
“Once identified, we turn those challenges into opportunities to grow the business. “The core of our strategy has been what I call ‘BluePrinting’ – identifying the brand’s greatest challenges or negative spaces,” said COO & CMO Matthew Murray.
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Over the next year, growth continued nonetheless, an impasse loomed that - celebrity or not - all bootstrapped brands inevitably face: how to drive new growth through new customers rapidly and profitably. Taking care of your body isn’t a shameful experience, it’s something we deal with in a respectful and informed way at Love Wellness."Īrmed with authenticity and backed by a celebrity founder, Bosworth’s body-positive brand arrived with a flurry of PR in late 2016. “We teach women to love themselves well, and that message has resonated far and wide. “When I was willing to shift my perspective on what was actually agreeing with my body, I put together the initial products for Love Wellness and made the decision that this brand would be the first one in personal care to educate women about their bodies in a positive way.” "I became aware of the lack of clean, body-positive personal care products for women during 2015, a time when I was unwell and spent a good amount of time at the doctor’s office and at drugstores,” said Founder & CEO, Lauren Bosworth. Made with women's unique biology in mind, Love Wellness sets the new standard for women's health, offering products with clean ingredients that range from fiber supplements, probiotics and digestive enzymes that optimize gut health, to personal cleansers, suppositories and lubricants.īeyond products, Love Wellness is committed to changing the narrative around self-care and helping women feel supported, welcomed, and safe during their wellness journeys. Studies indicate that light exposure during the day is more effective for resetting your internal clock.Love Wellness is a leading female-first wellness company on a mission to provide body-positive personal care products and empowering education for women. Gamaldo cautions that melatonin is not a cure-all for jet lag, however. It helps your body produce natural melatonin at the appropriate time when your schedule is off-kilter. Melatonin is available as a nonprescription sleep aid in doses of up to 10 milligrams.


If you’re traveling, your body might need a little nudge. Natural levels of the hormone melatonin typically rise about two hours before bedtime, preparing your body for rest. “Increasing core body temperature is a trigger for your circadian rhythm,” she says. When you’re ready to begin the day, Gamaldo recommends taking a warm shower and heading outside for exercise to signal your body that it’s time to get going. Eat outdoors or go for a walk to push your rhythm a bit later. If you’re traveling westward, which is less disruptive, aim for light exposure in the early evening. “The goal is to recalibrate the clock so that it’s closer to bedtime at your destination,” she says. It’s preferable to get maximal light exposure in the late morning and early afternoon, which shifts your rhythms closer to your destination’s time zone. If your flight touches down first thing in the morning as you travel east, bring along a pair of sunglasses to minimize light exposure, Gamaldo suggests. In these cases, she suggests requesting that any obligations or meetings happen during the equivalent of your peak waking hours at home whenever possible. By the time your body adapts, it’ll be time to come home,” she says. “If you’re going to be staying somewhere fewer than two days, try and keep to your own schedule. “If you’re going to be landing at night, do your best to stay awake on the plane and sleep at your destination.” Abide by the two-day rule. Sleep as much as you can on the plane,” she says. “If you’re landing when people are awake in the middle of the day, that’s what you want to do, too. Go with the local flow (usually).Īfter you land, try to sync up with the local schedule. Gamaldo notes that it takes one day per time zone for your body to adjust, so planning ahead can help ease the transition. Add another hour the second evening, and a third hour on the third day. Three days before you’re scheduled to travel, begin moving your bedtime an hour earlier (or later, as appropriate) than you normally would.

Whether you’re traveling for work or for play, here are a few tips to keep sleep disruption to a minimum. “And any time you travel, particularly across two or more time zones, it ends up wreaking havoc on your circadian window,” she says. This is called your ‘circadian window,’” says Charlene Gamaldo, medical director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Sleep . “All of us have an optimal period when our bodies want to sleep - typically around 11 p.m.
