Wellness News, Research, Wisdom & Conscious Living

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Dr. Crystal Garrett

Founder & Editorial Director, Holistic Wellness Beauty

Dr. Crystal Garrett is the founder and editorial director of Holistic Wellness Beauty. She set the newsroom's editorial architecture and directs coverage across its six desks — Nourish, Regulate, Move, Live, Beauty and Consciousness.

Areas of expertise

  • Nourish
  • Regulate
  • Move
  • Live
  • Beauty
  • Consciousness

Articles

You Can Eat “Healthy” and Still Have Mineral Imbalances

A colorful, whole-food diet can be an important part of wellness—but what appears healthy on the plate does not automatically tell us what is happening inside the body. Mineral status is influenced by intake, absorption, losses, medications, health conditions, and other individual factors.

Wellness Doesn’t Always Look Like Movement

In a movement class, one older student rarely joins the physical practice. Instead, he listens, creates and shares handmade butterflies with the people around him. His quiet participation raises a larger question: What if wellness is less about performing the activity and more about finding meaningful ways to belong?

Doing Less

Wellness culture often tells us to do more. But research into nature, stress and attention is helping illuminate something simpler: sometimes the body may benefit from less stimulation, more presence and permission to pause.

The Scalp Is Skin

Hair care has traditionally focused on the strand. Now scalp biology, follicle health and emerging microbiome research are changing the conversation—especially for textured hair and Black women's hair wellness.

Minerals Are Having a Moment. But What Does Your Body Actually Need?

Magnesium is everywhere in wellness right now. But the bigger story isn't the latest supplement—it's what our renewed interest in minerals reveals about nutrition, culture and what our bodies actually need.

The Salad Isn't the Story: What “Eating More Plants” Actually Means

Eating more plants is about far more than ordering a salad. From fiber and dietary fats to the microbiome, cultural food traditions and satisfaction, the bigger nutrition story is the pattern we create around the plate.

Recovery Moves Beyond the Treatment Room as TRZ Heads to the Lake

TRZ Recovery is taking wellness outdoors October 10 with the TRZ Lakeside Reset at Joe Pool Lake, bringing movement, recovery, wellness education, vendors and community connection together for an afternoon at the lake.

Something New Is Taking Shape at Holistic Wellness Beauty

Holistic Wellness Beauty is evolving into a wellness news and media platform. Meet the six editorial desks that will guide our coverage of nutrition, nervous-system health, movement, longevity, beauty and conscious living.

Food Is Information

Food is more than calories—but nourishment is also more complicated than labeling foods “good” or “bad.” From fiber and the microbiome to culture and dietary patterns, here's what it really means when we say food influences the body.

Longevity Is Changing

The longevity conversation is shifting from simply adding years to life toward protecting health, function and independence within those years. Here's why healthspan is becoming one of healthy aging's most important ideas.

Recovery Is Becoming Part of the Workout—Not Something You Do After It

Recovery is becoming part of the workout itself. From sleep and mobility to assisted stretching and recovery technology, the fitness conversation is shifting from simply pushing harder to understanding what the body needs to adapt, restore and perform.

Your Nervous System Is Listening

Nervous-system regulation is everywhere in wellness. Behind the trend is a deeper scientific conversation about stress, safety, breathing, connection and the body's remarkable ability to adapt.

Dr. Crystal Garrett | Holistic Wellness Beauty