How to Keep Your Skin Healthy and Glowing at Home After a full week of social distancing and spending most of the day inside, you, like so many others, might be wondering why your skin isn’t glowing like it usually does. You might be wondering, I’m staying home, I’m not coming into contact with pollutants and sunshine — I’m not even…
12 Tips to Help You Fall Asleep Faster During Stressful Times By: Patia Braithwaite Anyone who has wearily dragged themselves to bed, gotten under the covers, and discovered that they can’t sleep knows that figuring out how to fall asleep faster is an elaborate affair. As you toss, turn, scroll through Instagram, and keep calculating how many hours of sleep you’ll have…
Everything You Need To Work Out Safely This Summer By Steph Coelho Worried about dealing with heatwaves, high humidity, and powerful UV rays while continuing to exercise? In order to work out safely during summer months, especially if you’ll be outdoors and even wearing a face mask, it’s important to keep cool, stay hydrated, and protect yourself from sun exposure.…
How to Handle Anxiety In A Healthy Way By: Sarah Richards For most women, occasional anxiety — how you feel before public speaking or buying a big-ticket item, such as a car or house — is a normal part of life. But what happens when you have trouble turning off the cascade of worries in your mind? Nearly every one…
How to Meditate in a Hectic Home By: Colleen Stinchcombe Stressed out, at your wit’s end, trying to balance work and, if you have kids, your child’s e-learning, and that’s when it happened: You realized you were finally ready to learn how to meditate at home.The only problem, of course, is that home isn’t exactly the quietest place on earth at…
How Art Therapy Can Alleviate Anxieties By: Danielle Cheesman Embracing Creativity Supports Wellness All my life, I’ve been told that I’m creative. But, I’ve always found a way to counter those good-intentioned arguments. As a child, sure, I wrote short stories, “but I never finished them!” As an adult, I was convinced that I couldn’t call myself a photographer if…
How To Become Your Most Productive Self By: Martha Sorren Motivating yourself to be productive isn’t always easy. Some days, inertia takes over and the last thing you want to do is conquer your to-do list. Maybe you have a hard time motivating yourself to do chores around the house or exercise or start that big project for work. But whatever tasks you struggle…
Why Social Awareness And Empathy Take Constant Work Empathy is a lifelong process. Anyone who knows me knows I’m an outspoken feminist. But once upon a time, I scratched my head and questioned why we needed feminism. “Shouldn’t we just advocate egalitarianism—equality for everyone?” I asked. I wasn’t fully aware of the multitude of issues specific to women, both overt…
The Important Relationship Between Art and Health In November 2019, the World Health Organisation’s regional office for Europe published a report showing that the arts have a beneficial effect on health and well-being. A few months later, the report seemed all but forgotten when the Covid-19 pandemic took over everyone’s attention. But perhaps it’s time to look at it again, because it…
5 Easy Ways to Give Your Beauty Routine an Eco-Friendly Makeover By: Shammara Lawrence Packaging and containers make up about a third of the trash in US landfills (yes, you read that right), and most likely, there are some empties—bottles, jars, and tubes—tossed from your own beauty collection among that staggering mass. If you’re looking to do better by the planet, know…
