Finding healing through the body-mind connection Teresa Rodriguez So far, this Year of the Dragon has descended on most of us with fiery vengeance. It seems as if we are all going…
Leaders in Wellness
Globally acclaimed wellness retreat, Ananda in the Himalayas, launches the Fertility Enhancement Program, the newest wellness program offered for 2024. With approximately 1 in 6 of adults worldwide planning conception experiencing infertility,…
ARTIS Ventures hosted their annual JPM TechBio Cocktail Hour on Sunday evening, January 7th, bringing together investors, startup founders, and pharma and biotech leaders to foster the growing TechBio ecosystem. At the gathering, the…
Exercise is your best insurance for enjoying a longer healthspan. We hear more and more about the adverse effects of a sedentary lifestyle. For decades, the desk was the center of work…
Fulfilling Robin’s Wish The iconic house on Steiner and Broadway in San Francisco draws lively crowds of tourists. Fragrant roses line its edges and blooming wisteria climbs to the corners of the…
No matter how wide-brimmed our hats and shadow-seeking our intentions, most of us will have managed to get more sun this summer than anticipated. Cumulative over our lifetime, sun damage takes a…
Dr. Karen Horton shares her life’s triumph through her family’s tribulations For Karen Horton, M.D., relocating to San Francisco was an American dream come true. The Toronto-born surgeon had heard…
And you thought wine was for sipping? As it turns out there’s another use for wine good enough to turn a few heads. It’s called Vinotherapy. Redefining happy hour, the practice doesn’t…
In terms of culinary trends, the New York Times dubbed mushrooms the ingredient of the year as they foretold what we’d gulp and swallow in 2022 for better health. Their article How…
Water sommelier? That’s not a typo. That’s a thing. Indeed, Martin Riese, seen on Good Morning America, Conan O’Brien, CNN, and NPR among other key media outlets, has a degree in water.…
To borrow from an old saw and tweak it a bit: wellness is more than skin deep. We spend so much of our lives in pursuit of mind and body health that…
Terrie Absher’s beauty gleams from the inside out. With a passion for wellness and holistic beauty, the founder of Total Glow shares her decades of education and insider discoveries with her guests, a glitterati clientele,…
Have you ever considered integrative medicine? Dr Toni Brayer, one of the lead physicians of Sutter’s Institute for Health & Healing, thinks you should. “Integrative medicine is absolutely critical to global health.…
It’s a cliché, but in the new year, we all ponder the opportunity to redefine ourselves. It’s as if the calendar gives us permission to recalibrate, even nudging us, sometimes, to make…
Julia Faller, founder of San Francisco-based Benedetta, wonders why so many of us worry about what we put into our bodies, but don’t notice what we slather over our skin. An esthetician whose background boasts 30-plus years in medical…
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim,” wrote Nora Ephron. These innovative, take-charge Bay Area women embody the essence of feminine power and determination. With distinctive areas of expertise, each…
Lucky for us, wellness warriors exist in real time. Wise woman. It’s a mythological archetype as old as time. Essentially, it refers to a community’s well-respected elder, a person with a knowledge…
Shifting Hearts, Minds and Spirits, One Leader at a Time Just steps away from San Francisco’s iconic Land’s End Trail and its beautiful labyrinth, the sweeping views of the Golden Gate Bridge,…
Five Takeaways for the Future RECENTLY, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF AGEIST references in the news about protecting “Grandpa” and “Grandma,” as if those two words fairly represented the entire…