The cervix is located at the very back of the vagina and surrounded by a lot of nerves, which may feel good when stimulated, explains Good Vibrations sexologist Carol Queen, Ph.D., Depending on the owner’s phase of their menstrual cycle, reaching the cervix may involve pretty deep penetration, adds OB-GYN Sherry A. Ross, M.D., and that feeling of “fullness” combined with the stimulation of those deep vaginal nerve endings can produce an orgasm for some people....

Conflict resolution may seem straightforward—if there’s a problem, then the people involved just talk about it, right? Well, it’s not always that simple. It can be, but more often than not, we can quickly lose sight of the root of the issue in conversations that get derailed by misconstrued feelings, projections, assumptions, or needs. Learning conflict resolution skills is important to success at work and in life, says Margolis—but that doesn’t mean it’s easy for everyone....

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Many people struggle with skin picking, or at the very least likes to mess with their skin on some level: Consider dermatillomaniac as a spectrum of intensity. Dermatillomania and trichotillomania are what’s known as body-focused repetitive behaviors, or “BFRBs” for short. As the picking started to take off, I wasn’t aware of the terminology for a long time. To be honest, I just thought I had really bad skin. I’d think, “What’s wrong; why can’t I find the right treatment?...

In short, the idea of divine inspiration stems from the sheer inexplicability of creativity. Great creatives through time have felt they couldn’t have come up with their work on their own, so it must have been divinely inspired. “Depending on what you believe, this could be inspiration from God, universal source energy, ascended masters, archangels, spirit guides, ancestors, or even your higher self,” she notes, adding, “I like to say that divine inspiration is the support of love energy guiding you....

One of the biggest questions popping up lately is whether or not coffee affects the body’s inflammatory response. Turns out, it can, but it can also provide anti-inflammatory properties, depending on who you are and how much you drink. One clinical research study3 looked at a large pool of data and found that these polyphenols could specifically help a handful of inflammatory markers, including cytokines, chemokines, and basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2)....

Dreams are, after all, a way for us to process life. And dreaming about death is often a way to process the fear of the unknown. Morbid dreams can show up when we are in the middle of a job transition, a divorce, an identity crisis, or any other kind of major shift. In 2020, we are all going through a transformation on some level. We are all connected, so on some level, we are all affected....