Functionally Caffeinated Wellness: Maybe we need to be a little more bored

There was a time when I knew everyone's phone number by heart. I could tell you my best friend's number, my grandparents' number, the number...

Functionally Caffeinated Wellness: What really is a hangover?

If you like piña coladas, then chances are you've met their less-charming cousin: the hangover. If you're not laughing right now, you are either: A)...

FUNCTIONALLY CAFFEINATED WELLNESS: WHEN DID SITTING BECOME A FULL-TIME HOBBY?

Remember when sitting was something you did because you were tired? Now it’s a full-body hobby. We sit to work. We sit to drive. We sit...

NEW FEAR UNLOCKED: MICROPLASTICS

Not sure where your credit card went? Thought your tea bag was safe? I'm sorry, but I'm about to ruin your world for just...

FUNCTIONALLY CAFFEINATED WELLNESS: A LETTER TO THOSE WHO STILL HAVE TIME

I'm writing this to you specifically, the one who hasn't had to answer those questions yet. You know the ones. “When did the pain...

WHY YOU TELL YOUR TRAINER EVERYTHING (AND WHY THAT’S OKAY)

I didn't know that I personally needed to write this article. It started as a topic I'd been researching on my own, for my...

FUNCTIONALLY CAFFEINATED WELLNESS: 100 ARTICLES LATER, LET’S TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO GET IT RIGHT

This is my 100th article. One hundred(ish) weeks of conversations about health, wellness, habits, trends, myths, motivation and everything in between. One hundred opportunities to...

FUNCTIONALLY CAFFEINATED WELLNESS: WAIT … WHY DID I WALK IN HERE AGAIN?

Let me know if you can relate… A late ’90s, early 2000s hip hop song comes on and I know every hook, line and chorus....

NUTRITION LABELS: TRUTHS, LIES & LOOPHOLES

Grad school was a blur in many ways, if I’m being honest. Not only is it a quick two years of information and testing...

FUNCTIONALLY CAFFEINATED WELLNESS: IF YOU SNEEZE WHEN YOU PEE, YOU’RE NOT ALONE

If you pee when you sneeze, you aren't alone. If you break out into a sweat when your trainer asks you to do jumping...