Breathe Magazine

Breathe Editor Lindsey Grossman blogs about adjusting to life as a new mom, her efforts to be healthy and green, and all things in between.

“Poor Traveler.” It’s a phrase you here a lot in our house: from friends, family and of course, us. If Traveler (our Gordon Setter) were a child, he’d be the one at the pool under the umbrella with the stripe of zinc oxide on his nose, plugs in his ears and an asthma inhaler. He’s [...]

Yup. Today’s the day you can bring your pup to the office. I work from home, so every day is Take Your Dog to Work Day. Every day is also Take Your Baby to Work Day. Makes for an interesting office dynamic:) We now only have one terrific dog — our Gordon setter, Traveler. We [...]

This spring, Lavanila Laboratories launched their new Healthy Baby Collection. They offered me the chance to try out a couple of products from the line: The Healthy Baby Wash and The Healthy Baby Butter. As much as I love testing out products for myself, it’s even more fun to discover new, safe and healthy products [...]

 ActivewearUSA.com has partnered with Breathe for a fabulous giveaway!  If you aren’t familiar with ActivewearUSA.com, they sell yoga, pilates and fitness activewear and accessories from brands such as Pure Lime, Margarita Activewear, Body Language and Manduka. Yoga enthusiast Avi Woolman owns the site and only sells things she absolutely loves from brands that she personally [...]

A couple of weeks ago, Navitat Canopy Adventures invited a group of us from Breathe and BRO to experience their canopy tours. Because I’m kind of afraid of heights, I was nervous about going… plus I’m pretty sure that out of our group, I’m the least athletically inclined (it sounds nicer than accident prone or klutzy). [...]

 Congrats to Susan, Hannah and Junghwa — the winners of our Jackson Sage Workout Recovery Giveaway! And a big thanks to Jackson Sage!  I enjoyed reading everyone’s responses and comments. Everyone was certainly deserving, but in case you’re wondering, we selected the winners using the Integers Generator at Random.org (which, as you could guess, is totally unbiased). If [...]

This Sunday marks my first official Mother’s Day as a mom. I say “official” because I may have milked it a tad last year when I was pregnant (moms-to-be count, right?). I was planning on compiling a list of things that I would want — and in turn recommend to others — for Mother’s Day [...]

“I never do stuff like this,” I said to my teammate as we got ready to head uptown for the Great Urban Race in Charlotte on Saturday. After thinking for a second, I rephrased, “Actually, I never do stuff.” This is not to say that I sit around all day watching Bravo marathons (at least [...]

Are you familiar with Flip & Tumble? If not, you can check out our write-up on these super stylin’ resuable bags back in Breathe’s Spring 2009 issue. With Earth Day just around the corner (April 22), Flip and Tumble are dividing up a nice stash of bags between five lucky winners. Enter to win by [...]

Remember the Yogoco yoga bags from our holiday gift guide? Well, they just came out with a quick video that shows how they’re made. If you’re a visual person like me, this will help you better understand how they turn leftover t-shirt scraps into a stylish, functional finished product:

Cornell senior Abbey Liebman created a fashion first — a solar powered dress. This light pink dress debuted this past Saturday at the Cornell Design League fashion show. The panels on the dress are made from ultrathin, flexible solar cells that you can use to charge your cell phone or iPod (there’s a USB charger [...]

A few years ago when the plastic pandemonium hit, parents couldn’t get their hands on  glass bottles fast enough. What was once an outdated only choice for bottle feeding has come back in a big way. Even now, with pretty much all plastic baby bottles boasting  BPA-free on their labels, many moms are still concerned [...]

Does this crazy winter weather have you climbing the walls? Join the club. First it was the swine flu. Now, it’s day after day of snow, sleet and blustery winds. On their own, each is something I can handle. But with an infant, it’s not quite as easy to justify weathering the elements. Fresh air [...]

My favorite mom accessory is the diaper bag. Handbags were always my big fashion splurge, but I’ve found that I no longer have the hands — not to mention physical strength and coordination — to lug around an extra bag (along with a stroller, car seat, carrier, and oh yeah, the baby). So I’m channeling [...]

Starting today, we’re excited to add Sara Novak to our wonderful group of Breathe Bloggers. Tune in to Tickled Green every  other Thursday to get Sara Novak’s take on living the green life.  Sara has always had a profound love, bordering obsession, for all things green. Since moving south, that passion has expanded into a [...]