“What determines whether a tea is green, black, white, or oolong depends entirely on the degree of processing that the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant undergo after they’ve been harvested,” says Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., in The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth. “Here’s the short summary: Black tea is fully fermented; oolong tea is partially fermented; green tea is not fermented at all but pan-fried and dried; and white tea is barely processed....
And if you’re a heavy sitter, or have stayed even remotely up to date with health news in the last decade, you know that sitting is straight-up bad for us. Taking walk breaks, even short ones, can activate our glutes and lengthen the front of the hips, essentially counteracting the physiological harm of sitting. That isn’t to say that getting up to fill your water a few times a day is going to reverse all the side effects, but we should always be looking for ways to break up our sitting with movement....
Here are my tips for using the milestones of 2023 to make energetically aligned changes to your home environment that call on feng shui principles. You can use magenta to support your goals by writing your 2023 plans with a magenta pen or a fine-point magenta sharpie, adding splashes of magenta to your vision board, or wearing magenta to important meetings. You might want to kick off this year by doing some deep cleaning to polish and highlight the lovely details in your home....
“Erikson suggests that in early adulthood, we encounter the psychosocial crisis of intimacy versus isolation,” psychologist Karin Anderson Abrell, Ph.D., explains to mbg. “We navigate ways we’ll express and receive intimacy with friends, family members, and romantic partners.” During this stage, she adds, we determine our preferences and norms, which will influence the dynamics of all our relationships. “Some of us will desire deep intimacy, while others will feel more comfortable with greater emotional distance in relationships....
Many people are quick to exit a relationship as soon as these feelings crop up, assuming they’re signs the relationship has run its course. However, according to one therapist, feeling unhappy in a relationship doesn’t necessarily mean it’s time to jump ship. “We won’t be [happy] 100% of the time anywhere in our lives,” she points out. For example, you might be working your absolute dream job, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be some days or some periods when the work is stressful or mundane....
But it’s especially important to be able to recognize unhealthy dynamics when you’re in them, so you can take the steps needed to get to a better place—whether that means rebuilding the relationship from the ground up or removing yourself from the situation completely. A relationship doesn’t necessarily need to involve “bad” people for it to become toxic. It’s more about whether the dynamic between the two partners allows both individuals to feel individually happy, nourished, empowered, and whole—consistently, in both the good times and the bad times....
Nardi describes this type as playful, reflective, action-oriented, and driven by personal values. And as John Hackston, head of thought leadership at the Myers-Briggs Company tells mbg, ISFPs have a quiet, tolerant approach that can lead to them being underestimated by others—and even themselves. “They’re flexible and spontaneous but may find routines and strict rules difficult to cope with,” he notes. Hackston adds that this type also often values and feels an affinity with the beauty of the natural world....
