Health

Your health is your power, and we’re here to help you protect it. From staying active to nourishing your body and prioritizing self-care, we’ve got the tips, advice, and real talk you need to feel your best—inside and out.

Which Beans Are Best (and Worst) for Burning Belly Fat?

A reduced calorie diet can be hard to stick to when it’s a struggle to get enough protein. Consider these tasty beans your secret weapon. Plus: Recipes!

Lose the Gut, Keep the Butt

We asked a top trainer how to get the tight tummy and rounded rear that curve models are famous for.

Fitness

4 Yoga Lifestyle Tips to Kick Seasonal Blues to the Curb

As a yoga teacher, I try to synch my body and mind with the seasons. These wellness practices increase sunlight, deepen quality rest, encourage seasonal foods, and employ simple yoga poses.

This is The Exercise Practically Every Black Women Needs Now

Restorative Yoga teaches us to experience our negative emotions and discomfort without letting it wound us, and instead just let it move through us.

This 25-Minute Workout Burns Calories All Day

Thanks to the afterburn effect, this quick workout can help boost your metabolism and your overall fitness.

This Tummy-Tightening Full-Body Exercise Does What a Corset Can’t

Learn the simple pose that engages your abs, back, hips, butt, arms, thighs and even your pelvic floor — hello!

Nutrition

Which Soup is Best for Weight Loss?

It warms you up on a cold day. Soothes you when you’re ill. It’s a staple at dinnertime. And certain varieties may help you lose weight.

This Kind of Food Helps Cool Hot Flashes, Burn Fat and Tame Cravings

With all the great health benefits connected to bitter foods like collards, arugula and cranberries, why are we not getting enough of them in our diet?

Leftover Love: Spicy Curry Turkey Soup

You’ve had seconds with gravy. You’ve had sandwiches the next day. Ready for a deliciously different and healthy way to enjoy extra Thanksgiving turkey?

These 8 Foods Could Help Repair Your DNA and Rejuvenate Your Body

Missing certain minerals and other nutrients may do as much damage to skin and other organs as skipping sunscreen or living with pollution, say researchers.

Self-Care

Thrive in 2025

Five ways to set (and achieve!) your New Year's goals.

More Than Just a Newsletter – Sisters Is Your Community

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves!

‘Stress Belly’ Is a Thing. Here Are 5 Ways to Help Flatten One

‘My belly just got very large, and it felt hard’ recalls one sister about a sleepless, stressful time. But she lost 60 pounds in six months with these habits.

35 Low-Effort Ways to Elevate Your Life After 50

Level Up, Sis! It’s time to add a little extra sparkle to your crown.

Weight Loss

Incline Walking Ab-solutely Helps Whittle the Waist

An easy tweak—outdoors or on a treadmill—helps tone and tighten abs, build a better booty, improve mood and burn off body fat.

Which Milk is Best for Weight Loss?

If you want the real skinny on your choices among plant-based options and dairy, consider nutrition, not just calories.

Lost: 3 Dress Sizes. Gained: Muscle, Curves, Confidence!

Taking control of my health has been empowering in ways I never imagined.

Maintaining 100-Pound Weight Loss Thanks to the “30 Plants a Week” Lifestyle

Try counting “plant points” instead of calories or fat grams. Here’s the deliciously diverse diet that’s helped me transform from a size 22 to a size 12.

Wellness

Sound Baths are a Whole Vibe

Tone down stress and embrace harmony. Sisters say this energizing experience is sensual, soothing and in tune with the ancestors.

Who Is Your Check In Person?

This small act of connection can have a big impact on your mood, relationships and health.

Which Cheese Is Best for Weight Loss?

You may think of its creamy goodness as a guilty pleasure you have to avoid. But eat it the right way, and cheese can be good for you!

The Exquisite Perk That Comes With Getting Older

Hint: It has nothing to do with experience and everything to do with pleasure, spontaneity, freedom, and fun. Discover the gift that keeps on giving.