Plants enliven a room with pleasant colors and aromas, but they're more than mere decorations—they also help filter out harmful chemicals, mold spores and bacteria from your living space. Here are five helpful houseplants that can improve the atmosphere of your home in more ways than one.
Want to try a vegetarian diet but aren’t ready to fully commit? Try making Meatless Mondays part of your weekly routine. It’s a great way to test out the waters (as well as the health benefits) of a plant-based diet on your own terms.
While fad diets and self-improvement trends come and go with every passing season, setting resolutions for the new year is a 4000-year-old tradition that dates all the way back to ancient Babylon. If there's another human custom just as old, it has to be our habit of letting New Year's resolutions fall to the wayside as the year goes on. Here are a few tips to help ensure you stick to your goals all through 2024.
Life is complicated. We set goals, create a hustle mindset and map out exactly what we want to do, where we want to be in ten years and how we’re going to get there––and then it gets real. Like, being an adult with bills to pay, responsibilities calling your name and sometimes feeling like happiness and dreams have fallen by the wayside.
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Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances on the planet. Pair that with the psychologically compelling ritual of lighting up a smoke, and you've got one nasty habit to break.
Being long-distance from your significant other may not last forever, but it can feel like a huge burden on your here-and-now. If your partner isn’t in the same ZIP code, timezone or hemisphere as you, here are a few lessons you can both learn that will serve your relationship well once you’re reunited.
As we age, our risk for certain illnesses increases. By being aware of symptoms, making regular appointments with your doctor and taking preventative measures, you can outsmart your age and stay healthy way past 50.
Budgeting is an important part of managing a household, but it can be tough to figure out a budget that works best for you. Many unsuccessful budgets start with too much restriction which can lead to overspending in the same way intense diets can lead to binge eating. By making room for some small splurges, you may find that your budgeting is more successful and brings you more joy. The categories below are a starting point to decide which splurges might work for you.
An unwanted diagnosis from your doctor can be distressing. An incorrect diagnosis, however, can cause much more harm than that. So when should you seriously pursue a second medical opinion, and when are you just engaging in wishful thinking? Here are some tips to help you sort out this difficult situation.
Most kids don’t play outside to lose weight or run a faster mile. They do it because it’s fun! As kids get older, exercise becomes more and more about competition and as adults, it can become a real chore. These activities may help you to put the joy back in exercise and look forward to being active.
It’s easy to forget about our own needs in the hustle and bustle of daily demands. But even the simplest pleasures can help life’s difficulties to become more manageable. Treating yourself doesn’t have to be expensive or extravagant and doing activities for the sole purpose of personal enjoyment isn’t selfish. Self-care helps you to unwind and reconnect with yourself.
You want your wardrobe to work for you. Clothes that fit, reflect your style, and perhaps span between comfy Netflix-watching to a night out on the town. And then there are the sentimental pieces. The tea-length, taffeta prom gown from a few decades back and the jeans you wore the night you met that someone special you just can’t part with. Get your closet Monday morning ready with our what stays and what goes tips.
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