Brad Pitt’s foray into skin care has literally just found new runway. Beau Domaine, the luxury longevity-focused skincare line that Pitt co-founded with France’s Perrin winemaker, is now offering jet-setters a taste of the brand at 35,000 feet on board all business class on La Compagnie’s transatlantic flights. From July this year, passengers on Paris-New […]
Marilyn Ruff’s Garden of Leaves, Flowers and Fragrance
July 7, 2026 The flower-filled pocket-sized garden was my next stop on the Garden Conservancy’s Denver Open Days tour in June. Arms raised in joy, the metal goddess welcomes you to her garden. Owner and author Marilyn Ruff, a longtime gardener and rock garden enthusiast, took up residence on the small property when she was […]
Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg – CEp. 290 – Remembering Mark Epstein and Bob Thurman
Sharon appears with Mark Epstein on Episode 290 of Metta Hour to remember the life of his dear friend and colleague Robert AF Thurman. Robert AF Thurman (August 3, 1941 – June 16, 2026) was an American Buddhist writer and scholar who wrote, edited, and translated books on Tibet, Buddhism, art, politics, and culture. He […]
Why I Stopped Expecting People to Love Me Like I Love them
“Expectation is the root of all heartache.” ~Unknown I turned 40 this year. And I now understand what I wish someone had said to me when I was 20. Most of my pain, the pain that stays with me for days, the pain that reminds me of 2 a.m. conversations, the pain that makes me […]
Why try to live to 100 if you can’t afford to live until 32?
When I’m dodging push notifications about ongoing geopolitical conflicts and the various other disasters that will become a given in 2026, I’m reviewing the blurbs flooding my inbox as a beauty writer. Once a disconcerting and unexpected visitor, the subject is now a long-lived and all-too-comfortable resident. “Mitochondrial health is all the rage on TikTok,” […]
Protect your arteries from saturated fat with these foods
If you are consuming something unhealthy, is there anything you can eat with it to reduce the damage it may cause? When comparing the arterial function of vegetarians and meat eaters, those who eat a vegetarian diet have a significantly greater healthy ability to dilate their arteries and allow more blood to flow through them. […]
Here’s why the DASH diet is so effective (and easy to stick to) for healthy aging
We all want to live longer. An even more difficult problem is how to eat in a way that is not only healthy, but actually sustainable for decades to come. Longevity isn’t just built on matcha and green juice in the morning. Nor does it rely on hard restrictions. Instead, the quest to live longer […]
What’s in your peptide stack?
These days, modern health routines can seem more like science experiments than self-care. Case in point: the rise of peptides. Peptides are increasingly becoming part of the cultural conversation. First there was the GLP-1 boom, which continues today as medicines become more available and advanced. Soon after, other peptides found their way out of biohacking […]
How to prevent flea beetles from eating plants
If you come across plants with small irregular holes or depressions in the leaves (as if shot through with a small bullet) or find small shiny beetles crawling on your vegetables and flowers, then you need to deal with a new pest – the flea beetle. These tiny insects are black, brown, bronze, bluish-gray, or […]