many women carry quietly, often with more emotion and uncertainty than anyone talks about.

And you’ll find a look at wellness travel—not as an escape, but as a way to get back to yourself. Sometimes stepping outside your everyday life is exactly what allows you to reconnect and reset.

Confidence isn’t something the world hands us, it’s something we build—in small moments, in boundaries and in how we speak to ourselves when no one else is listening.

Sometimes vitality looks like a routine.

Sometimes it looks like rest.

Sometimes it looks like choosing yourself.

And sometimes, it’s as simple as standing in the sun after a long winter and realizing you didn’t need to start over—you just needed to return.

With so much gratitude,

Shae