From remote work to one-click shopping and food dropped at our doors, modern life is built for maximum convenience. We can do our jobs, shop, and eat without ever leaving home or speaking to another human being face-to-face. But as our lives come with more ease, they’re also getting more isolating, leaving many of us […]
Every Sunday, when my weekly screen time notification pops up on my iPhone, I’m almost afraid to look. The alert feels less like a helpful update and more like a proverbial tsk-tsk. After all, it’s hard to remember a time before social media, when our phones weren’t extensions of our arms, when “tech neck” wasn’t […]
Wellness used to mean doing more. More workouts, more supplements, more routines, more discipline. If we just optimized hard enough—our sleep, our food, our schedules—we’d finally feel good. But for a lot of us, all that effort only led to one thing: burnout. Here’s what was missing from the conversation: the nervous system. Because when […]
Wellness has long felt like a revolving door—one where supplements, protocols, and promises blur together before you’ve even had a chance to figure out if any actually worked. But 2026 feels different. The health narrative is moving past quick-fixes, all-or-nothing rules, and hype-fueled trends, and settling into a more grounded era: sustainable habits, personalized care, […]
The Pinterest-perfect montage of twinkling lights and velvet-wrapped ornaments usually comes with a not-so-Instagrammable side of bottomless cookie trays, the colorful commentary of relatives you see once a year, and the stress of it all. Meanwhile, your workout routine and sleep schedule have taken an extended holiday of their own. Even though the season puts […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s 4 p.m. on Sunday and, like clockwork, the looming dread of Monday hits. Suddenly, the “Easy Like Sunday Morning” carefree vibes I woke up with are overtaken by the ticking countdown to the start of another work week and all that adulting demands (even though I actually love what I do). The impending list […]
Once upon a time the sign of a solid getaway might have been needing a vacation after your vacation. Itineraries were packed to the brim with activities, leaving you feeling anything but well-rested. But because our collective lack of quality sleep has caught up with us—70 percent of US adults have difficulty staying asleep—taking PTO […]
Pre-parenthood, I had sleep in the bag. I’d drift off to the land of Nod and blissfully stay there through the night, beauty rest intact. Now, it’s a different story, with my light-sleeper toddler and revenge procrastination disturbing my once predictable sleep schedule. So, like most Americans who feel that a good night’s snooze is […]
