Over the past five years of searching, here’s the most compelling evidence I’ve found that has changed my mind about the great beyond: For example, there was one case of a child who had specific memories of his troop during WW2. He met fellow members of this troop who were now old men, and some of his memories of them proved spot-on. There was another who identified and met his previous life’s children—who are now older adults....
As clinical psychologist Kristina Hallett, Ph.D., ABPP, previously explained to mbg, your type is determined by where you fall on the four different trait spectrums of the MBTI, which are introverted versus extroverted, intuitive versus sensing, thinking versus feeling, and sensing versus judging. So, an INFJ is someone who is typically more introverted and relies on their intuition to gather information. They also make decisions through feelings and emotions as opposed to logic, and they prefer to approach their life with more structure and scheduling as opposed to flexibility and spontaneity....
We consulted experts in fitness and nutrition to figure out whether coffee helps or hurts a workout, when to drink it, and how much you should consume. “The high content of polyphenols in coffee can help with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory protection, as well as blood sugar balance,” he says. Each of these aspects is important for exercise performance and especially for post-exercise recovery and tissue repair. Along with the polyphenols, the caffeine in coffee has performance-enhancing properties....
“I think people can feel intense attraction and connection that they can mistake as love,” licensed marriage therapist Racine R. Henry, Ph.D., LMFT, tells mbg. “We all like to believe that love is only magic, but a lot of it is actually choice.” How long it takes to fall in love can vary depending on the individual and what their personal definition of love is. But as psychologist and sex therapist Lauren Fogel Mersy, PsyD, explains, romantic love requires actually knowing someone and their full self—something that’s impossible to do just by looking at a person....
There’s a reason the topic is so testy: As with many beauty queries, there isn’t a straight-up answer. So we turned to three dermatologists to help break it down. Many have raised concerns that a moisturizer may dilute the SPF component, rendering it not as effective. As board-certified dermatologist Jeanine Downie, M.D., says, “I definitely feel that moisturizer combined with sunscreen decreases the effectiveness of sunscreen.” Although, perhaps it’s less about the formula itself and more about user behavior: Namely, moisturizers with SPF typically aren’t as water-resistant, so they might not work as well if you’re swimming or sweating....
But the connection between diet and mental health goes a lot deeper than getting a little hangry now and then. About five years ago, I learned this firsthand. After suffering increasingly severe symptoms from a mystery illness (which I’d later learn was Lyme disease) to the point that I could no longer walk more than five minutes without debilitating pain, I had to leave my job in NYC and move back in with my parents....
But in a 1980 paper published in the Journal of the National Medical Association, the late psychiatrist Carl C. Bell, M.D., CCHP, pondered, “What characteristics cause an individual to accommodate to racist views which are in direct opposition to the value of a democratic free society?” The concept of the “narcissistic racist” was recently brought to light again in a widely shared Instagram post by Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah, a user experience designer focused on racial justice education and decolonizing wellness....
