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Is My 'Self-Care' Really Self-Sabotage?

I Tried Every Self-Care Tip On The Internet – Here's What I Learned

Lachlan Watson On Their Top-Surgery Scars, Visibility, & Self-Care

What Tarot Can Tell You About Your Love Life

There are many ways to read tarot — the practice of drawing cards from a tarot deck to find guidance in your life. The cards can give insight into your c

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The Irony Of Watching 'Self-Improvement' TV When I'm Home In My P...

Sat on my bed, looking at the floor, I am disgusted with myself. My bedroom is what my mother would describe as a 'pigsty', with clothes, makeup,

The Best ASMR Videos To Calm You Down

Anxious about the week ahead? Stick these ASMR videos on at work and sit back and relax.

I Tried Touch Therapy & It Freaked Me Out

Avni Trivedi is explaining her methods – a combination of 'touch therapy', osteopathy and zero balancing – to me, but I'm a little distr

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Why Art Therapy, Colouring Books & Creating Stuff Reduces Stress

Around 2015 or so, adult colouring books arrived on the Amazon bestseller list, and haven’t left since. The response was polarising: Kate Middleton was r

What Self-Care Looks Like Around The World

We never take lunch breaks, we go to bed late, we avoid human contact... We do not do self-care well. But how is it being enacted successfully in other par

by Jess Commons

5 Easy DIY Bath Concoctions To Up Your Self-Care Game

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I Tried A Victoria's Secret Model's 14-Step Travel Beauty Routine

Beauty with Mi, hosted by Refinery29's beauty writer Mi-Anne Chan, explores the coolest new trends, treatments, products, and subcultures in the beaut

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13 Self-Care Rituals That Actually Work For People

by Kimberly Truong

Sparkle Daddy Learns To Embody Self-Love Despite All Odds

Sparkle Daddy, aka Aaron Rayburn, grew up hiding his true self. But after a period of storms, heartbreak, and depression, he emerged as Sparkle Daddy. Watc

Reading The News Gave Me An Anxiety Breakdown

How world news is making your anxiety so much worse. It's time to log off. Now.

by Jess Commons

Why I’ll Never Stop Reading Self-Help Books

There were two moments in my life when I hit rock bottom, three if you count the time in junior high when I was so viciously bullied I spent lunches in the

by Sharon J. Yi

Ashley Judd, #MeToo Survivor: How I Healed, and How You Can Too

209 days ago, the New York Times published the first piece chronicling the abuse endured by women from Harvey Weinstein. It opened with Ashley Judd sharing

Dani Shapiro On How Writing Saved Her Life — & How It Can Save Yours

It may feel like we’re living in times when the written word is both more weaponised and endangered than ever before. But it’s also during such fraught

by Christene Barberich

Beauty Products That Really Work, Made By Women For Women

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How To Stop Being So Hard On Yourself

Even the most confident person has moments of self-doubt (and if you don't, please teach us your ways). But, as much as it can suck to doubt yourself,

by Kimberly Truong

8 Things You Can Do If You've Had The Worst Day

by Kimberly Truong

Why This Woman Wants To Change The Way You Think Of Self-Care

Most nights, Alisha Ramos unwinds from her day with a skincare ritual. “I love spending 15 to 20 minutes on a several-step skincare routine — I double

by Kimberly Truong

Self-Care Sunday: How Refinery29 Staff Wind Down

Taking care of your mental health is important, especially on a Sunday. Here's how team R29 winds down after a busy week and gets ready for the next one.

by Jess Commons

Komsecco Is Here To Save Your Gut This Party Season

Obviously nothing involving alcohol is ever going to be healthy, but adding gut-friendly kombucha to the prosecco you're already drinking this Christmas ca

Could Dance Psychotherapy Have A Positive Influence On Your Wellb...

One writer went to try out dance movement therapy as a form of anxiety treatment, and couldn't believe its effectiveness.

by Jess Commons

Can You Ever Really Cure Anxiety?

Plenty of things these days promise to "cure" anxiety. But is that really a possibility?

by Jess Commons

How Therapy Dogs Can Be A Part Of Self-Care

Dogs are just the best aren't they? Not only do they love you unconditionally, they can also help you deal with a whole range of physical and mental condit

by Tabi Jackson Gee

Why I Embrace Selfishness In Motherhood

"This baby is an addition to your life. He is not your whole life."

Self-Care Strategies For Always-On Entrepreneurs

by Phoebe Lovatt

How Witchcraft Became A Self-Care Tool

Witchcraft is now seen as a tool for self-care, especially when times are difficult — which, in a way, is what it was meant to be all along.

How Communal Bathing Could Benefit Your Body & Your Mind

Self-care shouldn’t have to be expensive. Let's take a leaf out of Japanese women's books and get on board with communal bathing.