Home/Living

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How to Create a Food Budget

Learn how to set — and stick to — a food budget with these tips for helping you keep your spending on food, drinks, coffee, and snacks in check.

By Life Time Editorial Team

Home/Living Nutrition Tips

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Talks — S1, EP14 / Parenting in the Time of Coronavirus: Advice, Tips, and Tricks

Our guest and mom of three, Krystel Reierson, curriculum and events manager for Life Time Kids, offers advice for talking about the virus with your children, as well as tips and tricks for keeping them entertained while you’re all at home together.

With Krystel Reierson

Family/Parenting/Kids Home/Living

10 Tips for Making the Most of Your Grocery-Store Buys

With a little guidance, you can make your food budget — and purchases — stretch a little further.

By Life Time Editorial Team

Home/Living Meal Planning & Prep

5 Ways to Enjoy a Spa Day at Home

Practice some much-needed self-care with these DIY tips and recipes that call for items you likely already have in your pantry.

By Lindsey Frey Palmquist

Happiness/Joy Home/Living

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6 Projects for a Weekend at Home

Consider one of these projects to make good use of your downtime.

By Kaelyn Riley

Home/Living Personal Development

Talks — S1, EP10 / 5 Tips for Better Work-From-Home Productivity

In an effort to social distance and slow the spread of COVID-19, many of us have transitioned to working remotely. James O’Reilly, president of Life Time Work, offers his top five tips for keeping your days and space productive, engaging, and healthy.

With James O’Reilly

Home/Living Personal Development

Dietitian-Approved Snacking Tips for Working at Home

Use these tips to make healthier choices. Plus, enjoy these dietitian-approved snack suggestions.

By Molly Kopischke

Home/Living Nutrition Tips

8 Tips for the Healthy Remote Worker

How to stay productive and healthy while working remotely.

By Emily Ewen

Home/Living Work

Go Green, Save Green

Repairing or replacing items in your home can reduce your carbon footprint and save you money.

By Heidi Wachter

Home/Living Sustainability

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What’s the Best Way to Clean a Kitchen Sponge?

Kitchen sponges can spread germs. Try throwing them in the dishwasher, boiling them, and even microwaving them to zap bacteria.

By John Spayde

Home/Living

How to Sage Your Home

Try this ancient practice to promote mindfulness, clarity, and relaxation.

By Kaelyn Riley

Functional/Integrative Medicine Home/Living

Why Aromatherapy Is Going Mainstream

Plant-based essential oils have long been used in the practice of aromatherapy to help address stress, pain, and other issues. Conventional medicine has begun to take notice.

By Laine Bergeson, FMCHC

Functional/Integrative Medicine Home/Living

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THE LIVING EXPERIMENT: Seasons

Discover the simple lifestyle shifts that can help you stay in sync with nature's cyclical rhythms.

By Pilar Gerasimo and Dallas Hartwig

Home/Living

How Healthy-Living Experts Do Evening Routines

Find ways to wind down from the day and optimize your nights in Part Three of our three-part series.

By Molly Schelper and Jill Patton

Home/Living Personal Development

What You Need to Know About Essential Oils

Do essential oils work? They've become a powerful wellness trend — but are essential oils a cure-all, a marketing scheme, or something in between?

By Laine Bergeson

Functional/Integrative Medicine Home/Living

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Tips to Ease Into Minimalist Living

Best-selling author Joshua Becker explains how downsizing your possessions and your calendar can help you focus on the things and people that matter most.

By Heidi Wachter

Decluttering Home/Living

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How to Be a Minimalist: 7 Thoughts on Simplifying Your Life

Be more with less. Here are tips for minimalist living — downsizing your life, your possessions, and your schedule — from author and blogger Joshua Becker.

By Heidi Wachter

Decluttering Home/Living