As parents, we all dream of having healthy kids. But when you find out that your child has a disability, it’s as if that dream is shattered into a million tiny pieces. Our second daughter was diagnosed with Stickler’s Syndrome when she was born nine years ago. Stickler’s Syndrome is a connective tissue disorder marked […]
Food is delicious, fun, emotional, imperative and ― stressful as all hell. For many people, trying to maintain a healthy diet and exercise routine is a constant rollercoaster of successes, failures, “cheat days,” resets, guilt and confusion. Why, even when we try our best, is it so difficult to just be healthy all the time? […]
For many years exercise was, to me, purely a tool to manipulate my body. For me, the purpose of exercise was to burn calories or to create an energy deficit so I could “cheat” and eat the foods I really wanted, which I had decided (with some help from diet culture) were “bad” to eat […]
SkinnyMe Tea is an Australia-based “teatox” brand selling products that it claims will reduce bloat and promote weight loss, but that ultimately feed into the age-old idea that women are not good enough the way they are. It’s one of many brands touted in paid social media posts by the Kardashians and other influencers as supposedly […]
I was a drunk mom. And by drunk mom, I don’t mean the fun mom who starts dancing with her kids after she’s had a margarita or two at a backyard barbecue or the mom who might need to Uber home after a three-glasses-of-wine dinner on a Saturday night to relieve the babysitter. I’m talking […]
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What Women Want Now is a program by HuffPost and her sister sites dedicated to creating content about the issues and stories that matter most to women. Read more here. Join the conversation with #WhatWomenWantNow. It’s a well-known fact that men and women tend to express pain, whether physical or psychological, in different ways. They’re […]
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If you don’t know who Dr. Sandra Lee is by now, you’ve either been living under a rock or ― more likely ― you actually do but know her only by her now iconic alias: Dr. Pimple Popper. In 2015, the Los Angeles-based board-certified dermatologist posted a blackhead extraction video on YouTube and was immediately taken […]
It’s a little twisted that breaking up with your therapist is one of those things it would be really nice to process with…a therapist. Most of us don’t like to hurt other people’s feelings, and having to break up with a therapist might make you worry you’re doing just that. Think of it this way: […]
Here’s one thing your friends on the keto diet aren’t likely to be obsessively tweeting about. You might already know what’s involved with the keto diet: Very low to no carbohydrates and an increased intake of fats. Following the diet forces your body into ketosis, in which it burns fat for energy instead of carbohydrates. […]
Sex can be awkward. Anyone who’s fallen off a bed or taken an elbow to the face knows that. But if you’re reading this article because you got semen in your eye, you’re well aware that sexual mishaps can be painful, too. Maybe you were going down on your partner and opened your eyes at […]
I don’t know how long I had been staring at the clock, but it felt like hours. Strangely, it also felt like minutes. I was having trouble figuring out the difference. My eyes wandered from the clock to the room ― a sterile room with white walls, beeping machines and an uncomfortable bed. I was […]
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When you first enter therapy, it might be surprisingly difficult to answer the question, "How are you feeling?" Answering that question can be even more of a challenge if you deal with what is known as alexithymia, a dysfunction that makes it tough to recognize and name your emotions. Many people who have depression, post-traumatic […]