Fortunately, there are plenty of expert-backed ways to sleep through the entire night without waking up. Wake-ups generally take place during light sleep, or the second of the four phases of sleep when the body’s core temperature starts to rise, explains sleep expert Michael J. Breus, Ph.D. Unlike in deeper sleep stages like REM sleep, the brain can easily be awakened during light sleep. But what causes these middle-of-the-night awakenings? “Sometimes simply going through a stressful time can cause people to wake in the middle of the night,” says Teitelbaum....

In codependent relationships, your partner’s well-being becomes fundamentally entangled with your well-being. You may find yourself confused as you try to make choices and decisions. Putting attention on your partner’s real or imagined reactions and responses feels safer and easier than putting attention on yourself, especially during key, emotionally charged moments. This can make it hard to set, respect, and recognize your own and other’s boundaries or to know and honor what you want when your desires are distinct from your partner’s....

Living your life obsessed with weight and food is exhausting. It’s isolating. It’s painful. Think about how much more joy and in-the-moment experience we’d have in life were we not putting so much energy into planning meals, restricting, bingeing, beating ourselves up, and exercising from a place of anxiety. It’s being a friend and coach to yourself, being empathic, understanding, patient, tolerant, and compassionate—while still having expectations and valuing growth. This is a long process and requires you to take time deepening your connection to yourself....

If you’ve ever been in this situation and paused to think about it, that’s a great sign. You’re examining your motives in context, and you’re reflecting on whether an impulse that appears to be “good” is genuinely the right thing to do in a particular situation. When this happens, there’s a risk we’ll actually harm those we most want to help by enabling them rather than allowing them to find their own way, make their own mistakes, and master the challenges life presents them with....

Here’s what you should know about natural hair toner before you use it and 10 ingredients you never knew you could use—some that you might have right in your kitchen! Toners, on the other hand, act as a tweakment to your hair color, whether that color be your natural hue or the result of a previous dye job. Toners also come in many forms: There are in-salon options, as well as at-home toning treatments, for example pigmented shampoos and conditioners are even considered toners....

When inflammation isn’t managed and becomes chronic, it wreaks havoc on the body, both inside and out, often making you feel and look tired and “washed out". When trying to calm inflammation, it’s vital that you give your body the absolute best tools to work with: Eat plenty of organic vegetables, quality proteins, healthy fats, and supplementing with a daily dose of collagen.* Poor gut health, on the other hand, leads to stomach lining permeability where particles can leak into the rest of the body, which then triggers inflammation in the body....

All of these micro-trends have one thing in common: Rather than playing up a natural flush, beauty fans are using blush to make a statement. It’s a welcome addition to the holiday glam circuit, especially for those who rely on a classic red lip year after year. And because of the product’s buildable nature, there’s plenty of room to experiment: “Unlike something more precision-based like graphic eyeliner, taking a fluffy brush and swirling blush over your nose or temples is freeing,” says Donni Davy, head Euphoria makeup artist and co-founder of Half Magic....