Sarah Klein

Jan 16, 2025 | self.com | Sarah Klein |Annabelle Volgman

Erin Adelekun was 38 when she had a stroke, just nine days after giving birth to her daughter in 2020. It all started with a headache, which had been about a 2 on a scale of 1 to 10 when she was discharged from the hospital two days postpartum, and climbed to a 6 or 7 by the following week. She thought she was just exhausted from having a newborn and reassured herself she'd call her doctor the next day if it persisted.

Jan 6, 2025 | self.com | Sarah Klein

This article is part of Dry January, Straight Up, your no-BS guide to cutting out alcohol for 31 days—or longer. SELF will be publishing new articles for this series throughout January. Read more here. Curious about drinking a little less alcohol but don't feel ready to ditch it entirely for Dry January? There’s a less restrictive, possibly more mindful option you could try: Damp January, also sometimes called Dryish January.

Oct 25, 2024 | runnersworld.com | Sarah Klein

Sure, running is just as easy as putting on the right shoes and heading outside, but once you get into it, you start to see information in the form of acronyms, such as DNF (did not finish), FKT (fastest known time), plus HIIT (high-intensity interval training) and LISS (low-intensity steady-state workouts). Not only should you understand what both HIIT and LISS mean, they are also two types of workouts every runner should have on their training plan.

Sep 25, 2024 | runnersworld.com | Sarah Klein

Runners love data. Dedicated runners often have as many sources of data as they have pairs of shoes. There’s the Garmin, the Strava account, the handwritten training log, and the backup fitness-tracking app (you know, just in case). So it makes sense that many runners are curious about how to harness their heart rate to fine-tune their training and reach their goals.

Aug 30, 2024 | vogue.in | Sarah Klein

We all know that nobody’s perfect, but it can be very hard to believe that about yourself. While no one can dispute that hard work is admirable—we see you Beyoncé—you might be surprised to find out that perfectionism can sometimes make it even harder to reach your goals and hurt your mental and physical health too. Perfectionism is feeling like you have to achieve or function at 100% capacity, says Kate Cummins, PsyD, a California-based licensed clinical psychologist.