Author: Michelle Boon, Illuminairre Co-founder

From Catnip to Cacao: A Brief History of Chocolate and How It Makes Us Feel

Recently, a study on catnip (Nepeta cataria) and silver vine’s (Actinidia polygama) effects on cats has been published in Science Advances. Turns out, this compound called iridoid nepetalactol in...

The Gift Exchange On Christmas

Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locations, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any...

What Tibetan Monks Taught Me About Letting Go

Letting go is not as easy as saying it out aloud. Lessons from Tibetan monks taught me what it takes. In Tibet, there is a group of monks who undergo years of training learning to create beautiful...

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