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☆ Lecher Actress Victim Spy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Alexandra Jacobs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

LUCKY DOGS, by Helen SchulmanThat Harvey Weinstein hired a private international spy agency called Black Cube to help squash stories about his sex crimes always seemed stranger than fiction. In an author’s note, Helen Schulman states explicitly that her seventh novel, “Lucky Dogs,” was inspired by two players in this globe-spanning chapter of the Weinstein saga. “How could one woman do this to another woman?” Schulman had wondered, reading ragefully about the case. The question might sound naïve: Has she not seen the foundational Hollywood text “All About Eve”? But her imagined answer, in the form of this book, is deeply knowing, properly indignant and — maybe the best revenge — very funny.

Persons: Helen Schulman, Harvey Weinstein, ”, Weinstein, Rose McGowan, Stella Penn Pechanac, McGowan, ” Schulman, Eve ”, Schulman, refashioned McGowan, Meredith “ Merry ”, who’s Organizations: Twitter Locations: Meredith “ Merry ” Montgomery, Paris

☆ This 36-year-old bought an abandoned house for just $1 and fully renovated it—look inside her 'dream home'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Maxine Sharples | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

In February 2020, I officially got the keys to my new home: a two-bedroom, 796-square-foot Victorian house that I bought for £1. Now the bedrooms are on the first floor, and the kitchen and living area is upstairs. Today, my house has been remodeled to maximize light and has made headlines in the U.K. for its novel use of space. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards When I started the renovations, there were crumbling bricks everywhere I looked. The open kitchen and living area is one of my favorite places in the house.

Persons: Maxine Sharples, John O'Mahony, I've Organizations: Webster, CNBC Locations: Liverpool

☆ Lululemon shares surge as consumers snap up pricier athletic wear
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Lululemon's first-quarter results also moved past estimates as the company saw traffic across both its stores and online up about 30%. The company also reported a 79% rise in sales in China, bolstered by the rollback of COVID restrictions. The company's strong results also lifted shares of other athletic wear makers including Nike Inc (NKE.N) and Athleta owner Gap Inc (GPS.N) by 3% and 1%, respectively, in premarket trading. "We continue to believe that Lululemon is best positioned in a consumer slowing cycle," said Adrienne Yih, analyst at Barclays. Reporting by Savyata Mishra and Aishwarya Venugopal in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra EluriOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Piper Sandler, Abbie Zvejnieks, Lululemon's, Cowen, Adrienne Yih, Savyata Mishra, Aishwarya Venugopal, Krishna Chandra Organizations: Barclays, Nike Inc, Gap Inc, Adidas, Puma, Thomson Locations: China, U.S, Bengaluru

☆ 36-year-old bought an abandoned house for $1 and fully renovated it—take a look inside: It's my 'dream home'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Maxine Sharples | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

In February 2020, I officially got the keys to my new home: a two-bedroom, 796-square-foot Victorian house that I bought for £1. Now the bedrooms are on the first floor, and the kitchen and living area is upstairs. Today, my house has been remodeled to maximize light and has made headlines in the U.K. for its novel use of space. So I moved the bedrooms to the first floor, and the kitchen and living room to the second floor. The open kitchen and living area is one of my favorite places in the house.

Persons: Maxine Sharples, John O'Mahony, I've Organizations: Webster, CNBC Locations: Liverpool

☆ Economic policies sacrifice poor Americans
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Lauren Silva Laughlin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW YORK, June 2 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Dollar General (DG.N), the ultra-low-cost retailer with 19,000 stores reaching 75% of the U.S. population, has never been a comfortable reflection of the American consumer. That underscores troubling consequences of current U.S. economic policy: the poor are being sacrificed. Over the past two decades, dollar stores have upended how the cross section of the United States shops. In smaller towns, Dollar General and competitors including Dollar Tree (DLTR.O) offer cheap and accessible groceries. Reuters GraphicsIn the past week, U.S. Congress has continued to roll back policies that would help Americans with less to go around.

Persons: Jeffery Owen, Lululemon, Nordstrom, Ralph Lauren’s, Joe Biden’s, Lululemon Athletica’s, Erik Nordstrom, Jennifer Saba, Sharon Lam Organizations: YORK, Reuters, Dollar, Walmart, Shoppers, Reuters Graphics, Congress, Thomson Locations: United States

☆ A woman who works out of a tiny home and gets weekly massages at the office says her job has 'all the perks'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In January, Kylie Goodwin, who works in accounting, posted a TikTok video of offices in tiny homes. Goodwin said the workspaces within the tiny homes are just one of the perks of working there. An FHS employee responded by email to Insider's request for comment about the tiny homes but didn't provide more detail. Tiny homes are all the rage right now, from handcrafted luxury models that are over $175,000 to tiny homes sold on Amazon that cost a few thousand dollars. "My job has all the perks," Goodwin wrote.

Persons: Kylie Goodwin, Goodwin, —, Kylie Goodwin —, FHS, commenter Organizations: Service, FHS Property Management, Home Solutions, FHS Locations: Missouri, Springfield , Missouri

☆ Lululemon shares surge after reporting 24% sales growth, raising full-year guidance
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Sales rose 24% to $2 billion, up from $1.61 billion a year earlier. It expects full-year profit of $11.74 to $11.94 per share, compared with a prior range of $11.50 to $11.72. That also topped analysts' expectations, which called for $11.61 per share, according to Refinitiv. Lululemon is expecting second-quarter sales to be in the range of $2.14 billion to $2.17 billion, representing growth of about 15%. While DTC revenue increased compared to last year, it represented 42% of total sales, compared to 45% in the year-ago period.

Persons: Meghan Frank, Lululemon, men's, they're, Frank, we'll Organizations: Club, Constellation Brands, Molson Coors Locations: China

The athleisure retailer said its net revenue rose by 24% to $2 billion between the first quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023. The company performed particularly well with its international customers: sales rose 60% year-over-year outside of North America. Shares of Lululemon rose 13% in after-hours trading. The retailer raised its expectations for net revenue in 2023 to between $9.4 billion and $9.5 billion, representing 17% sales growth. Meanwhile, Home Depot reported steep sales and revenue declines after three years of robust growth

Persons: Lululemon, Calvin McDonald, Fitch Organizations: CNN, Abercrombie, Home Depot Locations: China, North America

☆ UK castle could be yours for $37,000, but there’s a catch
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A sprawling Scottish castle is on sale for offers over £30,000 ($37,000), but there is a catch; its current owners estimate that it requires an additional £12 million ($14.8 million) for restoration. Situated on Fetlar, the fourth largest of the Shetland Islands, Brough Lodge is in one of the most remote parts of the UK. The island is home to around 69 people, according to the Fetlar Community Association website – an increase from its lowest population of 48 in early 2009. Nestled into the hillside, the castle overlooks Fetlar’s grassland and rugged cliffs stretching down to the sea, as well as the surrounding islands. It has been empty since the 1970s, although it was made wind and watertight about 10 years ago by its current owners, the Brough Lodge Trust, following a fundraising campaign.

Persons: Arthur Nicolson, ”, Drew Ratter Organizations: CNN, Fetlar Community, “ Locations: Scottish, Fetlar, Shetland, Brough, Edinburgh, London, Scotland

☆ What body neutrality means and how to get there
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

What is body neutrality? If body positivity is celebrating your body, body neutrality is not thinking about it much at all. “Body neutrality really takes that focus away altogether … and advocates for really focusing on other things.”While that may seem like a bit of a letdown compared with the concept of positivity, body neutrality is beneficial because the aim is not to tie self-worth to what a body looks like or even what it can do. “This concept of body neutrality really hit home,” she said. Body neutrality roadblocks and strategiesCampos likes to think of the ongoing relationship people have with their bodies as an archeological dig.

☆ Free wellness activities in 5 major U.S. cities—including NYC, Las Vegas and D.C.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

From NYC to Las Vegas, here are five wellness activities you can attend free of charge in some of the travel capitals of America. Yoga in Bryant Park - New York City, N.Y.Every year when the weather gets warm in NYC, Bryant Park hosts free yoga classes for residents and tourists. Seattle Free Walking Tours - Seattle, Wash. In several big cities, you can find free walking tours run by nonprofit organizations. And the Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens in Las Vegas is a beautiful one to add to your bucket list.

☆ How one family turned a job loss into an opportunity to sail the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Audrey Wan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The family decided to leave Hong Kong to return to the Netherlands, where her husband, Jeroen, is from, she said. So the couple sold their home in the Netherlands and bought a secondhand monohull boat to "live and travel the world." Lisa Terauchi-D'RozarioThe family first sailed to France, then to Spain and Portugal, before reaching Sardinia, she said. While living at sea, her family used a water maker to turn seawater into drinking water, she said. The family checked weather forecasts often but, Lisa said, they still encountered situations they were not prepared for.

☆ Peloton aims to rebrand as a fitness company for all with focus on app, tiered subscription pricing
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-23 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The ad solidified Peloton's nascent identity as a high-end bike company reserved for a certain type of person at a certain income level. "This company historically has been thought of as an in-home bike company for fitness enthusiasts but over the years, it has evolved into something that is much more bigger, much broader than that." The relaunch includes a "Gym" function that allows users to take Peloton's app into the gym with them and create custom workouts. 2 among those who have Peloton hardware. It shows how eager users are to consume Peloton content that has nothing to do with its equipment.

☆ See the presentation a digital-health startup used to raise $30 million to bring mental-health care to college students
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Yeji Jesse Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Uwill zeroed in on ensuring college students can access those treatments. The company announced in May that it raised a $30 million Series A round. UwillUwill, founded in 2020, is focused on providing virtual mental-health services to college students. Before Uwill, London started companies focused on education technology, including Examity, an online-testing platform, and College Coach, which Bright Horizons Family Solutions owns today. In May, Uwill announced it had raised a $30 million Series A round from the education-focused private-equity firm Education Growth Partners.

☆ The No. 1 thing we 'never ever' do to have a successful relationship: 2 married psychologists who studied 40,000 couples
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Dr. John Gottman | Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In that time, they have studied more than 40,000 couples to learn about love. As psychologists, we've studied more than 40,000 couples about to begin couples therapy. We've also been happily married to each other for 35 years, so we know a thing or two about how to build a successful, long-lasting relationship. Still, there is one thing we've learned to never ever do: fight when we are emotionally flooded. These behaviors can harm both your partner's trust in you and the foundations of your relationship.

☆ 5 healthy habits that take five minutes or less
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Dana Santas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

If you’re still not convinced you can find the time, consider reclaiming those minutes from a less productive, time-consuming activity. Focus on your breathWant to reduce stress and boost your physical and mental health almost immediately? Accessibility is a significant factor in our ability to make healthy choices, so taking five minutes to prep fresh foods for snacking can be impactful. Taking it a step further (pun intended), walking for five minutes every 30 minutes produces an immediate measurable reduction in both blood pressure and blood sugar, according to a recent study. With consistent practice, they can become sustainable healthy habits that will deliver wellness-boosting benefits over your lifetime — a potentially longer lifetime because of those five-minute habits!

☆ Want to Fix Your Mind? Let Your Body Talk.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Daniel Bergner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

In explaining our psychological troubles, van der Kolk highlights the role of what can loosely be labeled the primal regions of the brain, along with that of the body. The book has a certain kind of romantic appeal; it restores us to the natural world, to the animal kingdom. But while van der Kolk’s readership is vast, he is probably not the most essential figure in the somatic therapy movement. And beyond modern credit for its concepts, somatic therapy owes a debt to timeless practices like mindfulness and meditation.) Van der Kolk’s best-seller-dom and Levine’s legion of new practitioners speak to a current yearning for the holistic.

☆ Opinion | What We Lose When We Push Our Kids to ‘Achieve’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Adam Gopnik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

I know there are objections to his view: At some moment, all accomplishment, however self-directed, has to become professional, lucrative, real. And surely many of the things that our kids are asked to achieve can lead to self-discovery; taught well, they may learn to love new and unexpected things for their own sake. There are many drugs that we swallow or inject in our veins; this is one drug that we produce in our brains, and to good effect. The hobbyist or retiree taking a course in batik or yoga, who might be easily patronized by achievers, has rocket fuel in her hands. The pursuit of accomplishment, what I call the real work, never ends, and always surprises.

☆ I'm a beauty influencer who's gone on several brand trips. It may look glamorous, but they can be loads of work and I've experienced inequality on the job.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I grew up watching YouTube beauty gurus go on brand trips, and now it's my job to do the same thing. I started creating beauty content for the free makeup, but I found a full-time career instead. So far, I've been to Florida, Turks and Caicos, and more on brand trips with beauty companies. While most believe the whole point of brand trips is to produce content, some companies invite us on trips with no strings attached. In your daily life it's easy to pace yourself, but there's pressure to optimize your time on brand trips.

☆ I was laid off from LinkedIn and it stunned me. Here's how I got through the next 48 hours.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Arthi Raghu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Arthi Raghu is a former sales development leader at LinkedIn and part-time yoga instructor. I've now had 48 hours to process the news (and my emotions), and I wanted to share what's helped me feel grounded again. On a personal front, I'm going to enjoy a little downtime before my days get filled with Zoom meetings again. I'm going to write as much as I can and spend some much needed time with the people I love. Arthi Raghu is a former sales development leader at LinkedIn, part-time yoga instructor, certified mindset coach, and avid marathon runner.

☆ Stress made this Harvard-trained strategy coach lose her vision—now she teaches people to live the 'slow life'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Mumby was a Harvard-trained educational policy and leadership expert, who worked her way up from teacher to national director of organizing partnerships and strategy at the nonprofit Leadership for Educational Equity. I was moving in my purpose, but also still working seven hours, seven days a week. Mumby says she loved the work, but it took a huge toll on her mental and physical health. But there's a direct link between women's stressful work lives and health, largely due to the body's inability to differentiate between "life-threatening stress" and "ongoing stress," studies show. The experience forced Mumby into the "slow life," choosing "well-being over working myself to the bone," she says.

☆ 6 quick calendar tweaks that will help you get more done and optimize your daily routine
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Tugba Yanaz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

In my coaching and consulting practice, I work with leaders to create healthy routines to optimize their performance and well-being. Not urgent & important; schedule — You will want to schedule tasks that are important but less urgent for a later date. Urgent & not important; delegate — Assign urgent but less important tasks to others on your team. All your priorities must be reflected in your calendar, personal and professional. It's all about establishing a healthy relationship between your work and personal life and valuing both aspects.

☆ Wellness travel is rising among a particularly weary group of travelers — parents
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Monica Pitrelli | Morgan Awyong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

But a new survey shows parents increasingly want in on a trend that isn't often aimed at families: wellness travel. The data showed an emerging picture of family travel — one in which parents may be starting to prioritize their own needs alongside those of their children. Traveling for physical health is up eight points among parents since last year, said Lindsey Roeschke, travel and hospitality analyst at Morning Consult. Planning a wellness family vacationThough some wellness resorts only allow adults, places like The Farm at San Benito welcome guests of all ages. Planning your own wellness tripRather than a resort stay, parents can plan their own wellness trips based on their interests.

☆ This couple paid $200,000 for their 180-year-old rainbow farmhouse and spent just as much on renovations—take a look inside
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The two sat down together and drew a circle around New York City on a map and started looking for where they could buy land for a farm. The 180-year-old farmhouse originally sat on 40 acres of land. The couple initially bought 16 acres, but was eventually able to buy the entire property back. Two months and 25 viewings later, they saw a 180-year-old farmhouse on 16 acres of land in Kingston, New York. Over time, Katwise and Brown were able to buy the other 24 acres, which brought the property back to its original size.

☆ Tesla? Caviar? Boots? At These Resorts, Everything’s Included
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Danielle Braff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The all-inclusive resorts are happy to oblige. “Primarily, the difference is in the location, the higher level of accommodations and more personalized guest services — not to mention bragging rights,” said Mr. Fareed, the hospitality consultant. Big-name hotel brands including Marriott and Hyatt are entering the scene with their own ultraluxe all-inclusives. W Hotel (part of Marriott) is planning its all-inclusive Dominican Republic debut in 2025, while Hyatt is opening its new Inclusive Collection portfolio of resorts in Portugal, Mexico and Bulgaria. It follows in the footsteps of the Château de Villiers-le-Mahieu, an upscale all-inclusive estate that opened its doors in 2019 in a wooded park 45 minutes outside Paris.

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