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Gardening gloves can protect your hands and help you be more efficient during long days in the yard or just quick indoor houseplant repottings. Ready to meet your perfect pair? Dig into this guide. Two of the most dangerous soil pathogens are listeria1 and Toxoplasma gondii2. While rare, serious health problems can occur following exposure to these germs—especially among those who are pregnant or have weakened immune systems. Always wear gloves when gardening, just to be safe, and be sure to wash your hands after you’re done....

For more clues on this card’s meaning, you can look at its imagery: A traditional Seven of Swords card depicts a person carrying five swords with their body facing forward but their head looking back at two swords left behind. “It can be read to mean someone is working in their own interest,” explains Herrera. The suit of swords is related to the element of air and is part of the minor arcana....

We reached out to wellness experts from that neck of the woods to learn how Scandinavians set the scene for deep sleep night after night, and how people stateside can do the same: Norwegian wellness coach Wenche Reinstein adds that part of living in tune with the seasons means designing a space that maximizes natural light. She tells mbg that bedrooms in Scandinavia often face East, so they get summer sun in the morning but stay slightly darker in the evenings....

If it’s been a while, know that intimacy is the bedrock of a healthy relationship—including both sexual and emotional intimacy. Here are the seven things you need to know about the connection between emotional and sexual intimacy and how to improve both in your relationship: Intimacy is vast and is defined differently by everyone. The best way to describe intimacy is to think of it as a connection. If you want to be intimate in some way, you want to connect....

“Infrared heaters are a type of space heater that uses infrared radiation to heat an area,” explains HVAC expert David Sheppard. Unlike traditional heaters that warm the air, this safe form of radiation heats objects (or your body) directly through infrared light waves. “Infrared heaters are often used as an alternative to traditional space heaters, as they are more energy efficient and can heat an area more evenly,” he adds. And according to home expert and host of My Southern Home, Kimberly Greenwell, there are more advantages than disadvantages to infrared heaters, including a safer, less obtrusive design....

That means, yes, serious relationships involve some sort of commitment—though not necessarily a commitment to exclusivity, not necessarily a commitment to get married someday, not necessarily a commitment to be together forever. (Though for some people, those things might be important!) Everyone might have slightly different needs and preferences, but a relationship that’s serious does involve a baseline commitment to continue being together and caring about each other indefinitely. There’s usually a direct conversation about this, according to relationship therapist Aimee Hartstein, LCSW....

Everyone has their own unique set of emotional needs, which might be the product of your upbringing, your genetic predisposition, your identity, and other individual factors. But for the most basic human emotional needs, many people refer to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, a theory in psychology developed by Abraham Maslow in 1943. Displayed as a pyramid structure, Maslow’s hierarchy shows the progression of human needs from basic needs like food and water at the bottom of the pyramid to self-actualization at its apex....