If a recent experience of getting ghosted has you in despair, here are three positive ways you can respond to this less-than-desirable situation: Ghosting anyone—whether it’s a dating prospect, a friend, or a family member—is indicative of a myriad of emotional hang-ups. The level of engagement is equal to the ghost’s level of emotional capability. When someone ghosts you, they are essentially communicating to you in no uncertain terms that they are selfish, disrespectful of the feelings of others (namely yours), and that they are unable to handle even the simplest forms of discomfort or difficulty....

Practically every facet of our culture has some sort of galactic or futuristic element (perhaps due to the rise of the metaverse?). During a recent chat at Condé Nast, Kim Kardashian described her personal style as “Future Alien Barbie.” Model Bella Hadid had a dress literally sprayed on her body during the Coperni show at Paris Fashion Week. Scroll through your social media feeds, and you’ll see a slew of “chromecore” looks that practically scream Space Age....

Here, we do dive deep into blue auras—the different shades, what they mean, and how these folks fare in life, love, and more. If the blue in your aura is bright and clear, this is a sign your throat chakra is balanced and flowing. If the blue looks slightly murky, neon, or washed out, it could mean you’re struggling to express yourself and your truth. (For this, Kaiser has a mantra to amplify blue energy: My voice is my vehicle to create harmony and peace in the world, for myself and others....

As big fans of this all-natural ingredient, we’ve already explained the many research-backed benefits of this healing plant. But when it comes to acne scars, the research and expert insight are less clear. In fact, there’s no conclusive research on acne scars and aloe vera specifically. What we do know is that aloe does possess certain characteristics that are beneficial for helping to heal the skin—and therefore, one can infer, acne scars....

The first and most effective place to start? Diet. Below is a shopping list that includes candida-fighting foods and excludes foods that encourage its growth. It’s always helpful to have a variety of candida-friendly groceries available to you when you want to prepare a meal for yourself or your family. That way, whether you are in a bind and want to whip up something quickly, or you want to prepare something a little more involved, you have many of the necessary staples on hand to do so, instead of having to resort to takeout dishes that might contain gluten, added sugars, or other candida-inflammatory ingredients....

Ah, but then there’s that exceedingly unpractical thing called love, which can always find a way to sneak into even the most decidedly closed hearts. You meet someone new, you feel things you haven’t felt in years, and suddenly you’re back to questioning everything. No matter how much we think we’ve learned from our past relationships that tells us to be cautious, that warm feeling called love can make us suddenly willing to take all the same risks all over again....

The best way to think of a dom-sub relationship is as “a consensual, eroticized exchange of power,” a definition that was introduced by Cynthia Slater, an early leader in the SF Bay Area BDSM community, according to sexologist Carol Queen, Ph.D. Dom and sub relationships are represented by the “DS” in the acronym BDSM, which stands for bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadism and masochism. The power differential between the dom and sub is sometimes memorialized with capital and small-case letters: You will often see the acronym written D/s, Queen notes....