How Quarantine Helped Me Visualize What I Want My Grown-Up Future to Look Like

Your Low-Stress Guide to Leveling-Up Your Bedtime Routine Are You Burnt Out or Depressed? I fell asleep in my quiet suburban room wishing there was street noise blaring outside my window. I wanted it all so badly. In my 20s, my life really did feel like living in one of those movies I loved. I lived in small apartments in Manhattan with too many roommates. I did everything I set out to do....

April 30, 2025 · 3 min · 567 words · David Beck

How quarantine reconnected me with a body I’d long been neglecting

We love skin care, but is body care important? Pros say yes: Applying your products has psychological benefits that go beyond skin deep. Want To Transform Your Outdoor Space into a Calming, Boho-Chic Escape (Um, Yes)? Only, I didnt. Sometimes we have to. At the end of every day, I do the same thing. … The experience creates a heady overwhelm of smells and sensations (exfoliation, wow, who knew!) that place me squarely in my own reality and my own body....

April 30, 2025 · 2 min · 216 words · Laurie Salazar

How Some Transgender Folks Are Grappling With Gender Dysphoria During the Pandemic

There are aspects of the pandemic that have triggered or worsened gender dysphoria for some transgender folks. Here’s how they’re coping. Your Low-Stress Guide to Leveling-Up Your Bedtime Routine Are You Burnt Out or Depressed? For example, many folks have had to put aspects of their medical transition on hold. There are options there. Working from homeanother mainstay of pandemic life for manycan also contribute to gender dysphoria. a certified sex therapist and the founder and CEO ofPractical Audacity, a mental health practice specializing in gender and sex therapy....

April 30, 2025 · 2 min · 341 words · Kevin Sutton

How Soon Is *Too Soon* To Say ‘I Love You’?

When should you say “I love you” to a partner? Experts share when to say I love you for the first time and signs it’s too early. What if it makes the relationship awkward? How soon istoosoon to say I love you? I believe they mean so much because these words are vulnerable to say. How fast is too soon to say I love you? licensed marriage and family therapist in Philadelphia...

April 30, 2025 · 3 min · 467 words · Amy Le

How Soon You Should Part Ways With Leftover Rice, According to a Food Safety Expert

Discover how long is leftover rice good for, according to a food safety expert. Plus, ways to prevent food-borne illness. The FDA Just Banned Red Dye No. 3: The Future of Processed Foods Is Red Wine Any Healthier for You Than White Wine? Proffee Is the Hottest New Beverage Trendbut Should You Really Be Adding Protein to Your Coffee? Few things irk me more thanfood wasteespecially when Im the culprit....

April 30, 2025 · 2 min · 408 words · Gary Bryant

How Stacy London Inspired Me to Get Out of My (Fashion) Box and Embrace My Inner Boss This Fall

These Walmart Dupes Are Just as Buttery Soft for Half the Cost Our editors independently select these products. I didnt even care about fashion because I didnt know what to wear, she says. I have created a line specifically around what I learned from menopause, London says. You should feel confident. You should not worry about your size. You should understand how body-weight redistribution happens in midlife. … (Prices range from $39 to $209, and sizes range from XXS to 3X....

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · Eric Johnson

How Stretching This Sneaky Muscle Could Improve Your Low Back Pain

Im an Exercise PhysiologistHeres Why You Shouldnt Worry About Cortisol Spikes When You Do HIIT Workouts. Elliptical vs Treadmill: Which Cardio Machine Is Right For You? Does Rowing Count as Strength Training? Heres What Experts Had to Say Back pain? Sweet relief is on the way! The muscle functionsto hike the hip, as well as provide stability between the rib cage and the pelvis. injury prevention researcher, sports medicine specialist, and fitness trainer...

April 30, 2025 · 2 min · 273 words · Ian Ortiz

How Teaching My Mom To Stretch Brought Us Together and Helped Us To Slow Down

The post run stretch is an often skipped part of a workout. This is what teaching my mom to stretch taught me about just “being.” Even now, she is the fastest 55 year old Ive ever met. My grandmother has always been a worker, for whom the idea of stillness does not come naturally. I inherited this from the women who came before me. Being in constant motion (Im a volleyball player turned actor) kept me from thinking aboutwellme....

April 30, 2025 · 2 min · 352 words · David Noble

How the April 2024 Solar Eclipse Will Push Every Zodiac Sign To Reinvent Themselves

When is the 2024 solar eclipse in Aries? As for what youll see? What is the astrological meaning of a solar eclipse? What can you expect from the solar eclipse in Aries in April 2024? The April 2024 new moon solar eclipse in Aries brings with it a distinct theme of healing. You may be holding space and honoring how far youve come on your healing journey. … In any case, you may feel more tender or triggered as past pain bubbles up to be addressed....

April 30, 2025 · 4 min · 734 words · Richard Briggs

How the Beauty Industry Realized the Secret Ingredient of Looking Good Is Feeling Good

I honestly saw myself as the antithesis of that. So what, exactly, changed? “The industry,” she says. But, the beauty industrys recent introspective focus has shifted how consumers engage with their routines. This began to shape the way many of us approached beauty in our everyday lives. All of this brings us to today. … Across skin and body care,sensory experiencesthat come with a supplemental feel-good element now reign supreme....

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Omar Camacho

How the Biden Administration Is Working To Make Health Care More Accessible for Transgender Patients

The Biden Administration is restoring protections that ensure transgender patients can access health care. Here’s what that means. It is an example of the executive branch doing its job. Experts in This Article Mara Keisling is the executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equity. This is the baseline of what a presidential administration should do. It is an administration. Mara Keisling is the executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equity....

April 30, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · Andrea Martin

How the Designer Water Bottle Got Us To Take Hydration Seriously

Water bottles in general aren’t new, but certain designer water bottles are making hydration popular. And it’s not a bad thing. Making a purchase through our links may earn Well+Good a commission TheStanley Adventure Quencherwasnt always a hydration status symbol. By then, Stanley took notice. The Buy Guides authentic advocacy propelled the Quencher to great success, saysTerence Reilly, Global President of Stanley. Organic word of mouth started to build on social media around the Quencher....

April 30, 2025 · 2 min · 253 words · Kyle Williams

How the End of Daylight Saving Time (November 5) Affects Your Zodiac Sign This Year

After all, the darkness may still put a damper on our drive. Lettman says this is also a chance to look at how your schedule affects your well-being. The emotions-centric quarter moon is in your sign on the day we roll the clocks back. Consider spending Sunday with your phone on Do Not Disturb. Its also about prioritizing your own needs, rather than buckling to the needs of someone else....

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 158 words · Randy Wall