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I was recently answering questions in my Instagram DMs when Jennifer asked: “What should I be looking for when testing for diastasis recti?” This was a question I had heard before…There are always postpartum women asking me similar questions: How can I test diastasis recti at home? And If I have diastasis recti, do I need to have surgery? >>Here’s my…
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This recipe for Simple Homemade Croutons is a basic technique for making fresh delicious and healthy croutons from scratch using bread and a few simple…Read More
This 20 minute chickpea salad has a creamy avocado dressing with basil and lemon. It is a great protein source for plant based diets and…Read More
Everyone knows if you want to build muscle you have to start eating more protein. So to be on the safe side you should down a protein shake the moment you so much as look at a dumbbell, otherwise all that training will go to waste, right? Well, not quite. The truth is that you […]
Reading is one of our greatest skills says Purpose and Performance Coach, Mark Whittle. Join us every week for productivity hacks, lifestyle changes and tools to help you through the rest of lockdown Reading is a privilege. To be able to read, is a privilege. The first written communication dates back to 3,500BC and those who could read, would hold […]
There are lots of programmes that offer to help you develop a healthier lifestyle. One of the most successful, and something of a phenomenon Stateside, is Noom, which has a reported 45 million users. Noom harnesses the power of psychology and includes a series of short, easy-to-digest lessons to help you understand how your mind […]
In 2020 pretty much every major running brand released a new carbon plate racing shoe, in response to the huge success of the Nike Vaporfly 4% and NEXT% shoes – the default picks for runners at every level chasing fast times. That includes Nike, which made the Alphafly NEXT% – the shoe Eliud Kipchoge used to […]
As a psychoanalyst and parent guidance expert working in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic with parents of children and adolescents, and often with the children themselves, it has broken my heart to see the pain and emotional suffering that families are currently experiencing. Not only am I busier than I have ever been […]
This crunchy snack is an American success story. On a mild morning in November 1979, when a group of students clambered over the walls of the American Embassy in Tehran, I, the modest pistachio, might have been the furthest thing from everyone’s mind. As that day turned into an infamous hostage crisis, few were likely […]
Christmas Day 2016. I have recovered from the liver transplant in May that I needed to stop my primary sclerosing cholangitis, a degenerative liver disease that, without a transplant, can cause cirrhosis and eventually death. Now I face repeated hospitalizations because of my other health problem, ulcerative colitis, a bowel disease, since September of that […]
In May I found myself curled up on the kitchen floor ― numb and crying. My mom stood beside me begging for me to stop. Eventually, when she realized I wouldn’t respond, she got down on the floor and molded her body to mine and just held me. We stayed like this for a while […]
I’ve forgotten many things in my life: my keys, the answers to test questions, my friend’s birthday. I never imagined I could forget how to walk. But that’s exactly what happened when I was 27 and suddenly got sick with brain inflammation. The day my legs stopped working, I had just finished teaching a violin […]
If you’ve got sore, swollen joints, there’s a good chance you’ll come across arthritis as you’re searching for a cause of your symptoms. But finding the right treatment requires you to get a lot more specific than that. Arthritis is actually an umbrella term for more than 100 different conditions, according to the Centers for […]
A magic, wild, meaty treat. I am not an animal, a plant, or a mineral. Take a minute to get your head around what a crafty 20 Questions choice that makes me, infuriating little brothers and sisters on car rides everywhere. “What is it?” they shout, to which their torturer finally answers: I, mushroom, am […]
I’ve been reporting on the coronavirus for months, but a few weeks ago when I was unsure how to turn down a hug, I wrapped my arms around a person outside my household. (And, okay, I really wanted a hug.) Last weekend, when my best friend sat down less than six feet away from me […]