As someone who avoids caffeine, I’ve become an herbal tea connoisseur. I’ve used them to crush my anxiety and eliminate my allergies: And now I’ve found a hormone-balancing blend that I can’t stop drinking. Let’s break that down. I’m on board with chamomile, which has been shown in a number of studies to help reduce stress, which would balance cortisol levels, counteracting the frenetic energy that makes up much of the modern woman’s life....
Ever versatile, turmeric can be consumed as a root, a spice, or a concentrated supplement (i.e., a root extract), and it pairs as well with breakfast as it does dinner. This raises the question—is there a best time of day to enjoy it to reap the most benefits? We asked around to see what health and nutrition experts had to say. As nutritional psychiatrist and bestselling author Uma Naidoo, M.D., tells mindbodygreen, curcumin, one of the main phytonutrient active ingredients in turmeric, is first and foremost a powerful antioxidant4....
These descriptors feel like little badges of honor. They may not change the way I present myself in the world, but they provide a framework for analyzing some of my patterns and tendencies. To calculate your human design (you can find out yours using an online calculator, like this one), you’ll need your birth date, time, and location. The resulting chart is a slightly intimidating map of numbers and symbols arranged on a human figure....
If you’re interested in learning more about what it means to be a health coach and whether or not it’s right for you, read on. We spoke with experts in the field for insights on starting a fulfilling career in health coaching. Unlike doctors, health coaches do not prescribe medication, make diagnoses, or interpret lab results. Instead, they offer support, motivation, and positive psychology to help clients make behavioral change. “Health coaches help you to discover and implement practices that can sustain long-lasting improvement to your overall health and well-being,” meditation instructor and certified health coach Pilin Anice, tells mindbodygreen....
Most people living in developed countries with access to unprocessed foods get enough biotin through diet alone and frank deficiency is rare1. That being said—knowing which foods contain biotin may help you map out your intake if you’re looking to up your daily dose. “Also known as vitamin B7, biotin plays a role in the conversion of food into energy in the body,” Amy Shapiro, M.S., R.D., RDN, registered dietitian and founder of Real Nutrition, says....
Rape culture is a deeply ingrained societal issue that combines these obvious problems with more subtle ones, like how women are taught to prevent rape more than men are taught not to rape. Here, we again see rape being treated as something that’s normal and expected. Importantly, just because you’re not a rapist doesn’t mean you don’t contribute to rape culture. Sure, jokes are jokes. But when the butt of our jokes are victims of unspeakable trauma, we’re unnecessarily reopening people’s wounds—and subtly sending the message that what they experienced is not that big a deal....
This was my daily experience for most of my life. As early as elementary school I remember having trouble walking to school because I felt so sensitive to what everyone around me was thinking. Their judgments, their impressions and critiques—it was like I could feel all of it without anyone even saying anything. Strangers I didn’t even know were picking me apart from across every street in San Francisco. I was 25 and my life was fantastic....
