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Going Green at the Gym
From eco-conscious lighting to thermal energy, Life Time is redesigning its gyms with the planet in mind.
6 DIY Cleaner Recipes
Clean your home safely — and cheaply — with the following recipes.
Essentialism: My New Minimalism
Sure, you can declutter to have less — but what do you truly need? How essentialism is helping one woman pare down to the good stuff.
How Less Can Be More
Our managing editor looks to clear out the clutter and start the year fresh with a renewed perspective on the stuff she keeps — starting with the linen closet.
DIY Beauty: Beet Red Lip Gloss (Video)
Classic red lipstick can contain lead, which is not so pretty. We show you how to make this nontoxic lip treatment that provides plenty of color.
Healthy on the Inside
The Mayo Clinic and a New York design firm are collaborating to explore the relationship between built environments and our health.
Is Mold Affecting Your Health?
Learn if mold is messing with your body — and how you can clear up the trouble.
What Is Behavior Design?: Understanding How Our Environment Shapes Our Behavior
Does your living environment support — or sabotage — your self-improvement efforts?
Coffitivity: Bring the Coffee Shop to Your Cubicle
Grab your headphones — and possibly spark your creativity — to plug into the latest app that allows you to customize your office-space ambiance.
How Heavy Metals Affect the Body
Mercury in fish and dental fillings. Lead in old paint. Cadmium and arsenic in industrial wastes. There’s a lot of talk about heavy-metal toxins these days. But how worried should you be, really? And what can you do to protect yourself?
Order Out of Chaos: The Laundry–and–Mud Room (Video)
Follow along as declutter and feng shui expert Andrea Gerasimo walks Experience Life senior director of content Jamie Martin through the process of getting her multipurpose laundry-and-mud room in shape.
Order Out of Chaos: Laundry–and–Mud Room Makeover
A cluttered laundry-and-mud room becomes a functional, pleasant place to be.
Order Out of Chaos: Bill Payment and Desk Organization
Minimize the stress of paying bills by creating a simple system for household paperwork.
Order Out of Chaos: The Linen Closet and Bathroom
How to arrange your bathroom and linen closet so they support a more peaceful start to the day.
How to Do Away With BPA
If you live in the United States, there’s more than a 90 percent chance that BPA is already in your bloodstream.
The Minimalist Challenge: #ELminimizes
Join the Experience Life team’s 30-day experiment to minimize clutter — inspired by the Minimalists.
How to Deal With the Stress of Moving
Tips for navigating the stress of relocating and feeling at home in a new place from psychologist and psychotherapist Elizabeth Stirling, PhD.
Choose Safer Bedding and Avoid Harmful Chemicals For Healthier Sleep
Mattresses, pillows, and other bedding can contain chemicals that, while intended to make sleep safer, actually have the opposite effect.
4 Ways to Keep Toxins From Entering Your Home
We enjoy connecting with the earth through a landscaped yard or natural park. Once we track that earth inside, though, it’s a different story. Dirt, in this chemical age, is dirtier than many of us might want to know.