Kristen Noel

Dear Best Selfers, There are no coincidences, right? So, true to all things Nancy Levin and her new book, Worthy: Boost Your Self-Worth To Grow Your Net Worth — amidst the throes of working on the written interview for this issue, I took an afternoon … [Read more...] about Editor’s Letter: Issue 12, Nancy Levin

Dear Best Selfers, So, the million-dollar question is: How do we live a good life? And while we are on the subject — what does that really mean after all? Clearly something different to each of us, but the one discernible through line: we want it and will spend much of our … [Read more...] about Editor’s Letter: Issue 13, Jonathan Fields

Dear Best Selfers, Weather and traffic — two things we simply have to surrender to. And sometimes when it rains it pours…and you just have to go with the flow (armed with an umbrella or two). Our cover feature photo shoots are often planned months in advance. We were … [Read more...] about Editor’s Letter: Issue 14, Mike Dooley

Dear Best Selfers, There is a wondrous window one is invited to peer through when entering the personal space of another. One of my favorite things is getting the opportunity to conduct our feature interviews in our subject’s homes. Their walls whisper stories, their … [Read more...] about Editor’s Letter: Issue 15, Elizabeth Lesser

Dear Best Selfers, I’ll have what she’s having. Seriously. There’s nothing more radiant than standing in the radiance of another — especially when the other drags you along for the party. That’s precisely what it feels like to be in the company of Regena Thomashauer, aka … [Read more...] about Editor’s Letter: Issue 16, Regina Thomashauer

Dear Best Selfers, People often ask me about the ‘real stuff’, the behind-the-scenes experience I have during our interviews. “What’s s/he really like?” If I had to describe Glennon, I would tell you that first and foremost, she shows up. And she packs a lot of punch in that … [Read more...] about Editor’s Letter: Issue 17, Glennon Doyle

Dear Best Selfers, Aviva Romm grew up asking, ‘why?’…and has never stopped. It is this very inquisitive nature of hers that led her to spend a lifetime seeking far and wide and through myriad traditions for answers. Raised in a housing project by a single Mom, she never … [Read more...] about Editor’s Letter: Issue 18, Aviva Romm, MD

Dear Best Selfers, Let’s just put it out there. Sometimes we can’t help it, and our preconceived determinations about people, places and things get out ahead of truth. It’s called being human. We see something, we make a snap judgment, that ol’ brain of ours working … [Read more...] about Editor’s Letter: Issue 19, Lewis Howes

Dear Best Selfers, Food is medicine and if this Best Self journey has taught me anything, it’s that 1.) everything is connected and 2.) food either feeds health or health problems. And that’s a wrap (just kidding). Admittedly, it wasn’t that many years ago that terms … [Read more...] about Editor’s Letter: Issue 20, Mark Hyman, MD

Dear Best Selfers, OK, so there’s a first for everything, right? And this was certainly a first for me. I’ve never known anyone who’s made a bid for the Presidency of the United States before, but I can now check that off my list! Actually I can check it twice because we … [Read more...] about Editor’s Letter: Issue 24, Congressman Tim Ryan

Dear Best Selfers, No Mud, No Lotus~Thich Nhat Hanh Vani Hari is no stranger to mud…being the recipient of her fair share of mud-slinging that is! I first became aware of her long before there was a Best Self Magazine, long before I was connecting my own life dots; … [Read more...] about Editor’s Letter: Issue 23, Vani Hari