Ahh, social media. The vibrant images, the videos, the memes. The connections to people from our past and present, and the daily news updates straight into our phones everywhere we go. It all seems so sexy, so stimulating, and like it’s an instant cure for our curiosity about.. well, just about anything. It starts off …
Category: HEALTH x WELLBEING
HOW MEDITATION ADVANCED MY LIFE IN 5 KEY AREAS
HOW IT STARTED I never really took the time to understand and adequately experiment with practicing meditation until the COVID-19 pandemic. I was always too busy, too skeptical, too impatient. The idea of dedicating precious time in the morning to a relaxation technique seemed to contradict the purpose of the previous night’s sleep. Instead, I …
SIX ZERO PRODUCT SKINCARE TIPS
The skincare industry has truly exploded over the last decade. With the emergence of YouTube in recent years, the power of the influencer has grown to celebrity levels and, with that, the beauty and skincare products they recommend. As helpful as many of these YouTubers are with their honest recommendations, the results of this beauty …
TEN UNEXPECTED LESSONS FROM THE PANDEMIC
As we round the turn of the world’s second Christmas spent in the psychological and physical confines of the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus tends to be on what we can buy for loved ones (and ourselves) to distract ourselves from the weariness of further restrictions and booster shots. We feel an even stronger need than …
TEN SIGNS YOU’RE A MINIMALIST
I always thought that being a minimalist was a trendy, aesthetic concept that we’ve learned about through social media for the last few years. Things like a lightly decorated apartment, a capsule wardrobe, artsy line drawings in delicate frames – That sort of thing. But over the years, I’ve realized that it begins with an …