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How To Deliver Criticism To Your Partner So They Really Hear It

30 Day Challenge

This 30-Day Pilates Workout Challenge Will Work Your Core

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Diet & Nutrition

What It Really Means When A Food Is "Keto"

In 2018, “keto” was the top trending diet on Google, so it's no surprise that many health brands are now marketing packaged snacks with wo

Just How Bad Is Vaping For Your Health?

The year is 2019, and it's suddenly cool to carry around a device that looks like a USB flash drive and heats up a cocktail of nicotine and chemicals

Antinatalism: The Popular Reddit Movement To Stop Procreation

In the August issue of Elle, the singer Miley Cyrus revealed how she feels about having kids in the future. “We’re getting handed a piece-of-shit p

Can You Take CBD If You're Trying To Get Pregnant?

Acupuncture. Hypnosis. Essential oils. Meditation. Diet cleanses. When you're trying to get pregnant, there's no shortage of holistic treatments

How To Deal With This Uncomfortable Sweating Situation

No matter how “sweat-wicking” or “quick-drying” a high-end pair of workout leggings claim to be, sometimes you leave a workout wond

Mental Health Awareness

Can Microdosing Psychedelic Mushrooms Curb Your Anxiety?

At a time when many people regularly take CBD, a non-psychoactive compound found in cannabis, to manage their anxiety, it comes at no surprise that we'

Diet & Nutrition

Food Combining Is The Newest Pinterest-Popular Diet — Does It Work?

From peanut butter and cheese sandwiches to tuna fish and fruit punch, we all have our weird food-combining quirks. But for some people, determining what c

Is It Safe To Use CBD While Breastfeeding?

Between your interrupted sleep schedule, increased levels of stress, and the newfound bodily pains that you might encounter while breastfeeding, it makes t

Diet & Nutrition

SlimCados Are A Thing & We Have Questions

When the avocado and face palm emojis were released in 2016, there was no telling how they might be incorporated in our daily vernacular. Cut to 2019, and

How To Stop August Anxiety Before It Even Begins

Sunday scaries. Errand paralysis. FOMO. August anxiety. These days, there's a name for every terrible feeling that you experience over the course of y

Workout Clothes

Eco-Conscious Workout Gear That Actually Works

Jeffrey Epstein's Bizarre Transhumanism Beliefs & 'Baby Ranch' Ex...

Before financier Jeffrey Epstein was arraigned on two charges related to sex trafficking in July, he had big plans to inseminate women with his sperm, and

Why Gaining Weight From Exercise Is Not A Sign Of Failure

When you start any new fitness program or routine, it's easy to get attached to your #gains. To most of the fitness world, “gains” usually

Why You're So Thirsty & What To Do About It

While you may never be able to explain your overwhelming thirst for, say, the priest in Fleabag or Kristen Stewart, when it comes to the actual physiologic

Workout Clothes

How To Wash Your Workout Clothes So They're Actually Clean

For many years, I worked in the laundry room of a university gym, where I had the glamorous task of washing student athletes' practice clothing and to

If You Must Work Out In This Heat, Here's What You Need To Know

In the summertime many of us are itching to ditch the gym and go for a run outside or take an outdoor yoga class — but it's just so damn hot and hum

Breaking Down The Controversial Abortion Method In OITNB

The seventh and final season of Orange Is The New Black is live on Netflix, and considering many people will be binge-watching it this weekend, we need to

Diet & Nutrition

These Are The Healthiest Oils To Use When Cooking

When your pantry contains as many healthy cooking oils as you have face serums in your medicine cabinet, it's a pretty clear sign that you need to Mar

How To Tell If You're Wearing The Right Running Shoes For Your Feet

Sometimes a new pair of shoes really can solve all of your problems — at least when it comes to workout trainers. Shoe comfort matters, especially if you

This Is What Colour Your Pee Is Supposed To Be

For a bodily function that you've been doing since you were in utero pee can sometimes be surprising. Urinating can be unexpectedly painful, your pee

Can Implants Cause Breast Cancer?

On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration in the US asked Allergan to recall textured breast implants after they discovered a link between the implant

Healthy Lifestyle Tips

How To Sleep When It’s Hot Outside & You Don’t Have AC

These Tips Make Using A Menstrual Cup Way Easier

Relationship Advice

What Is "Relationship OCD" & How Can You Tell If You Have It

Most of us have experienced the excruciating suspense of waiting for a text back from a crush. Or the potent anxiety of wondering if the person you're

Here's Why The Sun Makes You So Tired

Going home after a day at the beach is such a relief, because you can finally relax and get some rest. That's because, as counterintuitive as it sound

How Powerful Abusers Groom & Manipulate Young People

On Monday, Jeffrey Epstein, a financier, reported billionaire, and acquaintance of many powerful people, including Presidents Trump and Clinton, was arrest

Diet & Nutrition

Is The OMAD Diet The New Intermittent Fasting?

From the ketogenic diet to intermittent fasting, the internet churns out a never-ending supply of new diet trends that well-meaning people swear will chang