Perhaps our hurt 5-year-old self shows up when our best friend doesn’t answer our phone call, or our misunderstood 15-year-old self comes out when a colleague doesn’t see eye to eye. Caring for this younger version of ourselves is what inner child work is all about. We all have a younger part of ourselves that was “never quite loved the right way or the way they needed as a child,” clinical psychologist Trish Phillips, Psy....
To give you a better understanding of what inulin is, how it can be beneficial, and how to get more into your diets, registered dietitians share their insight. More specifically, it’s a prebiotic, soluble fiber, which means it digests slowly and is beneficial for gut health. “Inulin is also added into some prepackaged foods,” registered dietitian Aja Gyimah, MHSc, R.D., tells us, “like bread, snack bars, and cereal, to add more fiber....
While the cause of browning can differ depending on the type and location of your plant, here are some general rules of (green)thumb to remember. Rebecca Bullene, the founder of Brooklyn-based plant shop Greenery Unlimited, says that this browning is a plant’s way of telling you it’s stressed. “Plants get stressed just like humans do—and like with humans, their stress is cumulative over time,” she explains. This means that the leaf browning you’re seeing may not even be an immediate reaction to your recent watering routine but instead speak to the tiny stressors your plant has been putting up with for a while....
Your rising sign reveals how you interact with the world, from your appearance to your attitude to the first impressions you make on others. For example, a Leo sun with a Capricorn rising will likely exhibit Capricorn-like traits you wouldn’t expect from typical Leo energy, or will even physically look more like a Capricorn. Your rising sign also determines where your first house of identity falls in your chart (your ascendant is always your first house), which sets the stage for the rest of the houses in your chart....
According to Anthony Freire, LMHC, the clinical director of the Soho Center for Mental Health Counseling, there are a variety of ways in which people define bisexuality—some of which are rooted in skepticism, prejudice, and assumptions, even within the LGBTQIA+ community. There’s a common misconception that bisexual people are people who are specifically attracted to men and women only, therefore excluding nonbinary people, whereas pansexuality is inclusive of all genders. But in reality, a bisexual person might be attracted to women and femmes, men and nonbinary folks, or any other combination of genders....
So here’s what I recommend you do before, during and after drinking alcohol to help limit the damage: Try this: Don’t think about a pink elephant. Impossible, right? Similarly when you think, “I’m not going to get drunk,” it’s impossible to stop thinking about getting drunk. Your mind is wired for reward and novelty. So instead, focus on the positive by thinking, “I easily can only drink two drinks and lot’s of water,” or whatever works best for you....
Chai is made using different formulas, depending on the region where it is being consumed, but there are a number of standard ingredients: black tea, ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, fennel, clove and black pepper. When analyzing chai’s health benefits, it’s important to examine each ingredient in turn. Though they act synergistically to increase each other’s benefits, the separate botanical components have powerful health benefits on their own. It’s no secret that tea is full of antioxidants....
