Despite all of the benefits, there’s no doubt that beginning therapy is a journey: You’ll discover and rediscover these lessons as you get to know yourself on a deeper level. There is no quick fix or magic pill—change is on the other side but only with intentional effort. Therapy is one of the top methods for managing your mental health, but over time, the investment can be costly. That’s why it can be important to seek out affordable therapy options to help align you with the person you want to be—without breaking the bank....

According to licensed therapist Nancy Colier, LCSW, many of the best dating apps available today make it super simple to connect with people that are your age, have similar interests, or are looking for the same thing as you. To help get you started, here are the seven best dating apps and sites for people over 40 that have proven track records of success. And even if you don’t want children, of course the urgency to find a partner can still exist....

A sexually unfulfilling relationship is a quiet, insidious poison. But it starts subtly. The tiny blips on the radar that signal our partnership is veering toward bitterness or divorce often don’t trigger the alarm until it’s too late. There’s a little voice in the back of our heads that says, “Something’s not right here.” But we often quiet that voice with the response, “But I guess it’s not too bad.” When couples come to me on the verge of divorce, one person in the pair is often blindsided—having had no idea how bad things had gotten—whereas the other partner has known and been trying to tell their partner for years....

However, according to functional medicine doctor Mark Hyman, M.D., vegetables aren’t as good for us as they were in the past. According to Hyman, our agriculture isn’t providing us with food as nutritious as it once was. But before we go blaming the nine-headed monster that is climate change, Hyman suggests we take our own actions into account. He explains that we have the power to restore our agricultural health (and our own, for that matter) and get those vintage veggies in....

But if you’ve never tried them in the past, it can be hard to tell whether collagen or protein powder is the better option for you. Here, we break down the specific benefits for each. In general, “collagen powder and protein powder are different products with different nutrition profiles, different ingredients, and different goals,” says Scott Keatley, R.D. Ultimately, which powder is right for you depends on the benefits you’re looking for....

The oil is heated because it is thought to help open the cuticle and let the oil penetrate deeper. “The idea with heat is that it breaks down the bonds and helps coat it better,” says board-certified dermatologist Doris Day, M.D. “I get the theory behind it, but there isn’t data to prove it. But it’s been done for a long period of time, and we haven’t really seen damage from it, but it really does depend on the technique to it....

When they stay committed to fasting long-term, sticking diligently with a plan that works for them, they get amazing results and, more importantly, sustain those results over time. IF, which involves intermittently eating and then not eating for certain periods of time, has been shown to protect against certain disorders such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease1. While it might seem obvious why you would lose weight fasting—you’re taking in fewer overall calories, presumably—researchers propose other mechanisms are also at work, including improved blood sugar control and insulin sensitivity....