Category: Lifestyle Blog

Have joint pain or muscle pain? So do nearly 90 percent of Canadians. During the summer heat, those with pain and mobility concerns often experience even more swelling and discomfort. That may make you want to ease off on your workout routine. In fact, smart exercise helps combat pain, improve function, and keep your body…

We’ve all felt it: the stress that lingers long after the moment has passed. A tension headache that won’t quit, a lower back that flares when life feels like too much, an exhaustion that no amount of sleep seems to touch. The idea behind somatic healing is that this isn’t random, it’s the body holding…

We spend a lot of time thinking about the food we eat, the skincare we use, and the supplements we take. But the one thing we consume more than almost anything else is often the one thing we question the least: water. For Clara Sieg, Co Founder and CEO of Loonen, that question became deeply…

Some links in this story may earn us a commission, always at no extra cost to you. We only ever recommend what we genuinely love. Not every summer fragrance needs to smell like sunscreen, citrus, or a very expensive hotel lobby. Sometimes the best ones are softer than that. A little warmer. A little stranger.…

If you have spent any time scrolling lately, you have probably seen it: someone reclined in a salon chair, eyes closed, while warm water cascades over their hair like the world’s chicest shampoo commercial. That, friends, is a head spa. And in much of the world, it is not a trend at all. It is…

This piece comes to us from Lola Mark, a freelance writer specializing in women’s health and wellness You’ve got the silk pillowcase, the blackout curtains and maybe even a magnesium routine. But if you’re still waking up foggy or lying awake longer than feels reasonable, the problem might not be obvious. Some of the most…

For more than two decades, Moa Gürbüzer worked as a family therapist and social worker in Sweden, closely witnessing the ways alcohol quietly shapes families, relationships, and everyday life. Over time, she began to see the issue not just as individual, but something much larger, rooted in culture itself. That perspective eventually led her to…

Sun exposure is often framed as something to avoid at all costs, yet emerging research suggests the story is more nuanced. From vitamin D production and circadian health to skin cancer risk, how—and when—we are exposed to the sun matters. The new science of sun exposure According to Jen Newell, ND, owner/founder of Connected Health…

By the time summer hits, most of us have quietly given up on whatever we promised ourselves in January. The routine slipped, the gadget is in a drawer, and the low hum of I was supposed to feel better than this by now is back. The good news is that mid-year is the easiest time…

Images and text with permission from Eat Like A Sardinian by Francesco Mattana, photography by Dave Brown. Published by Murdoch Books. When we asked chef Francesco Mattana which recipe in his debut cookbook best represents who he is as a chef today, we were bracing for something we’d need three trips to the specialty store for.…