PAUSE FOR PREVENTION // Dirty Dozen & Clean Fifteen
Organic, non-organic, or somewhere in between? We’ve got the scoop on pesticides and EWG’s Dirty Dozen and Clean 15.
Detoxing + Juicing
I think a lot of people probably wonder “why should I do a juice cleanse?” You might even think that only hippie-yoga people do it. And people trying to lose weight. But I have learned there are many reasons to be cleaning out your pipes. I started doing juice cleanses years ago when I lost…
Pause for Prevention // Finding the right sunscreen
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With the warming temperatures and more time spent outside and near water, it’s important to always be taking care of your skin. Protection from the sun and sunscreen is important, but using the RIGHT sunscreen is equally so. We’ve decided to put together a list of some information and tips from EWG you should know before heading outside this summer!
Micro-Meditation + 5 Other Tools For Instant Grounding
Grounding routines and rituals have profound effects on our overall well-being. Finding peace throughout busy days is imperative to regulating stress and anxiety so we can operate at our highest level.
Giving so much of our energy outward requires us to go inward on a daily, hourly basis. Coming back to the present becomes easier when you take time for pauses, micro-meditations, and mini breathing sessions. These simple tools and grounding routines will help you reconnect to your inherent state of calm.
Cancer Fighting Foods//Pomegranate, Berry & Avocado Smoothie
Pomegranates, berries and avocados blended together!? Smoothies are the ultimate way to combine multiple servings of those ultra tastey fruits and veggies that you need throughout the day. We reckon that you combine this list of cancer fighting foods into the best breakfast since sliced bread.
10 Things Healthy People Do Before Bed
Want better well-being? Try sleeping your way there. Healthy people know that logging Zs is a vital part of their wellness routine, so they prioritize it accordingly. Below are a few bedtime tricks you can steal from them so you can wake up well-rested and ready to tackle the day.
KIMMY FASANI ON WHY YOU SHOULD TRY ROCK CLIMBING (AND HOW TO GET STARTED)
Spending time in the mountains year-round and staying in shape are essential parts of my life. Now that I’m back from filming my part with Absinthe Films in Haines, Alaska—safe and healthy!—I’m getting back into my off-season activities, like biking, triathlons, and rock climbing. Rock climbing, in particular, has become a crucial element of my season. In Alaska, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the massive mountains and steep terrain, but when I arrived there this season I felt way more comfortable than I had expected. I credit this to all the time I spent rock climbing over the past few years.
Common Ingredient In Personal Care Products Linked To Breast Cancer
Low doses of chemical preservatives widely used in cosmetics, shampoos, skin lotions and other personal care products may be linked to breast cancer, according to a new study from researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. The preservatives are parabens, found in more than a fifth of the products in EWG’s Skin Deep® Cosmetics Database. It’s been known for more than a decade that parabens, which mimic the hormone estrogen, can disrupt lab animals’ endocrine systems, but some scientists argue the concentrations in people are too low to worry about.
5 (Super-Easy) Ways To Feel Like You’re Doing Something Good For The Planet
Do you ever have the desire to more deeply connect with nature? Do you often feel like you don’t have the tools to help the environment? Do you care enough to help? If you answered yes to any of these questions, please accept a digital *applause* from me and the like-minded public. The truth is, we often do, as people of this Earth, feel a desire to connect with nature. We want to help, but we feel like we don’t have the resources to act in a way that makes a real difference. That’s where this list of actionable ideas and useful resources comes in. May they help turn you into an everyday steward of planet Earth. Mother Nature (and your conscience) will thank you.
The PINK PLEDGE + 5 Easy tips to increase health and happiness by Elena Hight
This month our society will be invaded by pink everything… pink ribbons, pink football socks, pink headbands, pink flags; pink to represent breast cancer awareness and advocacy. It is easy to be distracted by the mass amounts of pink without really picking up on what it is representing or what we each can do to join the brigade in a meaningful way.