In recent years, in places such as post-operative rehabilitation centers and life health centers, we often hear professionals mention the term “lifestyle medicine”. In fact, lifestyle is not just about eating better and sleeping better, it has risen to the…
After my training, I noticed there weren’t many breathwork facilitators of color. And I thought: How would my community access some of the more specific issues that they deal with when they would need an individual session for that kind…
We don’t see GP in makeup too often: She rarely wears it to the office unless she’s got interviews or events on the schedule. When she does, she still manages to look naturally, glowily, like herself. That looks is usually…
Gerda Endemann, our senior director of science and research, has a BS in nutrition from UC Berkeley, a PhD in nutritional biochemistry from MIT, and a passion for cherry-picking from our wellness shop. She spends a lot of her time…
Are there other possible complications of silicone- or water-containing implants? When anything that gets implanted in a human body, the body recognizes it as foreign and walls it off, so to speak. The capsule tissue contains cells called myofibroblasts and…
What are the basic terms that can help us have conversations about gender identity? Gender: A socially constructed system of classification that ascribes qualities of masculinity and femininity to people. Gender expectations and norms can change over time and are…
A test is not training. Bias training has to be an ongoing process. So yes, to start: Talking about unconscious bias will make you more aware of your implicit biases. When you see the facts, the research, the evidence, and…
MY EVENING ROUTINE CHRISELLE LIM | digital influencer and entrepreneur “Are you sleeping well?” GP asked digital influencer and entrepreneur Chriselle Lim on a recent compare-notes Zoom call. “Because I have been sleeping terribly! And I’m usually such a good…
By Megan O’Neill Before I’m a Black woman, I’m a woman. Even before I’m a woman, I’m Megan O’Neill. I’m tall. I love the color turquoise. I feel prettiest wearing a swishy skirt and having done yoga that morning. I…
It’s prime grilling season, and we’ve collected the recipes for it. Of course we’ve included some of the hits—steak, shrimp, and eggplant are favorites for a reason—but if you’ve never grilled romaine lettuce or kale for a salad, or a…
