From when you should be taking your B vitamin complex to reap the benefits to the particularities of how you should be taking this vitamin, here’s everything you need to know. Some vitamins are water-soluble, while others are fat-soluble (i.e., vitamins A, D, E, and K). B vitamins are water-soluble by nature. So you might assume that you’ll reap the most benefits taking your B complex on an empty stomach with a wonderfully hydrating glass of water, right?...

For example, if you grew up in a home where strong emotions were constantly on display, you may have no trouble experiencing and expressing fear, anger, or joy. But if your family kept quiet about their feelings, you may not notice your own emotions very easily, or you may not feel comfortable letting others know when you feel afraid, angry, or even happy. For instance, if you become intensely angry whenever people don’t act the way you thought they should, you might express it immediately in an aggressive way....

And, just as the infant must one day push against her mother to become herself, we, too, need to eventually create boundaries in our relationships, and make sure to preserve the edges of our individuality. Particularly at the beginning of a relationship, during the so-called “honeymoon phase,” pushing our lovers away is the last thing we want to do. We want to stay in what I call the “merge cycle” — and why wouldn’t we?...

Sure I’d love to buy 100 percent organic and practice yoga three times a week. But most days, I’m thinking about how I’m going to make my car payment or buy groceries or afford after-school activities for my kids. The wellness community often operates on the assumption that simple mind-shifts and affirmations alone will result in a better life, and that’s true—as long as your basic needs are met. After a year here, I found a full-time job....

But after my husband and I got over the initial shock of this little surprise, we started breaking the news to our closest friends. I know they say you should wait until 12 weeks before you tell people. But we were excited, both young and healthy, and we thought nothing would happen. At the appointment, when we got to the ultrasound portion, the doctor pulled over her dinky little machine and got the wand in place....

He and I had been getting close over the course of a few weeks, and it seemed like an appropriate time for us to take our physical intimacy to the next level. I could feel his strong desire for me, and while I also felt desire for him, there was a little problem. Not yet, at least. It wasn’t because I wasn’t attracted to him. It wasn’t because I didn’t want to get close....

Don’t roll your eyes. The truth is, when you don’t feel enough love on the inside—when you don’t feel good enough, lovable enough, smart enough, anything enough—your default is to move into trying to get someone else to make you feel this way. You figure, “If they love me, then I’ll feel loved.” Unfortunately, it doesn’t work this way. Trying to secure love on the outside causes us to chase after people and demand their love....