I was waiting in the green room at a marketing conference, minutes before I was expected to go onstage to deliver a keynote when I suddenly felt a gush of blood go down my leg. Shocked and confused because I had just completed a menstrual cycle, I quickly cleaned it up, feeling grateful I’d chosen to wear a red dress that day. After my speaking engagement ended, I returned backstage hoping the mysterious bleeding had stopped....

On the macro level: The best thing you can do to curb mindless spending is to track your purchases and budget accordingly, as we’ve learned about keeping a money diary. This will help you be aware of patterns long term. “I’m a big fan of having people notice what is happening with their money. Physically writing down your purchases is creating an awareness that’s in the moment,” financial expert Lynne Somerman told us....

Here, we’re taking a closer look at indigo auras—including different shades and what they mean, plus how to work with indigo aura energy, according to experts. As spiritual author Gabriela Herstik previously explained to mbg, your aura is a reflection of your current energetic state. “Even though we might have a lot of purple in our aura one day, it may not be as prominent the next,” she says. That said, here are a few different shades of indigo auras and what they mean....

Many women have some anxiety about perimenopause, but knowledge is power. As a holistic OB/GYN, author of the book The Hormone Fix, and a physician who is passionate about helping women restore balance to their bodies and feel their best, it’s my job to make sure you know exactly what’s going on with your hormones during this time. So far, medicine has failed to find safe, effective solutions to the hormone fluctuations that can make our lives more difficult during this time....

And I don’t mean before the sex starts or after it ends (although both are great things as well). I mean during the actual sex. To clarify, you can certainly talk with your body: Nonverbal cues, including moving someone’s hand where you want it to go, moaning when they do something you like, or shaking your head when something makes you uncomfortable, all count as forms of communication. Both verbal and nonverbal communication were associated with more communication satisfaction and thus more sexual satisfaction....

Eating a more magnesium-rich diet is a great place to start. Magnesium is present in some delicious foods like dark leafy green vegetables, legumes and nuts, wheat and other grains, and fish. Additionally, magnesium can be utilized in other forms—including as traditional supplement capsules, Epsom salts, magnesium oil, magnesium cream, and drinkable powder—that make it easy to incorporate it into your everyday routine. This versatility means you might have a friend who takes a magnesium supplement to help her sleep, a family member who’s an Epsom salt bath enthusiast, or a co-worker who swears by that powdered magnesium she drinks for post-workout muscle recovery....

Valerian has long been used as a mild sedative, but research into its efficacy as a sleep aid has brought up some mixed results. One 1996 study on 121 patients1 found that dried valerian root could decrease insomnia symptoms when taken at bedtime for 28 days, compared to a placebo. However, during a more recent trial on 16 women with insomnia, valerian did not appear to improve sleep2 after two weeks....