The Best Breakfast For Having A Great Poop

Whether you used to eat oats or never got into oats in the first place, you’re missing out! And with gut health becoming more and more of a health concern lately, there’s even more reason why you should be including oats in your diet. Oats are nutritional powerhouses. They contain healthy unsaturated fats, protein, dietary fibers, disease-fighting phytochemicals, vitamins, and minerals. However, the one nutrient that really makes oats stand out is fiber....

February 2, 2023 · 3 min · 440 words · Nicholas Garcia DDS

The Best Time Of Day To Have Sex According To Experts

As certified sex therapist Tammy Nelson, Ph.D., tells mbg, the best time to have sex will be different for every person and couple. But each time of day does come with its own benefits. “Testosterone levels are naturally highest in a man’s body in the morning, which is why men tend to have morning erections,” Nelson explains. “And for early risers, it’s a great way to start the day.” Certified sex coach Gigi Engle adds that morning sex may be more pleasurable because the body is so relaxed....

February 2, 2023 · 3 min · 498 words · Diamond Cruz

The Clinically Kind Cleanser That Finally Soothed My Sensitive Skin

Now, years later, I know this approach was only doing more harm than good. Here’s how I learned to listen, healed my skin, and discovered a ride-or-die cleanser, Beekman 1802’s Milk Wash Exfoliating Jelly Cleanser, that helped me find my way back to healthy and happy skin. It’s amazing how quickly I was able to find solutions when I really heard what my skin was trying to tell me. I slowed my routine down and noticed my skin was tight, itchy, and, well, angry after daily cleansing and twice-weekly exfoliating....

February 2, 2023 · 3 min · 482 words · Mary Murray

The Difficult Person Test How It Works The 7 Key Traits

Nonetheless, building upon the work of Sleep and her colleagues, the test has risen in popularity in recent months thanks to social media. The team doesn’t actually label these traits as “difficult,” notes Joshua D. Miller, Ph.D., a personality researcher and University of Georgia psychology professor who supervised Sleep’s research, in an interview with mindbodygreen (Sleep was not available for comment). “We call it disagreeableness—it is a spectrum that spans antagonism to agreeableness,” he says....

February 2, 2023 · 5 min · 967 words · Elizabeth Hancock

The Epiphany That Made Me Stop Dating Unavailable Men

I know this concept through and through. I’ve dedicated my life to helping others transform their relationships by changing their internal realities. Even though all this is true, you better believe I still felt annoyed, frustrated and disheartened when the man I was intimately involved with began to feel “unavailable” to me. Yes. Again. I realized that I had more work to do. (Ugh.) To understand why this man began to feel unavailable to me, I first had to understand myself better....

February 2, 2023 · 3 min · 491 words · Carrie Rivera

The Karezza Method How To Try This Spiritual Sexual Practice

The intent behind the karezza method is to deepen the sexual and emotional connection, according to certified clinical sexologist Randi Levison. The practice “teaches couples to focus on the entire being, not just a body part,” she says. “It’s all about relaxing and being in the present moment.” The practice has also been known by the Latin name “coitus reservatus,” although this is slightly different from true karezza, because coitus reservatus only involves the penetrating partner withholding from orgasm while encouraging the receptive partner to still have them....

February 2, 2023 · 4 min · 666 words · David Thompson

The Law Of Detachment What It Is 7 Ways To Use It Daily

Here’s what this law is all about, plus how to work with it, according to experts. As spiritual author Shannon Kaiser explains to mbg, the Law of Detachment is a universal spiritual principle that guides many faiths (i.e., Taoism, Jainism, and Buddhism) and comes down to separating yourself and your emotions from your goals. From a psychological perspective, neuroscientist and author of The Source Tara Swart, Ph.D., adds that “it takes time to build and strengthen neural pathways until you are ready for a new behavior, relationship, or job....

February 2, 2023 · 3 min · 513 words · Jackie Cowan