Reading Time: 4 minutes SOMETHING LIKE A PHENOMENON To describe ASMR, some wax poetic, like Virginia Woolf in her classic novel, “Mrs. Dalloway”: [A nursemaid speaks to the man who is her patient] “deeply, softly, like a mellow organ, but with a roughness in
Reading Time: 5 minutes There are myriad factors that determine your overall health and well-being. Some of these are under your control, fueled by the choices you make to lead a healthier lifestyle. You can choose to eschew cigarettes, for example, and other bad
Reading Time: 8 minutes When Nazis attacked the U.K. during WWII, Sir Winston Churchill’s government came up with a campaign slogan that would strengthen the spirit of the British population. Since then, the phrase “Keep Calm & Carry On” has not only uplifted the
Reading Time: 12 minutes I’m in a dimly-lit basement in Westwood, LA. The acoustic ceiling, chequered in white tiles, reminds me of my father’s modest café in Tampa, Florida. It’s an unsightly feature, unbecoming of a wellness lab in ritzy Westwood, where sidewalks are
Reading Time: 4 minutes “Off the northwestern coast of the Dominican Republic, surrounded by the serene, turquoise waters of Bahía Isabela, is an island whose chalk-white sands and dazzling coral reef beckon adventurous seafarers and tourists alike.” So begins my sleep story, “Paradise Island,” available
Reading Time: 8 minutes LADIES, GENTLEMEN & FELLOW PEOPLE: A DISCLAIMER Someone once told me that dog ownership was nothing more than a vanity metric. When I asked this person to expand on that, they explained that people who adopted, rescued, or purchased a
Reading Time: 7 minutes The results are in: about half of the American workforce hates what they do for a living. But with bills piling up on the kitchen table, they show up to work anyway, toiling at their cubicles while glancing at the
Reading Time: 6 minutes If you asked Elizabeth Harmon whether or not the Sicilian Defense was the best move to open a game of chess, this fictional protagonist of the novel and Netflix series, “The Queen’s Gambit,” might tell you that there’s no such
