Fresh Start: A Spring Detox Guide
Say goodbye to internal grime and grunge. Your body is begging you to take out the trash! Here’s how to detox.
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The Endless Gift Machine
For many of us, receiving presents can be stressful. Learn how to respond gratefully — while still communicating your limits.
7 Ways to Make Your Bedroom More Intimate
Creating space for intimacy is an important part of your overall wellness. Feng shui experts and sex educators offer their top strategies.
Why Getting Enough Sleep Is Vital to Your Health
Want to be fit and healthy? Find out why your shuteye should be a top priority.
Subscription Gift Ideas
Looking for clutter-free gifts? Try giving these subscriptions this holiday season.
Order Out of Chaos: Laundry–and–Mud Room Makeover
A cluttered laundry-and-mud room becomes a functional, pleasant place to be.
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.
Clean Up, Pare Down
Life can be messy. Fortunately, spring is a great time to get on top of clutter, gunk and chaos of all kinds.
How to Create a Natural Home Medicine Cabinet
You stock your kitchen’s pantry shelves with wholesome, all-natural goods. Why not the shelves of your bathroom, too?
LIFE, UNEDITED: When Your Closet Runneth Over
In whittling down the wardrobe, what’s the sweet spot for what goes and what stays?
How to Prepare for Your First Virtual Training Session
Virtual training is a great resource for maintaining a consistent workout regimen. Here are four tips from a trainer to help you prepare for and succeed in your virtual workouts.
How to Stock a Healthy Fridge
A dietitian’s guide for how to clean, stock, and organize your refrigerator to help make healthy eating easier.
Permission Granted
In the game of Scrabble, there’s a very handy rule that allows you to exchange some (or even all) of your letter tiles for brand new ones. In my experience, this rule is chronically underemployed. People often forget about it altogether – until they find themselves looking at the board and their available letters, and discovering that about all they can spell is plfhxt.
Order Out of Chaos: Bill Payment and Desk Organization
Minimize the stress of paying bills by creating a simple system for household paperwork.
How to Take a Sabbatical From Work
An extended break from work can improve your health, happiness – even your career performance. And it can be done.
5 Wellness Trends to Embrace This Summer
Here are a few self-care strategies to jump-start your health this season.
The Power of Silence
Key insights from a legendary Zen Buddhist master, Thich Nhat Hanh, on how cultivating silence creates a joyful, nourishing life.
Want to Reduce Stress? Eliminate Annoyances
Resolve to fix, change, organize, replace or otherwise deal with anything that has been driving you bonkers.
The Better Good Life: An Essay on Personal Sustainability
Here how’s to apply the principles of sustainability to our health, happiness, and collective well-being.
How to Raise Your Food “Pleasure Quotient”
Expert advise on how to overcome feelings of frustration or shame when it comes to eating.
COMING CLEAN: Week 6: Somewhere in That Stack of Papers…
I wouldn’t consider myself a pack rat, but I definitely have a problem.