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This Is Your Brain on No Sleep

We need those 7 to 9 hours to keep our brains healthy in the short term — and for the long haul

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Answers About Ashwagandha

Ashwagandha’s all the buzz these days for relieving stress and fatigue. But is there anything to it?

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Staring at an Image of Yourself on Zoom Has Serious Consequences for Mental Health – Especially for Women

While experiences with self-objectification lead both women and men to focus on their appearance, women tend to face many more negative consequences

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Kunttas Family

The Unicorn in the Room: My Infertility Journey Led to an Unexpected Discovery

Fertility testing revealed that I have a rare condition that makes becoming and staying pregnant difficult

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Melissa Blake, 2020

Why I’m Speaking Up About Toxic Beauty Standards

As a disabled woman, I was taught that I could never be beautiful — and that’s a problem

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What’s the 411 on the New 988 Hotline? 5 Questions Answered About a National Mental Health Service

The 988 Lifeline will connect callers with specialists trained to assist with mental health crises, including psychotic symptoms and substance abuse

mental health
She’s Sweating, He’s Freezing — and Nobody’s Sleeping

She’s Sweating, He’s Freezing — and Nobody’s Sleeping

The challenges of middle age look different for men and women, but the result can be the same

Healthy Aging
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Good Sex With Emily Jamea: How To Cope With Your Partner’s Sexual Dysfunction

Sometimes taking the pressure off can bring the pleasure back

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Think Therapy Is Navel-Gazing? Think Again

Many clients come to therapy wanting to look beyond themselves – talking about relationships, values and even spirituality

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Good Sex With Emily Jamea: The Paradox of Desire

You want it. Your partner doesn’t. What’s a couple to do?

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There Is Much More to Mindfulness Than the Popular Media Hype

Medicalized meditation is now a self-help commodity that generates over $1 billion per year, leading some critics to label it “McMindfulness”

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Skin Lightening Creams Are Dangerous — And Harm Women

A new series by CNN looks at the physical and emotional harms caused by the multibillion-dollar skin lightening industry

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