Lifestyle
The Witching Hour Is Real: What Happens in Your Body Between 3–4 a.m.
Something happens when we all turn our lights off, pull up our covers, and drift off to sleep. Darkness descends amongst us, and the night comes alive. The time between midnight and 4 a.m. is when some may feel everything slows down, the noise of the day fades, and the world stands still. For those […]
Sleep Paralysis: The Spookiest Sleep Phenomenon Explained
When I first learned that our bodies become temporarily paralyzed when we cycle into REM sleep and dreamland, I’m not going to lie, I was a little frightened by this idea. Don’t get me wrong, I love Halloween and all things spooky, but this wasn’t something I was into, I mean, who would be? Fears […]
Spooky Stress: Why We Love Being Scared (and How to Calm Down After)
There’s something undeniably strange about spooky season. We’ll spend all year avoiding things that make our hearts race, then October rolls around and we willingly line up for haunted houses, binge true crime in the dark, and pay good money to feel our pulse spike. Why? Because fear, when it’s safe, is its own kind […]
Boo on Fast Fashion: A Case for Secondhand Shopping this Season
Sustainability Meets Spooky SeasonThere’s something super scary that goes unnoticed every spooky season…and no, it’s not the haunted house at the edge of town. It’s the horror of fast fashion. Every October, millions of us rush to buy costumes, decorations, and party pieces that barely last the weekend. Glitter capes, plastic pumpkins, polyester wigs, and […]
Seasonal Sadness, Seasonal Joy: Rethinking the Winter Blues
Why Fall Can Feel Like a Funk Some people wait all year for fall. The crisp air, the pumpkin everything, the cute chunky knits and coats. For others, the season feels less like an episode of Gilmore Girls and more “where did the sun go and why do I feel like crawling into bed until […]
How to Hit Reset on Your (and Your Kids') Sleep Schedule
Summer may be all fun and games, until the many nights of staying up later catch up with you and do a number on your sleep. Chalk it up to longer daylight hours, the relentless heat making it difficult to fall asleep, or unintentional summer TV premiere marathons that continue well past my bedtime, but […]
Bed Rotting, Blankets & Burnout: Inside the Sleepy Girl Trend
There was a time when being tired meant you were simply…tired. These days? You might just be a Sleepy Girl. Scroll through TikTok or Instagram and you’ll find a seemingly endless parade of plush bedding, pastel eye masks, soft lighting, and perfectly staged “bed rotting” montages set to lo-fi beats. The Sleepy Girl aesthetic has […]
The 9 Most Common Dreams and What They Really Mean
I’ve woken up countless times in a (figurative) sweat because I was late to an exam or down to the wire with a research paper, when in reality it’s been well over a decade since I last stepped foot in a classroom. Apparently my subconscious likes to unpack the haunting memories of the SATs and […]