Your guide TO intentional living.

Liz Smith created The Hive back in 2016 to share her experience healing from late-stage Lyme disease.

Fast forward to 2022, this digital space has evolved into a wellness lifestyle publication highlighting the latest in wellness, biohacking, sustainable living and everything in-between. 

Who We are

We're a community of wellness lovers, practitioners, and open-minded individuals in the pursuit of optimal health. We're here to ask hard questions and and look at the bigger picture when it comes to our bio-individuality and wellbeing. Our ultimate goal is to give readers the road map and tools to curate their unique version of optimal health and living. 

We're a firm believer that one size does not fit all and that optimal healing & HAPPINESS comes in multiple levels.

We love to ask questions and use critical thinking.

We ENCOURAGE keepING an open-mind to both eastern and western modalities.

We strongly believe in the power of purchase and provide our tried-and-true product recommendations throughout the site and curated articles.

We practice what we preach. 


OUR VALUES

OUR MISSION IS TO GIVE READERS THE TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO CURATE THEIR HEALTHIEST,
MOST INTENTIONAL LIFE. 

Health + WellnesS

Wellness is not one-size-fits-all. We highlight different practices, tools and host Q+A's with expert practitioners to give you the answers you're looking for.

Products, tools, tips and tricks to transform any size living space into a healing sanctuary.  

Non-toxic
Beauty

Clean
Fashion

Looking and feeling your best shouldn’t come at a cost. We are diligent about researching ingredient safety and efficacy, and provide our tried-and-true recommendations from quality brands. 

Simple, whole-food recipes that are both  nutrient-dense and delicious. We don't promote one way of eating, but you can call us qualitarians.

We highlight and support quality brands that do no harm to our bodies, the earth and the people in production.

whole food
recipes

GET TO KNOW

Liz Smith

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founder

Dog mama

San Diego, California

Mezcal Lover

Qualitarian

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