THE WANT LIBRARY
Our full library of blog posts, filled with tips, tools, motivation, and inspiration to shift your self-talk
THE WANT LIBRARY
Our full library of blog posts, filled with tips, tools, motivation, and inspiration to shift your self-talk
Circumstantial Happiness.
"Is this something we still want to do?" I stared at him from across the table, oh-so-movie-perfectly as our apathetic diner waitress doled out our 6pm omelette and breakfast burrito. Two days and fourteen apartments...
The WANT Women: The Darling Magazine Team On Comparison, Comfort Food + The Power In Being Female
Maybe I'm generalizing, and maybe I've been watching too many reruns of Sex And The City and Golden Girls (#imarose), but I think at one point or another, we all fantasize about having a whole slew of girlfriends to...
I Love You And I Like You: The Ebbs And Flows Of Body Image
Quick poll: who has ever been frustrated with someone they love? ::raises hand:: Think about your lasting, enduring relationships. They can be with friends, family members, or significant others. There are definitely...
Spending, Saving, Asking, Making: Let’s Talk About Cents, Baby
Your age, your weight, and your bank account. Three things based on numbers. Three things that are highly personal. And three things that you're never, ever supposed to talk about. So is it that ludicrous to suggest...
Three Inches Of Sideboob: On Preemptive Body-Shaming, The Phantom Gaze, And “A Little Too Much”
I opened the photo file and gasped. My hand rested on my chest, keeping my deep-V sweater in place on what I remembered was an unusually chilly spring day. It had misted in Venice that weekend - a not-quite-drizzle...
The WANT Women: Jessie Kahnweiler On Being Loud, Honest, And Here
To those of us who have struggled with eating disorders, disordered tendencies, whatever you want to call them - many times the portrayal of eating disorders on tv and in film can hit closer to fiction than reality....
Started From The Launch Page Now We’re Here: The 5 Biggest Lessons I Learned In Year One.
It's 11pm on Friday night, and I'm terrified. Tomorrow is the WANT anniversary party at Playlist Yoga. The perfect space, the perfect day, the perfect group of people. And even though I've co-hosted events and...
Hope Was The Chant.
I am not a political person. I don't talk politics, I don't converse about foreign policy. I don't follow as much as I probably should, and I don't state opinions because I don't like pretending I know what I'm talking...
YOU’RE INVITED: Come Celebrate WANT’s One-Year Anniversary In L.A!
WANT was born on Tuesday, January 27th 2016. At 10:14am, to be exact đ I send an email to friends and family. I posted it on social media. In 24 hours, I had approximately 80 newsletter subscribers, 200 visitors, 400...
Updos And Down Dogs: On Meeting Yourself.
"I can't do that kind of yoga. It's too slow." She stared at me with an ice sheet over her eyes, a look that darted back and forth and when it hit me it seared right through and past me. If you do yoga every day, or...
Ghost Worries.
I am high-strung. It's not that I'm not easygoing or that I'm quick to argue - not in the least. My high-strungness manifests in waves, or rather, in jolting earthquakes that eventually rumble themselves out. My...
A Case Of The Januarys (Or, 3 Things To Do Besides Resolve To “Lose Weight”)
It's only the beginning of the month, and we've got a first-class case of the Januarys: that extra-special cocktail of optimism, hope, frustration, and grit with a sprinkle of self-loathing and dash of cynicism on the...
