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Psychologist and relationship expert Margaret Paul, Ph.D., notes that pretending to oneself is the most common pretending of all. “I have worked with people who kid themselves into thinking they are over an ex when they really aren’t,” she says. “Many people don’t want to do the inner work to really be over an ex” and simply pretend to have moved on. Now, it’s important to note that while people may be pretending or kidding themselves, this isn’t always the case: It’s possible that they have truly moved on....

Julie realized that she had a knack for all things music and art at the age of 28, so she pivoted from a steady job in the fashion business to embrace her creative pursuits wholeheartedly—refusing to let anyone’s perception of what was “normal” or “responsible” get to her. Her husband, Rich Roll, went through his own dramatic career shift years after, leaving behind his job as a successful lawyer to chase his athletic dreams....

“Loneliness is a deeper thing because it’s more of a psychological state where people feel like their relationships, the quantity of their relationships, the quality of their relationships, are not where they need to be,” Jackson explains. “You can be lonely and not be alone. You can literally be surrounded by a whole bunch of people and still feel like you’re lonely.” In the context of a marriage, if your marriage isn’t fulfilling your need for companionship, love, affection, or other social needs, you may very well feel lonely despite technically having a life partner....

This “ending” energy, the twins explain, makes mutable signs adaptable, good with change, and almost like the “editors of the zodiac.” They add that mutable signs, “take all the ideas, systems and information that other signs have built, and perfect it, getting it ready for prime time.” They’re very adaptable and can go with the flow, so they don’t have a problem finding a compromise everyone can agree on. They’re solution-oriented and spontaneous, but the twins do note that too much mutable energy can lead to flakiness or a noncommittal attitude....

And now, a new study1 suggests that living in a polluted area is associated with a higher likelihood of developing glaucoma, a group of conditions that damage the optic nerve, which is essential for healthy vision. When the results of the glaucoma tests were compared to the fine participate matter levels in the area, there was a strong link. The data showed those living in the most polluted areas had a 6% higher risk of having glaucoma and a significantly greater risk of having a thinner retina, which is one of the common changes seen in glaucoma progression....

Research on precrastination1 confirms the drawbacks of being the proverbial early bird: Back in 2014, psychologist David Rosenbaum, Ph.D., and his colleagues had college students carry one of a pair of buckets to the end of a walkway, asking them to choose whichever bucket seemed easier. Instead of choosing the bucket closer to the end, most of them chose the one closer to the starting point. That meant they carried the bucket for a longer distance, when it would’ve been easier to complete the task by waiting to grab the bucket closer to the end....

Though period flu is not a medical condition and can’t be diagnosed, the symptoms are very real for many women. To better understand what causes period flu and how to treat it, mbg spoke with integrative physicians and OB/GYNs. While these pre-period symptoms are similar to those of influenza, period flu is distinguished by its cyclical nature. “Period flu symptoms can occur between ovulation and the beginning of your period,” integrative medicine doctor Alejandra Carrasco, M....