Managing Migraine Pain — a Headache Expert Shares How a Chicago-Area Woman Overcame Debilitating Pain, In Honor of National Migraine & Headache Awareness Month

About eight years ago, life drastically changed for 40-year-old Naperville resident Araceli Hurtado. She started to experience debilitating migraine that left her bedridden — sometimes for days.  Although it’s unclear why her migraine attacks started, Hurtado learned that sometimes certain “triggers” played a role. Noise, which included her son’s music, LED lights in her office […]

‘Synthesizing Minds’ and What It Means for Your Child, from Howard Gardner, Creator of Multiple Intelligences Theory

In a wide-ranging Fireside Chat with Better, legendary psychologist and Harvard Graduate School Of Education professor Howard Gardner discussed how education around the world evolved in response to his Multiple Intelligences Theory (MI). During the discussion, based on his memoir, “A Synthesizing Mind,” Gardner explained how parents and educators should be nurturing and educating children […]

The Best Home Design and Decor Stores in Winnetka and Northfield

Most products are just a click away, sure, but there’s no replacement for the in-person shopping experience, especially when you’re shopping for your home and need to see colors and textures in person. Winnetka and Northfield’s house and home boutiques offer an engaging and tactile shopping experience, personalized customer service and one-of-a-kind products at all […]

11 Cookbooks From Influential Bay Area Chefs and Food Experts for Culinary Inspiration in a Post-Pandemic World

After a year-plus of Covid constraints, Bay Area residents are emerging from their homes and kitchens, ready for spring’s sunshine-y brightness. Local authors, chefs and other creatives have been busy considering what we want to eat now, using Covid’s time-stretched year to cook, write, paint and otherwise engage with our brave new world. Opportunities to […]

On the Market: 5 Fabulous Forest Retreats from Wisconsin to Montana

There’s a good reason so many fairytales take place in a forest—a magical, ever-changing setting that offers serene summer shade, dazzling autumn foliage and, with the addition of a few evergreens, color all winter long. Nestled into thick canopies of trees, these five luxurious properties offer everything one would ever want in a bosky setting. […]