Lauren is a writer and architectural designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a writer at Forbes, she works as a freelance architectural designer specializing in residential ...

Geraldine has over a decade of experience writing within the home improvement sector. Additionally, she has unique first-hand renovation experience as the previous owner of a house-flipping business.

The newest social club? Saunas. Spending time in dry heat is a win-win—you can reap health benefits while hanging out with your friends (which seems like a trend everyone is doing now at wellness ...

Being too hot is miserable: the sweating, the red face, the feeling like your skin might either melt or dry up any second. So, why are saunas and steam rooms a thing? It turns out, saunas and steam ...

As uncomfortable as your dewy sheen can be, feeling a good sweat can have significant benefits to your health. Aside from hot yoga or an intense workout (like an AMRAP workout), both a sauna and a ...

A cardiologist, a neurologist, and a dermatologist share eight science-backed benefits to a schvitz.

Two sauna experts debate the merits of dry vs wet heat and argue that neither are a form of self-flagellation According to responses to the online Global Sauna Survey (2016-2017) that I conducted, ...