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At The Girlfriend, our aim is always to help you relax and radiate your best self in every season and to help you connect with other wonderful women. To honor this time of year, we’ve rounded up another amazing array of surprises for you so that you can savor every last second of summer before transitioning into fall. 

Chamomile tea has grounding, relaxing, mildly sedative properties that promote restful sleep, says Devon Ray Battaglia, an integrative health expert and holistic life coach. A study of nursing home residents found that those who took 400 milligrams of chamomile extract daily had significantly better sleep quality than those who did not take this.

Life doesn't come with a manual. So, we contacted our favorite life coaches, asking them to give us their very best advice.

Subscribers received one of these books in the Spring 2023 crate.

Our theme this quarter is Savor & Soak In. With longer days, you have, I hope, more opportunities to savor all the blessings in your life and to soak in the beauty of formerly dormant plants now bursting with color. Let’s take a moment to realize how delightful change can be.

Do you like getting up early? Here are travel hot spots with plenty tokeep you busy

If you have always wanted to meditate but weren’t sure where to begin, here’s help. 

Read any forecast for next year’s home décor trends and you’ll see three basic themes: comfort, minimalism and practicality. Comfort According to the website InteriorZine, organic materials will be hot in 2022, as will colors and shapes inspired by nature. Natural and cozy materials, such as linen and cotton, clay and brick, velvet and ceramics, will create a calming environment in our homes. Some think the recent pandemic has contributed to...

By Christina Ianzito and Caroline Leavitt Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty A suburban couple with four grown children seem content until secrets emerge, and the family is shaken to its core. By the author of Big Little Lies.   Velvet Was The Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia This 1970s noirish tale (Moreno-Garcia also wrote Mexican Gothic) focuses on a Mexico City secretary who enters a dangerous world after joining forces...

Don’t have a green thumb? Keep reading for some plantfluencer-approved picks.