Category: Lifestyle Blog

We are as unique in our sexuality as we are in all other aspects of ourselves. However, generally speaking, we are less knowledgeable, perceptive, and comfortable when it comes to sex. Add to this the fact that many long-term relationships are accompanied by a shift in sexual desire for one or more of the parties,…

Most people don’t think of notifications as stress. They think of them as normal. The text buzzing during dinner. The Slack notification popping up mid conversation. The instinct to check Instagram while waiting for coffee. Tiny interruptions have become so embedded into daily life that most of us barely register them anymore. But our brains…

Jeanette Thottrup isn’t trying to convince you to add another product to your routine. If anything, she’d probably tell you to slow down and pay closer attention to what your skin is already telling you. Her approach is less about chasing results and more about understanding where they come from. That shift came from a…

If you’re asked to picture a farmer, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll think of a man, yet women account for over a third of the global agricultural workforce. Sometimes they fail to earn the farmer title because cultural and legal norms are rigged against them; other times it’s because their home-scale subsistence growing is…

For something that shapes how we start every day, the alarm clock is surprisingly unquestioned. Most of us fall asleep with our phones nearby and wake up to a jarring sound that pulls us straight into stress and stimulation. It feels normal, but it might be working against us. The team behind the Loftie Clock,…

Lori Bregman, a celebrity go-to doula, shares what actually matters when it comes to supporting yourself through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. I’ve been working in the birth world for 26 years and have supported around 1,600 births in person, as well as coached thousands of mothers and parents to be around the world through my…

There’s something undeniably nostalgic about a doughnut. The color, the glaze, the feeling of getting away with dessert before noon. But Sabrina Rudin doesn’t believe you need artificial dyes or a fryer full of oil to get that magic. In her new cookbook Healthy with a Side of Happy, Sabrina reimagines the classic vanilla doughnut…

Hydration has somehow become the overachiever of the wellness world, complete with rules, numbers, and a surprising amount of pressure. We’ve all heard them. Eight glasses a day. More water for glowing skin. Skip coffee if you want to stay “properly” hydrated. It sounds convincing enough, until you realize how little of it is actually…

When Jo Giese was just five years old, her mother would dress her in a lacy pinafore and send her into the Seattle woods all by herself. Wandering along the soft, bark-covered path, she would admire the canopies of evergreen trees overhead as she breathed in fresh, forest air. Between her solo woodland walks and…

If you’ve ever caught yourself thinking, I know I’m fine, so why do I feel like this, you’ve already felt the disconnect this book is trying to explain. That gap between what you understand and what your body is doing is where anxiety becomes frustrating. Rewire Your Anxious Brain by Catherine M. Pittman, PhD, and…