7 Quotes from Inspirational Women to Kickstart Your Day
When successful women talk, we listen. We want to hear and then implement every piece of wisdom, advice, and the lessons they are willing to share. Read on to get completely inspired!
The Best Workout for Women in 2017
When you stop to think about it, some of the biggest fitness trends of the last five years have had aerobic exercise as their focus. From SoulCycle and barre workouts to Zumba, the most popular routines all share common characteristics: whole-body movement and a playful approach to aerobic activity. The issue, as Time points out, [...]
10 Things You Should Do Right After Starting a New Job
The week or so after you start a new job is an exciting time—but also a busy and stressful one. While in the midst of training, you’re also expected to slowly take on a full load of responsibility. You want to show your new manager that he or she made the right decision. You’re in a [...]
Friendship At First Sight Is A Real Thing
We've all heard of love at first sight, but according to a collection of studies, friendships can be forged within moments of meeting, too. Kelly Campbell, a psychology professor at California State University, San Bernardino, lead a study about "friendship chemistry" to find out what causes two strangers to instantly bond while others to remain [...]
How to Stay Healthy While You Socialise This Holiday Season
Christmas is here—cheers everyone! With that comes more cocktail hours, parties, and all manner of enticing foods and drinks, which inevitably can get us off track from our health living endeavours. Being a social butterfly doesn't have to sabotage your wellness or weight goals, though! Here are three quick tips to keep your social life in check [...]
A Plant With Power
Purslane—this crunchy little beauty is nature’s vitamin pill, packed with omega 3 and antioxidants. It has been a regular part of the Mediterranean diet for the last 2000 years and apparently one of Ghandi’s favourite foods. This wonder weed is incredibly nutritious plus it’s perfect in salads and smoothies, so start growing.
3 Ted Talks You Need to Stream Now
Even great people have terrible days. What separates those people from the majority, is all in their mindset: when something bad happens, you can either see it as a hurdle or use the mess to your advantage and flip the script. We believe that when life gives lemons, they should be chopped up and used to [...]
Anova Sous Vide Machine
Gone are the days of only sausages at the bach. “Sous vide” is French for “under vacuum” and refers to the process of vacuum-sealing food and cooking it in temperature controlled water bath. Chefs around the world use sous vide cooking to prepare food to the perfect level of doneness while also retaining its nutrients, [...]
The Soup Cleanse is the New Juice Cleanse
After cornering the wellness market for more than a few years now, juicing is on its way out. For the year ahead, you can expect the soup cleanse to take its place. Say it with us; souping is the new juicing. New York City residents are already able to participate in this wellness trend with companies like Splendid [...]
Diet Truth or Myth: Eating at Night Causes Weight Gain
Like us, do you typically sit down for dinner time somewhere around 7pm? If so, it turns out we may want to be sitting down for our final meal of the day a whopping five hours earlier! A new study suggests that having a significantly earlier dinner, or even skipping the meal altogether, could increase the [...]