Category: Lifestyle Blog
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Sophie Jaffe’s Mother’s Day Gift Guide: Osea Malibu Skincare, Arrae’s Bloat, Fable Home + More
With Mother’s Day around the corner, it’s time to celebrate the incredible women who bring so much love and light into our lives. We’ve asked Sophie Jaffe, one of our favorite health and wellness experts, frequent contributor of TCM, and founder of Philosophie on her top picks for Mother’s Day. With her innate understanding of…
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Chilled Velvety Bisque with Jalapeno Verde Swirl
A creamy cold soup, perfect for a sunny May lunch, most vichyssoise recipes are made with chicken stock and plenty of cream. This one is totally vegan, with tofu giving it exceptional creaminess. Jazzed up with a Jalapeno Verde Swirl, it’s delicious served either chilled or hot. More bisque options This creamy bisque lends itself…
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Brussels Sprouts & Wild Rice Salad with Maple Walnut–Pecan Spice Brittle
One of my favorite Carbivor sides to contribute to meals is a wild rice salad. Unlike hulled rice, wild varieties hold their shape and texture. To add even more fiber and hardiness, I combine the rice with shredded Brussels sprouts and a bright lemon poppy dressing. If you want to save time, buy shredded Brussels…
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10 Clever Workout Tips for Busy People
With a new year comes an even busier schedule. That project you said you’d circle back to next year? That after-school activity your child wants to take up? That endlessly postponed get-together with friends? It all seems to converge at once. Fitting regular exercise into your to-do list might seem impossible. That’s why we’ve gathered…
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Life after Menopause
When it comes to menopause, Sara McKinley, 55, never looks back. “It’s the most liberating thing,” she says. After “years of painful, heavy, and irregular periods, and the stress about having to stock up on extra pads just in case,” McKinley is happy to move on, even if the trade-off includes hot flashes/flushes. No two…
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Bold Beauty
Even as we age, we change, and a growing number of white and grey strands appear—a stark reminder of our mortality, but also of our resilience, strength, and growth. Here we explore the beauty of embracing our natural selves as we age, including our natural hair. Journey to the Grey Side Although she now enjoys…
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Eating for Women’s Hormones
Being a woman is a journey of continuous transformation, with the ebb and flow of our hormones during our nubile years, the joys and aches of growing life, and the promotion into our wisdom era. And each hormonal phase we experience—being menstrual, perimenopausal, and postmenopausal—comes with unique nutritional needs. Without appropriate nutritional support, our hormones…
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The Most Pressing Environmental Issues in 2024
We can all do our part to ensure the safety and security of our planet. While at times overwhelming, the environmental crisis is not without solutions. Here are 10 of the most pressing environmental issues facing 2024, and what you can do to help. 1. Decrease the use of fossil fuels Soil, water, and air…
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Bioenergy Healing
In 2006, Claudia Chirico began experiencing overwhelming anxiety, fear, and feelings of disconnection from her body. Her sister-in-law, who was studying bioenergy healing techniques—a healing therapy focused on balancing bodily energy and removing energetic blocks—offered to practise a few techniques on her. According to Chirico, she instantly felt calmer, more grounded, and clear-headed. This transformation…
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Hojicha Is the Next Japanese Tea You’ll Love
Move over, matcha—there’s another green tea in town with a ton of health benefits. Hojicha is a mellow Japanese tea with less caffeine and a toasted and nutty flavor, reminiscent of coffee. It brings many of the same benefits as other green teas, with a few quirks of its own. Here are nine reasons why…