Staying Healthy

How do you protect your workout time? My calendar has been an absolute minefield lately, and my 6:00 PM gym window keeps getting hijacked by urgent end-of-day syncs. Yesterday, I finally put my foot d...

How many calories do you think you're eating each day? I know I'm supposed to keep my calorie count under 1,600 (I'm 5'4, female) a day, but I'm starving when I do this. Who can live on so few calorie...

For anyone who has done it- how much should Invisalign cost? I need a fairly minor 6-8 month course to correct some small issues with tooth spacing and am getting quoted $6k. Is that reasonable? I am ...

Has anyone with a Garmin watch accidentally had it go through a washing machine cycle and STILL be functional? Mine seems to be functional still, within reason. I’m sure there will be some quirks, but...

Protecting your health in a corporate environment feels like rebellion sometimes. Saying no to late meetings, choosing sleep over emails, leaving work to make the gym… it comes with guilt. But I’m sta...

I have been on tirzepatide for 4 years and lost a little over 90 lbs. I decided to go on birth control and since then have put on 15 lbs pretty quickly. I am still on the GLP-1 at the highest dose but...

How do you politely decline the office coffee-and-donuts routine? I had a strategy alignment meeting with our executive VP, and our entire discussion happened over a massive, sugar-laden pastry spread...

I have a massive networking dinner tomorrow at a high-end steakhouse where the wine and heavy cream sauces flow. In the past, I’d just write the night off as a cheat meal, but I’ve been making such gr...

What’s your ideal ratio for switching between sitting and standing during a long shift? After months of reading about the dangers of sitting all day, I finally convinced management to get me a line st...

How do you all handle meal-prep fatigue? I spent three hours on Sunday prepping high-protein Mediterranean bowls so I wouldn't default to takeout during my back-to-back Thursday meetings. It’s now Thu...

Have any of you managed to turn walking meetings into a regular thing? I convinced a colleague to turn our weekly status update into a walking meeting around the local park today. It was amazing how m...

In an effort to reclaim my evenings, I set an alarm for 5:15 AM to catch a pre-work lifting session. I actually made it out of bed, but my brain was so foggy during the warm-up that I accidentally loa...

Last night, I made the classic mistake of checking my inbox right before heading to bed, only to find a passive-aggressive email from an international client. Naturally, my cortisol spiked, and I spen...

I’ve been traveling for client consultations all week, and the airport lounge is seriously testing my dietary willpower. It is astonishingly easy to justify a third pre-flight cocktail and a plate of ...

Lately, I have been trying to unlearn all the active listening they teach in school and just learn to hear instead.

I recently upgraded my fitness tracker, and now I am completely inundated with daily data points regarding my strain, recovery, and sleep cycles. This morning, the app told me my recovery/sleep score ...

Anyone have experience with the Stelo for glucose monitoring? I’m 19w pregnant with my 3rd and really want to opt out of the traditional glucose test. In both my pregnancies I “failed” the 1hr and “...

What is the single best ergonomic investment you’ve made for your work set up? I’ve spent the past year, hunched over a laptop on a plush living room sofa which does not count as a sustainable posture...

Healthcare is more than treatment, it’s communication, empathy, trust, and people feeling seen when they’re most vulnerable.

I feel like I’m addicted to cleaning, but other people exist and they have other ideas.