This client believed his problems stemmed from increased levels of stress in his personal life. While I agreed that likely played a part, I also identified another culprit: The massive amounts of caffeine he was drinking every morning. Thomas was drinking black coffee to mask underlying issues such as morning tiredness due to suboptimal sleep. Sure, the coffee was powering the early part of his day. But the side effects he was experiencing in the midafternoon were what we call a caffeine crash....

The obsession with getting rid of peach fuzz is one highly contradictory topic for this reason (and more that you’ll read about below). So we’re here to answer all of your questions. To follow, you can read all about the benefits, the risks, and some food for thought on dermaplaning. Let’s dive in, shall we? This can be done by a professional or DIY-style, though we’re not huge fans of the latter (more on that in a bit)....

A spiritual practice called “soul retrieval” aims to bring back those lost parts of ourselves. Here’s how it works, plus signs you might be in need of soul healing. As therapist De-Andrea Blaylock-Johnson, LCSW, tells mbg, this usually happens as a result of trauma that leaves someone feeling detached, fragmented, or seemingly separate from their body. In soul retrieval, a person is typically guided by an experienced shaman through the process of bringing the lost soul back....

Trust really is a practice, an art—especially in those moments when it feels like you’re working hard and things just aren’t happening. In the wellness world, we put so much emphasis on the importance of letting go, relinquishing the need to control and learning to trust that things will simply be taken care of. A job will appear, along with a dream partner and loads of money. In other words: we automatically position ourselves as dependent, weak and disempowered in relation to some elevated idea of “the universe....

And we freeze. Why does this happen so often—for women, particularly—in long-term relationships? However, these outdated perceptions were reflected in the relationship model I saw growing up. I saw my dad trying to grab my mom’s butt as she passed him in the kitchen and her swatting him away. From the outside, it looks like he wants sex and she doesn’t—right? At face value, yes. But there’s so much more to it than that....

According to William Cane, author of The Birth Order Book of Love, “birth order explains how sibling rank (firstborn, middleborn, lastborn, only child) affects personality” and how you interact with others, both socially and romantically. Here’s what you should know about birth order and how it can affect your love life. If you’re the oldest child … … you’re probably organized, ambitious, confident and dominant. As your parents’ only child for a stretch, it’s likely all your achievements were celebrated as there was no competition for attention....

For example, if you grew up in a home where strong emotions were constantly on display, you may have no trouble experiencing and expressing fear, anger, or joy. But if your family kept quiet about their feelings, you may not notice your own emotions very easily, or you may not feel comfortable letting others know when you feel afraid, angry, or even happy. For instance, if you become intensely angry whenever people don’t act the way you thought they should, you might express it immediately in an aggressive way....