Self-Care & Mental Health

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5 Best Apps to Cultivate a Meditation Habit

Try these apps to help you in your journey

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Forgiving Yourself — and Others— Is Good for Your Health

Learn the surprising ways forgiveness is beneficial for your body and your brain

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Does Gua Sha Work?

Here’s what you need to know about the ancient massage technique

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What Are the 5 Love Languages?

Knowing your love language can help your relationship — in and out of bed

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4 Fun Fitness Trends for 2024

New workout trends that can help shake up your routine this year

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Bye-Bye Excuses: How to Move Forward with Your Health and Fitness Goals

Don’t let excuses stand in your way of getting fit and healthy

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5 Health Podcasts Worth Your Time

Tune in for thoughts on health, happiness and some aha moments from Oprah

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True or False? Mental Health

How much do you know about women’s mental health? Take our quiz to find out.

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How to Stay Cool About Hot Button Issues at Holiday Parties

Here’s what to say and do when your Aunt Bertha is mouthing off during the holidays

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10 Ways to Treat SAD

The change in daylight hours can leave people feeling depressed. For some, it can be more than just unhappiness — it can be seasonal affective disorder. Find out how you can treat SAD.

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9 Easy Ways to Fix Your Focus and Improve Concentration

We can do strange things when we multitask and lose focus. Here are some ways to keep your focus from wandering.

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What Is EMDR and How Can It Help Trauma Survivors?

The breakthrough therapy helps your brain heal itself

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Bipolar Disorder 101

Learning the facts about bipolar disorder is important. Here’s what you need to know.

Meg Weber

EMDR Therapy Helped Me Heal from Trauma. Now I Use it to Help My Clients.

After EMDR helped me process my sister’s suicide, I decided to help others through EMDR therapy

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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Body Image and Sex

That’s hot! A positive body image helps increase sexual desire and satisfaction in the bedroom.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Myalgic encephalomyelitis, formerly known as chronic fatigue syndrome and now often referred to as ME/CFS, was recently redefined and renamed to more accurately reflect the brain inflammation and multisystem symptoms of the disease. READ MORE

HealthyWomen: More Than 35 Years of Engaging, Educating and Empowering Women

HealthyWomen: More Than 35 Years of Engaging, Educating and Empowering Women

To commemorate National Nonprofit Day, Team HealthyWomen took a walk down memory lane to look at how our organization came to be

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Is It Time for a Sleep Divorce? To Sleep or Not to Sleep Together

How some couples are rethinking healthy sleep — and healthy relationships — by getting a sleep divorce

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Are Medical Mushrooms Really Magic?

A growing number of practitioners are looking to the power of psychedelics to treat mental health conditions. Are they worth the trip?

6 Self-Care Resolutions for the New Year

6 Tips for True Self-Care

Pedicures, massages and bubble baths are great — but don’t forget to take these 6 steps to true self-care

Dr. Jennifer Ashton Talks About the Importance of Self-Care and Protecting Your Mental Health

15 Minutes With: Dr. Jennifer Ashton Talks About the Importance of Self-Care and Protecting Your Mental Health

The chief medical correspondent for ABC News and co-host of "GMA3: What You Need to Know" explains the link between physical and mental health — and why you can’t have a healthy body without a healthy mind

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What You Need to Know About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Women are four times more likely to have chronic fatigue syndrome than men. Here’s what you need to know about this illness.

Pooja Mehta

I’ve Learned to Be Open About My Mental Illness to Help Bring Awareness in the Indian Community

After years of living in shame, I’m now a mental health advocate who embraces her culture and identity