The holidays: a time for family, food, and sleeping on every mattress except your own. You love your people, but you also love your bedtime routine, your perfectly fluffed pillow, and that familiar scent of home that no other space can quite replicate. Between guest rooms that double as storage closets, childhood bedrooms frozen in […]
Between crowded airports, traffic jams, and overstuffed suitcases, holiday travel often feels like an endurance sport in disguise. Add unpredictable weather and delayed flights, and even the most seasoned traveler can arrive at Grandma’s house more frazzled than festive. But it doesn’t have to be that way. With a little intention and a few sustainable […]
Fall Is A Full-Body Experience You can smell it before you see it: woodsmoke, apples, the faint metallic tang of crisp air. You can hear it, too, in the crunch of the leaves underfoot and the hush that follows the long buzz of summer. It’s the season that asks us to slow down, to linger, […]
The emails have been sent. Your laptop is shut. The Slack pings have gone mercifully silent. Technically, the workday is over, but your brain hasn’t gotten the memo. You’re still mentally editing tomorrow’s to-do list, still replaying that one awkward meeting, still hovering somewhere between productivity and paralysis. If you’ve ever felt like it takes […]
You’re Wired for Comfort—and There’s Science to Prove It From flickering candles to chunky knit blankets, comfort isn’t just aesthetic, it’s biological. Our brains are comfort maximalists, hardwired to seek out warmth, softness, and stability. Why? Because comfort literally shifts our chemistry. Studies show soothing touch—like hugs or even self-hugs—reduces cortisol (the stress hormone) while […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Let’s talk about it: your bedroom has just as much influence on intimacy as it does on sleep. You set the vibe with candles, maybe a playlist, maybe even a glass of wine. But if your bedroom itself is working against you (too bright, too cluttered, too uncomfortable), you might be sabotaging more than just […]
Move over melatonin gummies, there’s a new nighttime hero in town, and it’s been hiding in plain sight…or in your local forest. Melatonin had its moment. But lately? Gen Z is swapping the candy-colored supplements for earthy powders, tinctures, and capsules with names like reishi, lion’s mane, and cordyceps. Functional mushrooms, the fungi that claim […]
