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LEVELLING UP WITH Laura

When she’s not dialling into an interview with WH at 6pm, Laura Henshaw’s evening routine can go one of two ways. Most of the time, she aims to switch off from work two hours before bed, accompanied by a peppermint tea and a good fiction book.

The 30-year-old might also do a guided sleep meditation from health and fitness platform KIC – which she co-founded with best friend Stephanie Miller in 2016 and became CEO of in 2021 – if it’s been a hectic day. Then, there’s the other side of the pillow. The one in which you’ll find Laura scrolling TikTok, fielding the odd email and watching videos of golden retrievers (she and husband Dalton have two) in bed. “Dalton calls them ‘serotonin-boosting’ videos,” Laura says, laughing. Sure, she knows the first approach is probably more conducive to a good night’s kip, but she’s also all about easing the self-pressure to do things perfectly all of the time. It’s an outlook that extends to her wellbeing approach as

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