Wellness

Shaking up your routine has never been easier.

A simple tweak in your perspective could protect vulnerable ecosystems—and help garden-variety plant parents grow, too.

Prepare for total hibernation.

Spoken Flames offers the immersive candle experience you never knew you needed.

How to keep the momentum going, from people putting in the work.

There are plenty of things you can do around your house and in your community.

Next time you go for a walk, try and leave your phone at home.

Because this year has been a lot.

Oh, you're not interested in getting happier?

Refreshing social media can do more harm than good.

I have the pulls, I have the dresser, I have the screwdriver, and I have the time. But I haven’t been able to find one thing to get the job done: the motivation to simply do it.

They're professional trainer-approved.

It'll help you sleep like, well, a baby.

Mirrors show up as a plot device in everything from scary movies to carnival fun houses and sleepovers. And that unsettling, creepy feeling can work its way into your modern home.

This activity will surely improve your moo-d.

If you do small things to bring yourself to a less stressful or more grateful place, you'll harness the power—little by little and instance by instance—to paint your life with a sunnier hue.

Think of it as "a dress rehearsal for our future."

Here's your guide to deadlines, details, and to-do's.

Wherever it is you’re going, affirming yourself in the mirror can set you up for a positive day.

The last of three retrogrades this year is here.

SAD isn't all in your head—and there are ways to feel better.

The one tiny change that can cut down on hair-washing time, reduce consumption and packaging waste, and save money.

You might even avoid a house call altogether.

There are plenty of ways revamp for less than $10—it just takes a little flexibility, patience, and creativity. Whether your living room, kitchen, bedroom, dining room, or laundry room is driving you absolutely nuts, here are some suggestions to freshen up the space, so you can enter another season at home feeling just a little bit more content.

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Embrace open air living.

Go ahead and hit snooze.

"A World of Calm" is the perfect series for these chaotic times.

Now that it's getting dark earlier.

Save the trick-or-treating for next year.

Appreciate all the little physical details of this time in your life—the good, the bad, the ugly, and yes, the completely average, too.

If you’re contemplating a home project (even a small one) during COVID-19, it may be wise to first consider the mental health effects of changing your space.

Dubbed the “Netflix for sleep,” Restflix is a restful sleep streaming service that helps you fall asleep faster and encourages continuous, productive rest.

For people with particularly stressful jobs, sometimes there’s nothing better than letting your mind turn off for a few minutes and instead playing a mindless game on your phone.

These curtains, their color and design, were my mother’s choice, not mine.

I’ve found ideas for how to create my home are tucked into the grooves of good conversation.

After the movers left, I found myself sitting in a papasan chair that smelled faintly of smoke, both of us dropped into a new place, a new neighborhood, a new life.

I could only carry it with me, looking for and eventually creating a place where it would fit in perfectly.

Whether you recently adopted a pet or already had furry friends before the pandemic, you’re probably loving having something to snuggle and play with at all hours of the day. But for Gen Zers and millennials, having pets during the pandemic has actually been a serious source of self-care, according to a new study.

The thing about being depressed is how tired you are all the time. Day in, day out, I couldn’t muster any energy to decorate—all I could focus on was dragging myself up and breathing.

Think of it like comfort food for your living space.

Our neighbors have tennis courts, we have table tennis.

If you were to take a photo of my trendy and freshly-painted room, the chaochao would stick out like a sore, threadbare thumb.

It was a soundtrack to a simple period of time and I needed to translate it to my own kitchen.

Each trailer is crafted with sustainable materials.

Odor-busting usually comes to mind when we’re talking about garbage cans or litter boxes. But there are other areas areas that smell less than pleasant. Take your gym bag (which you may now be slinging over your shoulder more often than you did in December, go you!) for example. The thing about your gym bag and its contents is that you can’t immediately deal with offensive odors by tossing clothing in the wash or putting your sneakers in the freezer.

The world can be divided into two types of people: those who can guzzle down a bottle of red wine without any health repercussions and those who get a painful headache from just a single glass. The mystery surrounding the latter — why do some people get migraines from red wine?—involves understanding the effects of key substances found in a bottle of red. The first thing to know is the difference between a hangover headache and a red wine-induced migraine.

It’s a sad truth of housekeeping that even if you wear gloves, your hands will still wind up dry after a cleaning marathon. So we scoured Reddit and even called on a few of our favorite housekeeping experts for the inside scoop on the best hand-saving products to use during and after cleaning. From coconut oil to diaper cream, here’s what the pros say to use to keep your hands soft, smooth, and moisturized.

What’s the most important part of a nutritious diet? Most of us can automatically recite the answer: fruits and vegetables. And yet it can be tough to eat the daily recommended amount of produce, and most Americans simply don’t. I’ve certainly been among that 75 percent—the estimated percentage of us who don’t eat enough veggies. I realized, though, that part of the problem was that I didn’t really understand how much we were talking about.

For many of us, breakfast is rarely more than a cup of coffee or a piece of fruit while rushing out the door. That’s if we manage to eat anything at all: Over 31 million Americans regularly skip breakfast. There is research to back up both sides of the “To Eat or Not to Eat Breakfast” argument, but I think most of us share a wistfulness for a proper breakfast.

Good news: If you're looking for a little more contentment in your day-to-day, you've got science on your side. Try incorporating these study-backed habits into your routine.

With a new year comes new goals and fresh motivation to pursue all things health and wellness. Whether you’re trying a new home workout (cycling bikes, anyone?) or kissing that mid-day slump goodbye by focusing on a new form of nutrition, now is an opportune time to renew your focus on what it means to be and feel well. But with no shortage of (sometimes schticky and expensive) wellness trends inundating us from all angles, it can be difficult to determine what might be worth trying.

It turns out the secret to your particular recipe for quality sleep may run deeper than just a day-to-day preference.

Perfect Night In is a series where we ask actors, artists, entrepreneurs, and beyond how they’d spend the ultimate luxury—a blissful evening at home. Ah, the brothers that need no introduction (but we’re going to give you one anyway). Ever since the first episode of HGTV’s “Property Brothers” aired in 2011, Drew and Jonathan Scott have made viewers around the globe fall in love with their impressive renovating skills complimented by witty sibling banter.

Filling your Instagram with envy-inducing vacation selfies of you and your closest gal pals living it up may serve as a temporary ego-booster, thanks to all the likes you’re bound to rack up. But there could be more—scientific studies suggest that there’s an even more crucial benefit connected to taking girls’ trips: It’s actually good for your health.

Benjamin Franklin wrote the famous phrase, “early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” His viewpoint sounds nice, and his own personal success gives his advice some strong support. However, now night owls and researchers alike would beg to differ. During the last few decades, there’s a growing body of fascinating research on the relationship between sleep patterns and intelligence.

Winter, the season of cozy hygge, seems like it would be the best time of year to catch up on all those ZZZs we miss out on during the more active months. But it turns out that—whether or not you’re one of the 10 million Americans who suffer from seasonal affective disorder each year—the long and dark days actually wreak havoc on our sleep schedules, both in the quality of our sleep and the number of hours of rest we’re getting each night.

Many of us practice AM habits that aren't exactly beneficial.

People can be opinionated about sleep positions, and we don’t blame them—plenty of evidence shows physical and mental health are directly linked to our quality of sleep. And according to one survey, some ways of sleeping may even more profoundly affect quality of sleep, mood, and even motivation levels in the workplace. A survey of 1,021 people from The Sleep Judge shows that those of us who sleep on our backs win the sleep lottery in more ways than one.

They say misery loves company, but it looks like joy does, too. And since the US is apparently the unhappiest it’s ever been, Americans could certainly make some pretty good use out of Finland’s “happiness guides,” and get a free summer vacation in the process.

Design and science experts have assured us that one way of reducing your stress levels is to get yourself near some water for a healthy dose of what’s known as “blue mind,” or the calming effect that simply being in the vicinity of H2O has on people. It’s not quite possible to bottle those good vibes up and take them home, but the next best option is to invest in indoor fountains, like these beautiful, zen-emitting devices by Lily Clark.

Perfect Night In is a series where we ask actors, artists, entrepreneurs, and beyond how they’d spend the ultimate luxury—a blissful evening at home. “Charlie’s Angels,””The Wedding Singer,””Never Been Kissed,” “Ever After”—the list of iconic Drew Barrymore classics goes on and on (and on). As it’s known, however, Barrymore’s success goes well beyond the big screen.

There have been so many milestones to celebrate in the world of grooming expert-turned-figure skater Jonathan Van Ness. First, as we already know and have binged, the third season of Netflix’s “Queer Eye” premiered this month. Second, the Fab Five member turned 32 today (happy birthday, JVN!). And third, Van Ness’s beloved podcast “Getting Curious” aired over one-hundred episodes. Can you believe?!

For as relaxing as taking a long, hot shower can be everyday, are they really all that good for your skin? We hit up skincare experts Rhea Souhleris Grous, Director of Aesthetics at Union Square Laser Dermatology and celeb-esthetician Renee Rouleau to help us break down the effects—both good and bad—that regularly indulging in hot showers can have on your body.