Many couples come to couples therapy because they’re dealing with a specific challenge, such as communication issues, difficulties around sex, affairs, or considering a breakup. At core, marriage therapist Linda Carroll, LMFT, says it’s about helping couples “get unstuck from painful dynamics that keep getting repeated.” A good couples therapist teaches couples how to ask for what they want without causing the other person to shut down, Carroll explains. “A therapist knows how to help couples get to the real trouble [at the heart of the issue] and can teach skills or appropriate referrals to help them through it,” she says....

Yoni massage allows you time to slowly explore your body in a more sensual way. It can help people who usually feel finished after one orgasm to achieve multiple orgasms, and it’s especially beneficial for people with vaginas who have never had an orgasm. Lie on your back in a comfortable place with a pillow under your hips, your knees up, and your feet on the ground. Have your favorite massage oil handy....

In an effort to help you navigate the clean diet, we tracked down answers to all the big questions surrounding Whole30, including the following: what you can and can’t eat, how you’ll feel, whether you’ll lose weight, and some sample meal plans. From the founders’ lips to your ears (or rather eyes), everything you need to know about the Whole30 diet is spelled out right here. Whole30 is known for being as effective as it is no-nonsense (and fans of Whole30 think it’s very, very effective)....

However, the mind and brain are actually two very different, but interconnected, entities. As a neuroscientist, this reality is the foundation of my life’s research and work: The mind works through the brain but is separate from the brain. The mind uses the brain, and the brain responds to the mind. The mind also changes the brain. People choose their actions—their brains do not force them to do anything. Yes, there would be no conscious experience without the brain, but experience cannot be reduced to the brain’s actions....

That’s why I was excited to speak with relationship expert Margaret Paul, Ph.D., on this episode of the mindbodygreen podcast. As a bestselling author with a Ph.D. in psychology, Paul seems to have relationships down to a science: She knows just what it takes to make a relationship last, as well as what really happens when a couple just “loses their magic.” No need to fret—here, the secret to finding true love....

Even after a person has permanently ended their relationship with the narcissist, oftentimes they can find themselves still shackled by the trauma of what happened. As a psychologist who works with survivors of narcissistic abuse regularly, I’ve seen the way a past relationship with a narcissist can continue to haunt someone and hold them back considerably even years down the line. But the effects of having dated a narcissist can continue to linger even after you’ve cut off all contact and your legal entanglements with them are over....

So to help you out, we selected one actionable tip for each skin goal, all backed by science. These certainly aren’t the only ways to tend to your skin in 2023, but they will help you achieve a running start. Let’s get into it. Short answer: probably. “Vitamin C is one of the few active ingredients that can benefit all skin types,” board-certified dermatologist Elizabeth Tanzi, M.D., says about the ingredient....