Wellness

Wellness

I found myself in this 12-month period without a husband, without my career, and without a home,

When it comes to travel, my dad-a doctor of 25 years-has always preached one rule, which is to be prepared for the unexpected. Whether it's a change in weather, a delayed flight, or the occasional upset stomach, he insists that having the right items on hand can make all the difference. Over the years, I've learned to follow his advice. That's why I always pack a small "just in case" bag in my carry-on suitcase.

Mercury retrograde is over, baby. Congratulations! As of 12:38 p.m. ET today, you've officially survived another Mercury retrograde. The planet of logistics stations direct this afternoon, clearing the air of the communication clashes and timing trip-ups that have made the past few weeks more chaotic. You're now free to proceed with new endeavors, work projects, and holiday shopping with a little less stress.

Wellness brand Therabody's Theragun Black Friday deals are live until December 6. The company is mostly known for its percussive massage guns-which are on sale, too-but don't overlook the rest of Therabody's inventory. From skincare facial devices and compression boots to sleep aids and hot and cold wearables, there is a gadget for every concern. Most of these products are HSA/FSA eligible, too. We've rounded up the best Therabody and Theragun Black Friday deals worth your attention (and money).

Body-positivity movement has been left behind as weight-loss drugs are hailed as the answer to a long-standing problem It would be incorrect to say that skinny is back. Skinny simply never went away. The last few decades have given us different versions of it - everything from heroin chic to the curvier Kim Kardash­ian BBL look.

Dr. Christine Hall grew up in the UK but spent most of her summers in South Korea, which gave her an appreciation of both Western and Korean skincare cultures. The qualified physician and pharmacist-turned "glass skin" specialist told Business Insider that she combines West and Korean skincare products and techniques to keep her skin looking radiant and aging healthily. "Ideally, I would want that kind of flawless, dewy, glowy skin," she said, but is also realistic, adding: "If you had poreless skin, your skin wouldn't be healthy. Your pores are normal anatomy, they're there for a reason."

"People who are grateful live longer, are happier, and also tend to hit workplace markers like [making] more money, and [getting] promoted more frequently," Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Ph.D., science director at U.C. Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, tells Fast Company. "But the key is not a fake-it-till-you-make-it approach-no, it's real gratitude, real contentment, based on an accurate assessment of things, not through rose-colored glasses."

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Leading employers and workplace wellbeing experts have urged the government not to sideline employee health and productivity reforms, warning that rising unemployment and growing fiscal pressures make action more urgent than ever. At a meeting of the Policy Liaison Group on Workplace Wellbeing on 21 November - chaired by Gethin Nadin and led by renowned psychologist Professor Sir Cary Cooper - participants agreed that the recommendations in Sir Charlie Mayfield's recent Keep Britain Working review must be rapidly converted into policy and practice.

Since I was little, I would repeatedly snooze my alarm clock each morning until I had to get up. The evidence on whether this makes you feel more tired is mixed, but I would get stuck in a state of sleep inertia, prolonging the period of confusion and sleepiness when you first wake up. It left me feeling anxious, and I would struggle to focus all day.

I grew up believing courage was about heroes jumping off mountains and running into burning buildings, 300 Spartan warriors standing against the invading Persian army-the kind of thing that is celebrated in epic poems and Hollywood blockbusters. But life has taught me something different. Courage does not just have to look spectacular. In fact, much more often, courage lives in the everyday.

This week, it launched a Time and Well-Being space within users' account settings, replacing the existing screen- time management page. New features in the space include an affirmation journal with more than 120 positive prompts that let users set an intention for the day ahead. (Naturally, they are shareable on social media.) There's also a sound generator that can play calming sounds like rain or ocean waves. TikTok cites survey data that those who use the platform are 14% more likely than nonusers to listen to music to help them sleep or relax.

It's Saturday afternoon and you finally have a moment to breathe. You've ticked things off your to-do list, the house is mostly in order, and you should feel good - maybe even happy. But instead, there's a faint tug of "not enough": Not productive enough. Not healthy enough. Not successful enough. Not happy enough. This is the happiness paradox: The more we chase happiness, the more it slips away.

On a Tuesday night in Atwater Village, Teresa "Toogie" Barcelo is creating a portal. With her arms stretched out, she beckons the participants of her movement workshop, Wiggle Room, to join her on the other side, where they will meet a renewed version of themselves. "Walk into the next iteration of yourself," she commands. The participants, who have spent the last hour squirming, shaking and humming, cross the invisible threshold. Their limbs swing loosely, their smiling faces sticky with sweat.

I feel like these days with cannabis, we see all sorts of stuff. But wellness, it's tapped into, but it's not as tapped into as what you would expect, like joints or vapes, said Sawyer. 20 years ago, it was nothing.

The "home office" is often the most unloved corner of our home. It's the place where good posture goes to perish, where you're surrounded by a chaotic family of charging cables, and where the only "perk" is that your commute is 15 seconds long. But your workspace doesn't have to be a sad, ergonomic wasteland. It's time to transform that corner from a corporate punishment cell into a cozy command center.

That's what the viral "10-3-2-1-0" sleep hack is all about. It suggests you should stop drinking caffeine 10 hours before you plan to go to bed. It also recommends that you should stop eating three hours before bed, banish work-related thoughts two hours before bed, and ditch screens an hour before bed. If you do all of that, you should be able to hit snooze zero times in the morning: 10-3-2-1-0.

This spot takes over the former Teletron electronics store within the Sun Garden shopping center, anchored by Walmart and home to tenants like Big 5 Sporting Goods, Jack in the Box, and Chevron. Operated by Taymax Group, which runs over 160 locations across North America including 55 in California, the gym aims to serve the active San Jose community with accessible fitness options.

There was a recognised need for a sort of support service for people who have a life-limiting or long-term illness to give them support... advice and really create a safe environment for them to be involved in.

"Skincare products were historically marketing toward women both in message and packaging," Hartman told Business Insider. That is changing, but the vast majority of skincare products are still aimed at women, which he believes has "discouraged men from fully participating or feeling as though the products were meant for them." As a result, male clients are overwhelmed by the options.

In September, I published a column that laid out the design of my morning protocol, which uses the best available research to manage my mood-especially my natural negativity-and optimize my creativity and productivity. The six steps I detailed there have dramatically enhanced my quality of life. Since that column, many readers have inquired about how to design other parts of the day, particularly the evening. This column outlines the evening protocol I have developed to match my morning one.

As the weather gets colder, my skin (and my kids' skin!) gets drier. I carry moisturizers and hand lotion everywhere, but at home I also depend on non-drying hand soaps to keep everyone's hands soft all winter. This has resulted in us trying a lot of hand soaps over the years. Listed below are the ones that earned a permanent spot in our house - they smell great (or are unscented), feel good to use, and never leave our hands feeling tight or irritated.

Trading my sweatpants-and-Birkenstocks uniform for dresses and beach coverups, I arrived with my husband at the 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay in Kauai, Hawaii on the day I hit 27 weeks and stayed through the transition into the last leg of pregnancy, leaving when I was 28 weeks along. During the six days we spent there, I practiced holistic self-care with the hotel's expansive wellness programming complimented by the serene setting;

Here comes the obligatory "colder weather is here, which means..." intro. But seriously, the fall and winter air has officially landed, and just like you swap T-shirts for turtlenecks, your grooming routine should adapt, too. During the summer, we presented the best lightweight moisturizers to keep your skin healthy in the heat (many with SPF). Now, frigid temps call for richer, barrier-repairing formulas that do more than hydrate - the best moisturizers for winter soothe, nourish and restore, too.

At 4:30 a.m., before her husband and two kids are up, Morgan Walker is typically just starting her workout. "I'm kind of a first-thing-in-the-morning type of person when it comes to exercise," Walker, a 32-year-old registered sports dietitian at Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania, told Business Insider. Walker focuses her own workouts on a mix of cardio and strength training. Each week, she spends three to four days building muscle mass by gradually increasing the weights and rep counts of exercises like bench presses, deadlifts, and squats. She also runs twice a week, for up to an hour at a time.

Shed the stress of the festive season with a trip to Mayfair's newest boutique wellness clinic, Le Petit Saint. From the moment you enter through the blush pink doors, you're cocooned by warm, Pinterest-ready interiors created by Australian designer Blainey North, who's known for overhauling New York's tallest residential building and multiple celebrity abodes. Amid the nap pods, water features and high ceilings peppered with cherubs, you'll find rooms equipped for Hydrafacials, futuristic ExoMind treatments (to improve mental wellness) and IV drips.

When I quit my $250,000 corporate HR job last year, I thought finding another job would be no big deal. I was out of touch with the reality of the job market. I hadn't applied to a job in a traditional way in over a decade because I'd always been recruited. Now that it's rounding up on a year of unemployment, I wish I could go back and shake myself.