Chakra translates to “wheel” in Sanskrit, and you can imagine them like wheels of free-flowing positive energy. When the root chakra is open, we feel confident in our ability to withstand challenges and stand on our own two feet. When it’s blocked, we feel threatened, as if we’re standing on unstable ground. What it controls: Survival issues such as financial independence, money, and food Mantra: “I can’t grow from an unsteady foundation....

“One myth to bust: Breasts are pretty much never symmetrical in size and shape,” Gilberg-Lenz adds. A person might have one boob that’s slightly bigger or slightly different in shape from the other. The nipples can also have a lot of variation from person to person: They can be small and flat, large and protruding, or inverted nipples, she says. “Body image is linked to physical and mental health,” Gilberg-Lenz says....

Before starting your first couples’ therapy session, most outlets have you and your partner complete a self-assessment to evaluate your needs. You’ll also have the opportunity to add information about your insurance provider and budget. From there, the services will narrow down their therapists into categories that match your and your partner’s needs. Below, we’ve hand-picked the best online couples’ therapy, as well as your most asked questions about whether these virtual sessions actually work and who can benefit from starting couples’ therapy....

Before starting your first couples’ therapy session, most outlets have you and your partner complete a self-assessment to evaluate your needs. You’ll also have the opportunity to add information about your insurance provider and budget. From there, the services will narrow down their therapists into categories that match your and your partner’s needs. Below, we’ve hand-picked the best online couples’ therapy, as well as your most asked questions about whether these virtual sessions actually work and who can benefit from starting couples’ therapy....

But as a doctor, viewing the tangible evidence of healthy digestion gives me great pleasure. Sometimes it’s associated with diarrhea that is from either an infectious cause (such as salmonella) or a medical one, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s, or ulcerative colitis, and can be thin because the stool hasn’t spent enough time in the colon to bulk itself up. Other times, thin poop occurs because you’re actually constipated and there isn’t enough fiber and water to bulk up the stool....

We talk a lot about the overt narcissists who openly parade their narcissism, and the covert narcissists who masquerade as sensitive introverts. But we need to talk about a more dangerous breed—the spiritual narcissist. It hit me that my initial impression of him as spiritual man allowed me to explain all of the red flags in his behavior as simply remnants of wounds from his former life. Then the women in my life started telling me their stories of lovers, friends, and colleagues who’d pervert spirituality to serve their own ends....

We talk a lot about the overt narcissists who openly parade their narcissism, and the covert narcissists who masquerade as sensitive introverts. But we need to talk about a more dangerous breed—the spiritual narcissist. It hit me that my initial impression of him as spiritual man allowed me to explain all of the red flags in his behavior as simply remnants of wounds from his former life. Then the women in my life started telling me their stories of lovers, friends, and colleagues who’d pervert spirituality to serve their own ends....