Here’s what to know about rising signs, how to find yours, plus what each of the 12 signs says about your personality and the way you are perceived. Where your sun sign relates to the position of the sun relative to the astrological year (i.e., Libra season or Taurus season), your rising sign relates to the position of the sun relative to the time of day. (The sun travels through each sign every day....

Bloating is common, and the key to beating it is to understand the cause. From working with people in my clinic, I can tell you that bloating typically has less to do with how committed you are to a diet and exercise plan and much more to do with the bacteria in your gut and how efficiently you’re metabolizing estrogen. There are three main culprits that lead to water retention, and once you can identify which is your main root cause, you can start eating to treat it....

Studies show1 that one in five people experience regular foot pain, aching, or stiffness, and most of those people are women. So whether you’re supporting your longevity with daily “hot girl” walks or have an active job with long hours on your feet, this expert-advised list of the best walking shoes for women will keep your feet comfortable and your body happy. “Whether it is a soft or hard surface will determine which shoe gear is best for standing all day,” says Weiser....

The diet emphasizes healthy, whole foods that bring nutritional value without imposing too many serious rules for what you can (or can’t) eat. Another key component of the lifestyle? Spending time with family and friends. Studies have shown the health benefits of this habit, and it’s common practice in the Blue Zones, where people live longest. There are two of these zones along the Mediterranean (Sardinia, Italy; and Icaria, Greece), but spending time with the people who matter is a common thread among more than just those communities....

Debra Lee Baldwin, the author of Succulents Simplified, likens their plump leaves to a succulent steak. “When you push on it, it has that soft resilience,” she tells mbg. “Tropical plants have thin leaves because they’re getting plenty of moisture from either rain or humidity, so they don’t need to store it.” “Based on the research I’ve found, there are over 10,000 different types of succulents that we know of, but a lot of those include the ones that humans are now cultivating and hybridizing,” Rachael Cohen, the author of Infinite Succulent, tells mbg....

“We’ve gotten so good at the future that we’ve lost our ability to be happy and fulfilled in the present,” he continues. And being fully present is the foundation of long-lasting, successful relationships—familial, platonic, and romantic. Below, Lieberman offers his tips to better manage your dopamine and, in turn, save your relationships: “We’ve got to come out of dopamine [and] into the here and now to enjoy the things that we have,” he explains....

Now, while wrinkles are ultimately inevitable (and shouldn’t be feared), they do signal skin changes and sometimes damage of some sort—and if the creases start to crop up earlier than you’d like, you can attempt to smooth those lines with some targeted tips. But wait: Different types of wrinkles have (slightly) different causes—so you can’t exactly soften them all in one fell swoop. “Examples include the marionette lines from the edge of the mouth to the jaw, nasolabial folds from the sides of the nose to the corners of the mouth, cheek lines behind the smile lines, neck, and under-chin lines,” adds Bailey....