Join us in warmly welcoming Sonja Shah-Williams, BSc (Hons) APA, to our collective of experts. Sonja is an Ayurvedic Medicine practitioner, author, and the founder of Ayurvedic lifestyle and body oil brand Anala. You can pre-order Sonja’s debut book, ‘A Little Book of Self Care, Ayurveda: An ancient system of holistic health to bring balance and wellness to your life’ , and her fabulous oils, from our wellbeing shop. We talked to Sonja to find out more about her practice – and why she believes that Ayurveda is so important for modern life.

Jamila co-founded Gazelli skincare with her mother, Zarifa Hamzayeva, a doctor of genetics and preventative medicine who created and championed diagnostic methods and healing programmes and pioneered the link between skincare and wellbeing. Gazelli Skincare is the culmination of her work, and to support Wellbeing of Women, we are now giving the charity 10 per cent of the retail price of every product sold from our pioneering Gazelli skincare range.

‘The Perimenopause – the 12 months after your last bleed – is for many women a rollercoaster ride when hormones fluctuate the most,’ says M Powder founder Rebekah Brown. ‘But there’s a lot you can do pre-emptively to make that ride one you actually want to take.’ Read on to discover Rebekah’s top tips on how to Peri-Well…

Cannabidiol (CBD) has attracted much controversy because of its links to marijuana plants. But it is legal (providing it conforms with stated guidelines) and its potential health benefits are increasingly recognised. Here is our guide to its benefits and how to use it…

Karen believes that it is ‘only by realigning the mind, body and soul that we can find peace within ourselves’. Through Kalmar – her holistic self-care and resort-wear brand – she hopes others will be able to access something of the experience that has shaped her life.

Journaling can help you to process what is happening around you, giving you a space to explore your emotions and to begin to figure out how to head into a period of change in a way that is confident, prepared and embracing of everything you are.

Summer 2020 has been sizzlingly hot and sunny in the UK, with May recording the most hours of sunshine for more than 70 years and August providing six consecutive days of temperatures above 34 degrees for the first time since records began. And while it seems there may be more to come, reliable information on keeping safe in the sun can be hard to uncover. So we turned to our experts to find the facts and pour cold water over the blaze of misinformation.

Through their global design agency Sheridan&Co, Jules and Michael Sheridan are the powers behind the success of some of the leading retail brands in beauty and beyond. So who better to talk to about ways of thinking creatively and sustainably for brands and retail in the future?

In our latest episode of What’s Next, our founder Jamila Askarova talks to Kate Taylor – a self-confessed lover of disco balls, red lips and leopard print and founder of The Awakening, a wellness and self-care festival scheduled to take place in the Isle of Wight in June but transferred online.