Food + Drink
The Best Tasting Herbal Teas For Sleep You’ll Actually Want To Drink
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Sustainability
The Lifespan of a Product: What Makes Something Last?
We use the phrase well-made all the time. A well-made couch. A well-made jacket. A well-made mattress. It’s usually meant as a compliment, shorthand for something that feels solid, reliable, worth the investment. But when you stop and think about it, it’s not always clear what that actually means. I’ve definitely had moments where I’ve […]
How Underconsumption Is Shaping the Season
It happens every year… The holidays arrive, and suddenly everything multiplies. Shopping lists, gift piles, decorations, social obligations, expectations. Somewhere between the “must-haves” and the “limited-time-onlys,” it becomes easy to forget what we actually want. But this season, something quietly radical is happening: people are choosing less. It even has a name that’s taken on […]
A Mattress’s Life: How It’s Made, Used, and Reused
What Happens to a Mattress Over Its Lifetime? We don’t often think about where our mattresses come from—or where they go when we’re done with them. But just like everything else we bring into our homes, mattresses have a full lifecycle. And how we engage with each phase of that cycle matters—not just for our […]
Lifestyle
The Bison Comeback
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Wellness
How to Make Every Part of Your Routine More Sustainable (Without Overhauling It)
Going green can feel like a daunting task. There’s the impression that there’s no in-between—that you need to overhaul your entire life and go zero waste overnight just to create meaningful change—making it easy to wonder whether your choices alone even matter. Well, they do. The small things you do every single day—from the way […]
The Rise of “Sleep Hygiene” for Kids: What Actually Matters (and What’s Just Marketing?)
Somewhere along the way, bedtime stopped being a routine and started becoming a production. I don’t have kids of my own, but many of my friends do. One of my closest friends has a baby turning one next month. Which means I’ve had a front-row seat to the beautiful, exhausting, deeply researched world of modern […]
Getting To The Root Of Perimenopause Sleep Problems
Perimenopause sleep problems, like 2-3 AM wakings, sleep anxiety, and waking up exhausted, are common and can sneak up as early as your late-thirties. The good news is you don’t have to just live with it, or rely on sleep meds. A functional medicine doctor and menopause expert shares her favorite integrative natural remedies to […]
Lifestyle
How to Transition Your Home for Fall
Fresh Season, Fresh Space There’s something about September that feels like a reset button. Maybe it’s nostalgia from fresh notebooks and first-day outfits. Maybe it’s the cooler evenings and earlier sunsets. Either way, fall practically begs us to swap summer’s chaos for something more grounded. Even if you’re not going “back to school,” this season […]
Italian Wellness Habits We Can Learn From
Perhaps the Italians have had it right this whole time. A healthier, happier life may not come from optimizing every aspect of it, but from embracing la dolce vita—creating space for pleasure, ease, and presence in the everyday, rather than getting caught up in the pursuit of becoming better or more productive. Italy may be […]
How Often Should You Purchase A New Mattress? A Non-Toxic Consumer’s Guide
We’ve all heard those mattress ads yelling, “You should replace your mattress every 7 years!” But is that really true, or just another sales ploy? Here’s the deal. The 7-year rule is generally accurate for a standard foam mattress, but it does not apply to organic latex mattresses, which, in Avocado Green’s case, can last […]