Pump after pump, she fills the water pot, balances it on her head, and sashays gracefully toward home. There she empties the pot, astonished by its contents. Instead of precious water, out pour precious ideas. According to my Vedic astrology insights, 2022 unfolds similarly. In times past, you may have casually considered this notion as you skimmed books about “the biology of belief” or “the placebo effect.” But in 2022, the reality-creating power of thought begins to affect all aspects of our lives....

According to Dainis Graveris, a sex educator and founder of Sexual Alpha, neopronouns are a category of new pronouns that intentionally go beyond the traditional gender binary of masculine and feminine. While some people consider they/them/theirs pronouns as the go-to gender-neutral pronouns, they still limit individuals to three pronoun categories—he, she, or they. That’s where neopronouns come in. “Neopronouns empower folks who feel different from the rest of the world to be true to themselves when all other pronouns and labels don’t fit them,” Graveris explains to mbg....

“Body language is the way the body communicates and reacts to the environment around it as well as what is happening internally to a person,” says David Stephens, a senior mentor at the Body Language Academy by Joe Navarro. “It can include everything that is expressed other than words such as facial expressions, different gestures, pacifying movements and vocal characteristics such as the tone and pitch of the voice.” Body language can help reveal a person’s authentic emotions and reactions, as well as conscious or unconscious thoughts, says psychoanalyst Babita Spinelli, L....

When faced with what it perceives to be a threat, our brain (specifically, a tiny region at the base called the hypothalamus) sends out a series of nerve and hormonal signals to alert the adrenal glands located on top of the kidneys to secrete hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol. Cortisol—aka the stress hormone everyone loves to hate—increases the concentration of glucose in our bloodstream and enhances availability of substances our brain and body tissues need for repairs....

As with any supplement, though, reaping the maximum benefits means taking it properly. And while you probably already know that it’s important to take certain vitamins (like vitamin D!) with food that contains fat to promote optimal absorption, you might not know that there’s actually an ideal time and way to take your fish oil, too. Surprise; there is! About those omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil: These polyunsaturated fats help protect your brain, promote a healthy inflammatory response3, have well-established cardiovascular health benefits, and promote eye health4....

As usual, these stereotypes can be pretty harmful, not only because they’re prescriptive (tell a woman to fret about sex enough times and she probably will, right?) but because those who fall outside those expectations can be left feeling abnormal or even ashamed for not fitting the mold. These gendered myths are also far from accurate: Plenty of research shows women enjoy casual sex without any qualms about it, and now a recent study1 published in the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy shows men can get emotional or even sad after sex too....

John Gottman, Ph.D., and Julie Gottman, Ph.D., founders of the Gottman Institute, have conducted research on couples for over two decades, and according to them, there’s one big hurdle we should all be aware of for our relationships to thrive. Here’s what they had to say about it on a recent episode of the mindbodygreen podcast, plus what they recommend if you run up against this hurdle yourself. In courtship, John Gottman says, “We’re looking for somebody who’s really interesting and really different than we are, and then [relationships] go wrong when—after they get together and are in a committed relationship—they try to turn that person into them, and they become critical for the differences....