Remember when coffee used to get a bad rap, billed as the drink of the unhealthy and over-driven? A more current perspective is that if we need constant caffeine jolts …
Slow down for a quick cup of coffee
self-care
Tired of searching for restful, healthy sleep?
Aptly-named sleep store Resthouse celebrated a tenth anniversary last May, a milestone that would not normally make me take much notice. But because the bed category is both so very …
Time to talk about how talking over people works
Silencing and talking over are phrases used to describe the act of denying equal time for various voices and perspectives in the community. It’s what we do when we dismiss …
How to reduce your carbon footprint with refillable products
When it launched in 1976 in Brighton, England, The Body Shop seemed like a ground-breaking retail concept, which was to sell shampoos, bodywashes, and other personal care items in refillable …
Why growing old is neither a failure, nor a tragedy
LOTS of talk these days on SM about how aging is positioned. At the centre of it is an unspoken belief that looking young and being young is a superior …
