I’ve had meditation experiences ranging from full-day, in-person meditation retreats, learning from meditation teachers over Zoom, and using other apps like Headspace and Insight Timer. Even for someone like me with quite a bit of experience with meditating, the Calm app helped strengthen my mindfulness toolbox to effectively get me through my week. The Calm app was founded in 2012 by Alex Tew and Michael Acton Smith. According to an Inc....

If you neglect adequate foot care, you may be left with excessive dryness, painful cracks, dense calluses, and even peeling skin. If this sounds like something you’ve experienced before, you’ve come to the right place. Here, everything you need to know about the causes, prevention, and treatment of dry and cracked feet. It’s important to note that there is a wide range of causes for dry feet. Sometimes lifestyle habits are relevant, but other times what’s going on inside the body is the primary cause....

That being said, it’s equally important to feel confident in how you look, for the sake of your mental health. So if crepey skin has you down, this might help you make sense of what’s going on and encourage firmer skin naturally. This is where the term crepey comes from. Though your skin isn’t as thin as a streamer, similar wrinkles and lack of structure can occur, especially as you age....

That being said, probiotics can be one of the most beneficial supplements out there if you find the right strains, give it enough time, and combine them with other beneficial lifestyle changes.* An unbalanced gut microbiome is connected to a variety of health concerns, from seemingly innocuous (albeit very uncomfortable) things like bloating to more serious issues1. In other words, probiotics—which are live bacteria and yeasts—are fighting for you, helping to restore and maintain balance in your gut....

But according to experts, cycle tracking is actually one simple and effective way for the two of you to be more intimately connected and understanding. Here’s why. According to licensed sex therapist De-Andrea Blaylock-Solar, MSW, LCSW-S, CST, if you don’t already talk to your partner about your cycle, you might want to start. “Knowing your own cycle, and then to be able to share that with your partner, is so beneficial for a lot of different reasons,” she says....

I never thought I’d write those words. Six months ago, when I flew from California to NYC after Christmas, I threw up before takeoff. It was during our taxi away from the jetway, the seat-belt light brightly illuminated. With a stranger on either side of me, I reached for the plastic-lined bag in the seat-pocket in front of me—a bag I’d heretofore assumed was mainly for chewing gum disposal—and, as quietly as possible, retched....

Did you know that consuming sugar causes the brain to release dopamine, the same neurotransmitter linked with cocaine usage? It boosts you into a momentary high, drops you like a ton of bricks, and leaves you craving more. A dangerous cycle for sure, and many of us can relate to being in what we affectionately call a “sugar coma.” We tend to associate this tag with children, most likely because our adult bodies have become so accustomed to the nasty cycle that we don’t even realize we have been suffering our entire lives from excess amounts of sugar....