The Plus Factor

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The Plus Factor: How kitchens are (finally) getting the wellness makeover healthy eaters deserve

From cabinetry that houses living produce to virtual sous chefs who know what you have in the fridge better than you do, it's the biggest remodeling yet.

by Emily Laurence

Good Sweat

Basic no more: Treadmills are suddenly *cool*

We’re calling it: There’s a run-aissance happening out there.

by Erin Magner

Good Advice

Can you actually get ahead at work these days without risking burnout?

A new generation of entrepreneurial, rise-and-grind professional women may be cheerleading themselves into unhealthy, self-destructive behavior. 

by Erin Magner

Good Advice

You can now doula your entire life, from birth to death

Here's why women are calling on the pregnancy pros to help them with everything from writer's block to end-of-life issues.

by Erin Magner

Good Home

The Plus Factor: Why we’re at peak “plant lady” right now

A new, huge generation of gardeners is obsessed with digging in the dirt—here's what that says about our lives (and our stress).

by April Long

Good Travel

The Plus Factor: Welcome to the era of transformative travel

For young, trend-setting globe-trotters, “experiential” is no longer enough.

by Erin Bunch

Good Sweat

The Plus Factor: Why the fitness in-crowd is obsessed with HILIT (boot camp’s kinder, gentler cousin)

It's all about high-intensity—but low-impact.

by Emily Laurence

Good Advice

EGG FREEZING IS ON THE RISE – HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

It may not be as easy as it looks on TV. (Looking at you, "Bachelor" girls.)

by Erin Bunch

Good Home

The Plus Factor: Why the obsession with shrinking your life is about more than tiny spaces

Thoughts from Marie Kondo and other experts on what KonMari has wrought.

by Arden Fanning Andrews

Good Sweat

The Plus Factor: Why a new generation of fitness pros is going free-agent—and big-time

Finding it tougher to remember where your fave instructor is teaching, day to day? Here's why.

by Emily Abbate

Good Advice

The Plus Factor: How’s your social life? (And why that question is critical to your health)

Researchers say IRL connection is as essential as water and sleep—but it's being ignored in our digitally linked age.

by Emily Laurence

Good Advice

The Plus Factor: This is what the future of mental health looks like

New innovations are transforming therapy—but are they making it better?

by Emily Laurence

Good Looks

The Plus Factor: Why your entire closet may soon be made up of fitness fashion brands

They're aiming to dress you for more than HIIT classes and hygge hangouts.

by Erin Magner

Good Home

The Plus Factor: How women are reclaiming the home as a source of empowerment

“Women's work” is becoming a major part of self-care—and, for some, boss business as well.

by Arden Fanning Andrews

Good Looks

The skin-care sea change: Inside big beauty’s massive move to non-toxic and natural products

In the latest Plus Factor, we take a close look at how they are changing what they bottle—and transforming the (non-toxic) beauty aisle.

by Rachel Lapidos

Good Advice

The Plus Factor: How new at-home tests can help you crack the code of your microbiome

Welcome to the world of next-gen gut health.

by Emily Laurence

Good Food

The Plus Factor: Why healthy fast-casual dining is the new fast food

You want farm-to-table with that?

by Emily Laurence

Good Advice

The Plus Factor: Is self-care becoming too selfish?

As wellness gets increasingly Instagram-ified, here's how to keep it real (and healing).

by Emily Laurence

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The Plus Factor: Why everyone’s going low sugar on social

We've now entered the era of the cauliflower smoothie.

by Well+Good Editors