The Family Groove | Editor's Picks | TFG Editor-In-Chief Jillian Swartz gives you her favorite mind, body,a nd soul boosters of the month

EDITOR’S PICKS
HEALTH, YEAH! TFG EDITOR-IN-CHIEF JILLIAN SWARTZ GIVES YOU
HER FAVORITE MIND, BODY AND SOUL BOOSTERS OF THE MONTH

Humanity For All I’m always down for fashion with a conscious—especially nowadays. It’s much easier to justify spending your hard-earned moolah when it’s on something with a good-for-mankind spin on it. Enter: modern (read: not a played derivative-of-a-derivative design) message tees with a bonkers-cool kids line from Humanity. Complete with characters designed to teach little ones the importance of recycling, keeping the oceans clean, taking care of their bodies and loving one another, these T-shirts put a cutting-edge spin on humanitarianism via funky-fresh, artistic prints with a telltale story written on the inside. Cool, right? If only Louboutins had a message... ($28, www.humanityforall.com)

Hamilton Beach Big Mouth Pro Juice Extractor

I am obsessed with juicing. I think it should be mandatory—that and waiting tables. Everyone should have to wait tables; it teaches you how to be a human being. But I digress. Juicing. Yes, juicing: better health, better skin, better moods, more vitamins, more minerals, more energy. Read this month’s Mixed Greens article on how to spring-clean your body by, you guessed it, juicing. We’ve also got an info-packed Q&A with the owners of Blueprint Cleanse, a delish and highly effective cleanse that can be delivered right to your door. And if you wish to put the squeeze on all by yourself, pick up a Hamilton Beach Big Mouth Pro Juice Extractor. It’s a whole-fruit juicer (meaning no prep work beyond rinsing your fruit) that yields 24 percent more juice than other brands, plus it’s easy to clean. ($94.99, www.hamiltonbeach.com)

The Monster Is Real: How to Face Your Fears and Eliminate Them Forever

And speaking of mandatory, there is a book that everyone must read. It’s called The Monster Is Real: How to Face Your Fears and Eliminate Them Forever.The monster refers to your ego—but not in a Freudian way, per se. Substitute darkness, bad tendencies, negativity, etc., in for the word ego, if you like. It’s a book based on kabbalistic principles (as in kabbalah—as in Madonna, yes), but even if kabbalah (which is not a religion, but a set of spiritual tools) isn’t your bag, baby, the book is so powerful that you really should read it. It’s a little bitty thing, too. It will not take you long to get through, but it will change your life and free you from the grips of fear (panic, negativity, desperation, bad feelings, anxiety, etc.) that are holding you back in ways you know and ways you don’t even realize. Seriously, folks—get this book. ($9.95, www.store.kabbalah.com)