Nurture Your Child’s Inner Artist

Nurture Your Child’s Inner Artist

Encouraging budding Picassos or Monets to express themselves through painting, drawing or sculpting might help them develop a career as a professional artist. But what’s far more likely? They’ll build skills that will aid them in many aspects of their lives. In this way, the visual arts are like sports, but with a more rapid … Read more
Liz Joy

Liz Joy of Pure Joy Home and Paperie on Building Buzz for Your Business

Liz Joy, the Stamford, CT-based founder of the wildly popular blog Pure Joy Home and Pure Joy Paperie stationery line, shares her best tips on building buzz digitally—and how to turn that into a thriving business. “I’ve always been a very visually driven person,” says Liz Joy, 31. After working in the corporate world for … Read more
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5 New Superfoods To Add to Your Diet This Summer

If kale is already a standard entry on your grocery list and quinoa is a part of your regular dinner rotation, you’re probably aware of super foods. But nutritionists say it’s key to mix it up and eat a variety of these go-to ingredients. An easy fix is to swap in new finds for those … Read more
Meditation 101: Tips, Apps, Retreats and More You Need to Get Started

Meditation 101: Tips, Apps, Retreats and More You Need to Get Started

Think of meditation as medicine, but without the drugs. And the benefits? They’ll blow your mind, naturally. Find out how to get in on this trending mindfulness revolution, at home, in your neighborhood and while traveling. Meditation has been around for thousands of years, but historically dismissed as “New-Age-y.” But recently, the practice of mindfulness … Read more
Five High-End Health Retreats That Will Change Your Life

Five High-End Health Retreats That Will Change Your Life

Get zen in the most enjoyable way possible—with a luxury health retreat. They all incorporate a mix of innovative fitness programs, nutritious gourmet menus and top-shelf amenities. You’ll come home feeling—and looking—rested and ready to conquer whatever life throws your way. 1. Lux Yoga, South of France Lux Yoga is a series of yoga retreats … Read more
Tips to Eat Right and Get Slim From CLAY Health Club and Spa

Tips to Eat Right and Get Slim From CLAY Health Club and Spa

You may have heard of the beautiful new gym that opened in September just across the Greenwich, CT, border in Port Chester, NY. You might have also heard of the top-notch trainers, the rooftop sun deck, the golf simulator and the private Pilates studio, as well as the one-step-better equipment (for instance, treadmills not only … Read more
How Horse Therapy Benefits Kids, Adults and Veterans

How Horse Therapy Benefits Kids, Adults and Veterans

With the launch of Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship, founder Emily Wygod is continuing a family legacy while paving her own path, helping children and their families come together in and out of the saddle with horse therapy. As Emily Wygod welcomes you into her recently renovated home, a restored 19th-century cow barn in the Guard Hill … Read more
Sleep Better

6 Ways to Sleep Better Every Single Night

A good night’s rest can increase your sex drive, help you lose weight, build strong bones, protect your brain from dementia, reduce your risk for depression and help you ward off the common cold. Yet only half of us are getting the recommended minimum for adults of seven hours a night (leaving the rest of … Read more
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Parenting in a Media-Driven World

A pediatrician’s study guide to responsible parenting in a media-driven world. Children spend an average of seven hours every day on entertainment media (including TV, computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices), according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). That’s more time than many kids spend at school — or in bed. As the … Read more
Healthy, Youthful Skin With Dr. Omar Ibrahimi

Healthy, Youthful Skin With Dr. Omar Ibrahimi

Ever since he was a child, Dr. Ibrahimi was fascinated with taking things apart and putting them back together. How things work — and how to make them better — have been the building blocks of his career. After graduating magna cum laude from NYU undergrad in 1999, he enrolled that same year in the … Read more