Everyone has an inner critic. It seems baked into our very DNA.For many of us, this interior monster-like voice is debilitating. It's as old as our very selves; it goes all the way back to early childhood, and we're as intimately familiar with it as we are with our own limbs. It comes out of [...]
You love Breakaway Matcha, it’s the holidays, and you have a gift list a mile long -- your next step seems obvious, but in case you're stuck, here are ten suggestions to help you along the way to a relaxed and bountiful holiday season! 1 Give the same gift to everyone It may sound odd, but giving a
Those of you familiar with the word “teetotaling” might see images of angry Victorian women marching around with signs that say, “ Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Not Touch Ours.” This term emerged from the Temperance movement in the early 19th century and refers to folks who completely abstain from al
One of caffeine’s biggest claims to fame is that it is the most widely used psychoactive drug on the planet (and it even happens to be legal). Morning routines throughout the globe and the centuries often center around making and drinking tea or coffee, which are caffeine’s most popular forms, respe
We do strange things in our youth. I used to do lots of experiments with fasting, just to experience how the mind and body reacted to extended periods without food. Not even coffee or tea, just water. It wasn't fun. Today, my personal experiments tend to go in the opposite direction: I try to pack [
I’m sitting at my kitchen table taking a rare and much needed late-morning “be in the moment” tea break. In front of me is a quickly whisked bowl of matcha, two miniature dark chocolate peanut butter cups still wrapped in their foil, and nothing else. In anticipation of “being in the [...]
There are many young women like myself who are living with breast cancer – I was diagnosed before age 40.At the time of my initial diagnosis, my work life was packed with tasting menus, slabs of cheese and meat, and copious amounts of unchecked stress as I juggled writing assignments and events. I k
While we enjoy quality matcha primarily for the incredible epicurean delights it gives us, it’s a truly happy coincidence that it happens to be good for you in lots of different ways. Here are what we feel are the top eight reasons why it makes sense to incorporate matcha, in whatever form ( hyperpr
First-time visitors to Japan are almost always struck by what many might consider to be insanely great levels of customer service. Shopkeepers, taxi drivers, retail establishments, railway personnel, hotels, etc. will invariably treat customers with deep, almost elaborate respect and politeness. Y
