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Long-form essays, podcasts and books from verified practitioners — and the occasional outsider with something real to say.
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From our editors and contributing practitioners.
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Google Nest Hub (2nd Gen): a smart display that does sleep tracking as a side quest
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Apple Watch Series 10: the best general-purpose watch is finally a real sleep tracker
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Eight Sleep Pod 4: a EUR 2,500 way to fix something a window can fix
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Whoop 4.0: the screenless coach that bills you forever
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Muse S Athena: the only consumer EEG that actually changed our meditation practice
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Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 Classic: the Android answer that nearly gets there
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Garmin Venu 3: the wellness watch from a company that used to make boat GPSs
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Polar Vantage V3: the athlete's watch with the underrated sleep model
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NextSense Earbuds: clever EEG-in-your-ears tech that isn't quite ready
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Withings Sleep Analyzer: the under-mattress pad that quietly outperforms most watches
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sleep
Sleep tech 2026: the 10 devices worth knowing (and the ones that aren't)
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wellness
How to Find the Right Wellness Approach For You (2026)
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wellness platform
Searching for a Wellness Platform That Actually Matches You?
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pilates
Finding Your Specialist: How to Vet a Pilates Instructor in 2026
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holistic wellness
What Is Holistic Wellness, Really?
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wellness
Why ‘Wellness’ Doesn't Work (And What To Do About It)
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wellness platform
Why Europe's Best Wellness App Isn't an App at All
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practitioner
Why You Keep Switching Practitioners (And How to Stop)
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wellness
Finding Your Fit: A Guide to the Wellness Discovery Gap
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product-review
MUD\WTR: a coffee swap that costs three times the coffee
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Athletic Greens travel packs: the same expensive powder, more expensively
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Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides: the best-selling collagen powder, not the best one
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Oura Ring Gen 4: the wearable that actually changes behaviour
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Loop Earplugs: the best EUR 25 you can spend on your nervous system
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Beam Dream: a nice cocoa with a sub-clinical sleep dose
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multivitamin
Ritual: an honest multivitamin with one expensive missing assumption
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Goop wellness drops: a luxury-priced shrug
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Cymbiotika: liposomal delivery, luxury pricing, and a thin evidence base
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gut-health
Seed DS-01: the most over-engineered probiotic on the market, and it might be worth it
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Liquid I.V.: a sugar packet with a medical-sounding name
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Hims & Hers: telehealth done at scale, with the telehealth tradeoffs
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Function of Beauty: the customisation quiz is the product, not the shampoo
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Prime Hydration: the Logan Paul drink kids carry like a status symbol
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Magic Spoon: a better cereal than Lucky Charms, still ultraprocessed
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energy
David Protein Bar review: the macros are real, the philosophy is not
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immunity
Manuka Doctor Honey review: when wellness honey is actually worth the price
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Recess CBD Seltzer review: the prettiest can in your fridge does almost nothing
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Bloom Nutrition Greens: TikTok-famous, lab-thin, sugar-bright
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Huel: meal replacement that mostly delivers, with caveats
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Erewhon $20 smoothies: status drink, vending-machine inputs
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Gruns kids gummies: a multivitamin shaped like candy
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Olipop: prebiotic soda or just clever sugar?
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Liquid Death: skull cans, supermarket water, premium markup
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Neuro headbands: the €500 placebo with great Instagram lighting
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hair
Hair-fall supplements: 90% are biotin theatre. Here's the 10% that work.
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Collagen creamers: pretty pouch, hydrolysed waste of money
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AG1: a €99/month multivitamin in a very expensive pouch
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blood-sugar
Psyllium husk: the cheapest, most boring supplement that actually works
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break-up
NAD+ IV drips: €800 for a placebo with a needle
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omega-3
Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega: the omega-3 we actually finish the bottle of
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LMNT Recharge: the electrolyte that finally tastes like something you'd drink
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product-review
Pure Encapsulations Magnesium Glycinate: the boring supplement that actually works
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oral-care
SuperTeeth Prebiotic Mineral Toothpaste: the upgrade you didn't know your mouth needed
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break-up
Break Up With Dove
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Break Up With Vaseline
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Break Up With Axe
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Break Up With Sunsilk
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industry_trend
The Discovery Gap
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boutique fitness
Why Boutique Studios Are Hosting The Codex Circle
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social wellness
Bumble vs. The Codex Circle: Which Gets You Off Your Phone?
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