Chatelaine

Well, it looks like the song was right: mo money, mo problems… From big mortgages, to expensive schools, to fancy cars - the more you earn, the more there is to spend it on. You might not have to clip coupons, but you do have to keep up with the payments. It’s what is commonly referred to as lifestyle creep - and it’s a trap people can easily fall into when they start earning more money.

We're busily reading Félix J. Palma's The Map of Time—check out our thoughts on part one this Thursday—but in the meantime, this your introduction to the Spanish author.

A year has passed since my very first post for Under Fire. It is now time that I move on in my writing career, so I am saying goodbye to Chatelaine.com and Under Fire, but I know it won't be easy.

If personal relationships were perfect they wouldn’t be personal relationships—they’d be something like employee-employer relations. Which is to say they’d be a mix of performance art and sublimation (‘Really looking forward to that corporate retreat over the long weekend!’)

Have you had the experience of gaining back what you lost — and more — after ending a strict diet? Find out why it happens and what you can do to prevent it

I recently had an interesting experience with a naturopath, when she asked me how many alcoholic beverages I consume in the average week. “Five?” I asked. “No, wait. Maybe eight. Or 12?” I paused, trying to count as her pencil hovered above the form. “What is the threshold for binge drinking again? I’m pretty sure I’m just under that.” (Later that day, I found out the threshold for binge drinking – four or more drinks in a single sitting – and told my friend, Jamie. “What, is that from the 50s?” he asked, incredulously.)

Five must-use products for long-lasting vibrant hair colour

The bootcamp trend is heating up. Though it may not sound appealing, the results are nothing to quibble with, which is why these classes are popping up everywhere.

We're inundated with tips and systems to lose weight, but advice on keeping it off is harder to find. Perhaps that's because the current recommendation is to basically stay the course: stick with your plan, we're told, and the weight will stay off. But researchers surveyed more than 1,000 people who lost weight, and found the keys to success — no matter what your goal. It turns out that losing weight and keeping it off require separate skills.

The number one eating plan that lowers blood pressure, bad cholesterol, and helps with weight loss

Book review: A dinner party brings about a funny and touching look at some of life's biggest motifs.

I don’t watch HBO’s long-running series Entourage for many reasons. The greatest flaw for me as a viewer: it’s pathologically boring. Its other weakness in my opinion—and it’s here that my sex comes into play as a viewer—is its enduring commitment to depicting women as disposable sex toys, brainless bimbos who frolic nude and romp with the series’ regulars at will.