Health

Lights Out: The Nighttime Supplements I Actually Take Before Bed

By Elissa Goodman

My body took years to figure this out. Here is what I landed on — and why yours deserves the same patience.

The question I get asked most constantly in my practice is about my nighttime routine. And I want to be incredibly clear before I share anything: this is a protocol built over years of testing, adjusting, and working closely with my own practitioners. It is not a prescription. It is not a suggestion. It is simply what works for my body, at this point in my life, and I share it because transparency is something I believe in deeply.

Your nighttime routine will look different from mine. It should look different from mine.This is where I want to start, because so many of us make the mistake of copying what someone else is doing without understanding why they are doing it. I watch this happen constantly in my practice, and it concerns me deeply.

With that said, here is what I am currently taking at night. (more…)

Education

Beyond the Checklist: Creating a Meaningful Summer for Your Children

By Shirin Yadegar

April is the time to pull out the summer calendars and start putting the puzzle pieces together. Our children need to stay engaged to create, to be challenged, and to be inspired by coaches and peers to reach their highest potential.

At the same time, summer is a season of exploration and joy. It’s when kids try new things, build friendships, make lasting family memories, and, of course, enjoy the simple pleasure of slowing down and sleeping in.

So how do we balance it all? How do we thoughtfully plan for families with multiple children, varying interests, and demanding work schedules while still leaving room for both structure and spontaneity? (more…)

Health

All About Peptides – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!

By Dominique Fradin-Read, MD, MPH | Medical Director

A Major Public Health Concern, and our Children are at Risk

The Good about Peptides 

Peptides are interesting because they’re something your body already understands. At their core, peptides are small chains of amino acids, which are the same building blocks that make up proteins. You can think of them as fragments of proteins that act like messengers. Instead of doing the heavy structural work that full proteins do, peptides often send signals that tell cells how to behave. Because of that, they tend to work in ways that feel more “natural” to the body.

One of the biggest advantages of peptides is how targeted they can be. Many peptides are designed to communicate with very specific receptors on cells, which means they can encourage certain actions—like repairing tissue, producing collagen, or regulating hormones—without affecting everything else at once. (more…)

Education

Redefining Valentine’s Day: A Tradition of Love at Home

By Shirin Yadegar

shirinValentine’s Day can often feel commercial, flashy, and centered on grand romantic gestures. But as a mother, I’ve come to see February 14th as something far more meaningful: an opportunity to root our families in the deeper foundation of love as action.

In Judaism, love is not just a feeling — it is a mitzvah, a sacred responsibility. The Torah teaches, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Rabbi Hillel famously said that this principle is the essence of the entire Torah; the rest is commentary. Love, in our tradition, is not passive. It is something we choose, something we practice.

And what better place to practice it than at home? (more…)

Health

AN EGG IS NOT A EGG: Why Source Matters

By Lauren Rashap

Those of you who have joined me at the Farmers Market—either in person or virtually—know I always begin my shop replenishing my favorite foundational food: the egg.

Let me be perfectly clear: I will not buy eggs at the supermarket. And no, it’s not just because I have a soft spot for Farmers Market freshness (although that absolutely plays a part). I buy from small, local producers because I want control—control over knowing what the hens eat, what’s in the yolk, and ultimately what ends up fueling my body.

Commercial eggs, even some labeled “pasture-raised,” often come from hens fed corn and soy as the primary components of their diet. Those feeds are naturally high in omega-6 fats, especially linoleic acid, and very low in omega-3s. That imbalance gets reflected directly in the egg: the more omega-6 (linoleic acid) in the hen’s diet, the more omega-6 ends up in the yolk, and the less favorable your omega-3 to omega-6 ratio becomes when you eat it. (more…)

Health

2026 Skin Care Dinner

By Lauren Rashap

What is a Skin Care Dinner?

It’s not a 14-step topical routine. It’s not another “miracle” serum. It’s a “Michelin Star” meal, yet simply prepared and designed to support vibrant skin from the inside out—paired with connection, intention, and a little ritual.

If you’ve read my book Vibrant Skin at Any Age, you already know my philosophy: Your skin is not separate from your health—it’s the messenger. In nutritional science we refer to the this as the gut-skin axis.

In fact this is how I advise and treat my clients by scrutinizing the GSA pathways, biomarkers and lifestyle factors for inflammation, blood sugar balance, digestion, mineral status, sleep, stress, and detox capacity. So when your skin feels dull, reactive, dry, breaking out, or suddenly “older,” it’s not always about finding a new product. Sometimes it’s your body asking for support. (more…)

Education

Lighting Candles in the Dark: What My Mother’s Holocaust Survival Taught Me After Bondi

By Rachelle Unreich

I was sitting in my living room in Melbourne, getting ready to light my menorah for Chanukah, when an alert came through on my phone at 7.15pm, from our Jewish security community group. It said there was “an incident in Sydney this evening, which may have occurred at a community event.” I wasn’t too alarmed; I was used to these kinds of alerts. But only minutes later, my phone started pinging with texts of more details. People had been shot, killed at a Chanukah gathering in Bondi Beach. Fatalities kept rising. In the end, they would amount to the largest terrorist event ever to occur on Australian soil. Fifteen dead. Forty in hospital. It was – and still is – impossible to comprehend it.

Bondi Beach is a sunny suburb in Sydney that’s best known for its iconic beach, but I knew it well because I had lived there for two years, choosing it precisely because of its Jewishness. I lived in an apartment belonging to a Holocaust survivor – she had been in Auschwitz with my mother who was also a survivor – that was situated right above a kosher butcher, with a Jewish social club a few doors away. Years later, after I’d written my book A Brilliant Life about my late mother Mira, I appeared at a Sydney Jewish writers festival in a building that opens up to the beach itself, and only steps away from the park where the Chanukah event was held. (more…)

Health

How to Manage Family Travel and Holiday Stress

By Shirin Yadegar

shirinIt’s that time of year when the excitement of having our college kids home mixes with the relief of pressing pause on routines, finals, and sports schedules. If we’re fortunate enough to plan a holiday getaway, that’s another layer of joy, and let’s be honest, another layer of stress. Coordinating travel that keeps parents, grandparents, siblings, cousins, and kids happy is a multigenerational miracle, but also a logistical minefield.

As a mother of four and a journalist who has survived and learned from many chaotic family travel seasons, I recently navigated our 25 year anniversary trip, a celebration that included nearly ten families across three generations. It was one of the most meaningful experiences of my life, but it also taught me a powerful lesson. You don’t have to do everything yourself. In fact, research shows you really shouldn’t. (more…)

Education

How Happy Do YOU Want to Be?

By Kim O’Hara
kim I spoke with a leading business coach for working moms who guides her clients take the strength out of stories like “I should be farther along in my career” when comparing to other women, or “I am ruining my kids” when you pick up your child at 3:30 PM at the day care instead of 3 PM. She admitted most of her clients forgot what it takes to make them happy. It often becomes a glass of wine after the kids are in bed and Netflix.

Our personal happiness and self-kindness are a choice. A daily choice, and sometimes an hourly one. Women, especially in the “sandwich generation” are exhausted and have lost their way to finding small moments of joy amid all they are doing for everyone all the time. A thought: “I am not doing enough” can become a self-deprecating mantra to the point where it feels real. We are then in a self-fulfilling prophecy that we should, as women, should be able to fix all the wrongs that happen to the people we love in the world. When in fact, we are just human beings who need time for joy too. (more…)

Health

Grateful Through It All

By Shirin Yadegar

shirinIt’s 4 a.m., and once again, I’m awake sweating, restless, and wondering why my body seems to have a new routine of its own. I reach for a tall glass of ice-cold water, change into dry clothes, and try to settle back into sleep. But instead, my mind begins its familiar drift.

I think about my 22-year-old daughter living in New York City, navigating adulthood and the uncertain world around her. I think about my 20-year-old, who’s in downtown L.A. right in the chaos of fraternity row. And then, my two teenage girls, still under my roof (thank Gd), growing up in a generation that’s constantly bombarded by TikToks, polarized narratives, and endless noise. (more…)