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    Lucy Danziger, True to my SELF, SELF Magazine

    Lucy Danziger, True to my SELF, SELF Magazine

  • Why Gwyneth Paltrow Believes "Family is Everything"

    By Lucy Danziger, Editor-in-Chief, SELF magazineOur May cover girl, Gwyneth Paltrow, is an Academy Award winner, newly minted sitcom star (seen her on Glee? Hysterical!), a maybe-soon-to-be recording artist and, oh yeah, probably the coolest celebrity mom out there. But in this month's issue of SELF

  • Chris Martin Likes Gwyneth's Post-Baby Body Better Than Ever!

    By Lucy Danziger, Editor-in-Chief, SELF magazineNo surprises here! The SELF team had a blast at the cover shoot with Gwyneth Paltrow. She was so real, candid and hilarious. Check out the behind-the-scenes info from our new best friend.…

  • Meet the newest Biggest Loser trainer!

    By Lucy Danziger, Editor-in-Chief, SELF magazine, author, The Nine Rooms of HappinessLast week's episode of The Biggest Loser revealed the two new trainers who will be taking over for Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper at the ranch. When I learned that one of them was Brett Hoebel who designed a super

  • New Year, Same Old You?

    By Lucy Danziger, Editor-in-Chief, SELF magazine, author, The Nine Rooms of HappinessThe new year is just 11 days old, and yet it already has a distinct personality: strong, and bright, economically speaking, yet cranky as a newborn, resolution-wise. Some people I know have successfully given up sug

  • 7 Ways To Banish Holiday Stress Today!

    By Lucy Danziger, Editor-in-Chief, SELF magazine, author, The Nine Rooms of HappinessAh, the holidays. They're supposed to be the "most wonderful time of the year," and yet they have a way of turning into the most stressful time of the year. Maybe it's because your mother-in-law is staying with you

  • Maria Shriver Talks Candidly About Alzheimer’s Disease

    By Lucy Danziger, Editor-in-Chief, SELF magazine, author, The Nine Rooms of HappinessMaria Shriver generously got on the phone with me today to talk about her heartfelt cause, the cure for Alzheimer's. Her father suffers from it, and as Time magazine points out, more than half of all Americans repor

  • Drew Brees: A Girl’s Fantasy Football Player

    By Lucy Danziger, Editor-in-Chief, SELF magazine, author, The Nine Rooms of HappinessThe truth is no NFL QB has ever been interested in talking to the editor of SELF, but Drew Brees is not just some ordinary player. Yes, he is the 2010 MVP and quarterback of the Super Bowl-winning New Orleans Saints

  • Venus, the Author!

    By Lucy Danziger, Editor-in-Chief, SELF, author, The Nine Rooms of HappinessVenus Williams just sent me the nicest letter. She wrote in wonderful handwriting on gray stationary that has just the name Venus at the top, thanking me for contributing to her book on how sports informs the professional wo

  • SELF speaks out about Kelly Clarkson photo retouching

    DO WE RETOUCH? YES! Last Friday, the Internet was abuzz with the fact that I answered the question, did you Photoshop the September issue cover photo of Kelly Clarkson? with the answer: Yes. Of course we do retouching (though it's technically not Photoshop, but that is semantics). We correct color

  • Lose 10 pounds in 10 days? No way!

    OK! magazine put a picture of Jessica Simpson running on their most recent cover with the line: "How I lost 10 pounds in 10 days!" Coupla problems...I thought the picture looked familiar and lo and behold, it's two years old-and we ran it in SELF (over a year ago!) in a piece about stars at their S

  • The dangers of generic drugs

    I hope all you active women got outside. I did, for a long and fun bike ride to the orchards about 40 miles north of New York City. I bought mini pies there to bring home to the family, since they looked so natural and home-baked. Everywhere I go, people tell me they saw me on the Today show last w

  • Tomorrow is National Bike to Work Day!

    Friday is National Bike to Work Day and I want YOU to try it. If Friday doesn't work, it can be any day-it's actually Bike to Work Month, so you can do it whenever your schedule allows. I tried it this morning and loved it. The traffic didn't bother me (I just whizzed merrily past the stopped cars)

  • Melting injuries away with the Melt Method

    You will all be relieved to know that my foot is better and now I can help YOU with your foot problems, too, since it's as simple as using a little ball to massage the sole. I had a visit from Polly Demille yesterday from the esteemed Hospital for Special Surgery here in NYC, and she brought with he

  • Lose weight without even trying!

    First stop: Check out the new 5-Star Day widget. OK, I turn on my computer and Yahoo comes popping up-I love this homepage since it always refreshes and tells me cool facts and useful items and yes, breaking news. It's where I learn about things like Ashton's Twitter surpassing the 1 million follow

  • Here I am with one of my idols, Serena Williams

    She swung by the office yesterday and told us about all her amazing projects from HSN to her new skin products (the woman has the MOST gorgeous complexion) and the fact that she is writing a book and oh, yes, almost forgot, just opened a new school in Kenya for kids in need. Serena had beaten her bi

  • Music to get you moving!

    My music is really inspiring me now. I told everyone this and you'll see me walking around with my adorable little orange Shuffle, which I am totally hooked on. Here is my recent playlist that gets me moving and helps me go the distance (like for more than an hour some days!)Head here to download Lu

  • SELF's 2008 Best Places for Women

    This morning I appeared on the Today show (watch the clip here!) to announce the winners of SELF's ninth annual Best Places for Women survey, and I tried to emphasize that wherever you are and however your hometown ranks, you can live a healthy life and influence those around you to do the same. And

  • Investing in yourself and fitness should be recession proof

    I watched the NYC Marathon yesterday and was struck by how happy people looked running, even at mile 23 and during what is supposed to be the agony of the last half hour. And when I went swimming, for the third straight day, the gym was packed. In the pool, the lanes were so crowded that you had to

  • My morning workout with Olympian Dara Torres

    At the gym... Andi Emerson, Dara, me and coach Robert, about to work out!

  • I completed a triathlon with Jennifer Lopez!

    Just got back from Malibu. Sorry for not blogging over the weekend, but with two races, two parties, and a huge, enormously important, world-famous celebrity to worry about (I got off the plane to hear that Jennifer had injured her ankle and dropped out of judging Project Runway...hello, anxiety!),