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What’s the 411 on the New 988 Hotline? 5 Questions Answered About a National Mental Health Service
Read More: What’s the 411 on the New 988 Hotline? 5 Questions Answered About a National Mental Health ServiceBy Derek Lee, The Ohio State University Beginning July 16, 2022, people struggling with mental health crises can call 988, a new number focused on providing lifesaving suicide prevention and crisis services. But 988 is not just a shorter, easier-to-remember replacement for the current suicide hotline. Congress and the Federal Communications Commission also established the…
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Even After Lockdowns Eased, Pandemic Depression Persisted Across Social Classes – New Study
Read More: Even After Lockdowns Eased, Pandemic Depression Persisted Across Social Classes – New StudyBy Catherine Ettman, Boston University and Sandro Galea, Boston University The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, we found that more than 1 in 5 U.S. adults reported probable depression in both spring 2020 and spring 2021. We also found that financial…
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I was searching for a miracle cure for my breast cancer. I found hope instead.
Read More: I was searching for a miracle cure for my breast cancer. I found hope instead.Medical mayhem struck my life when I was 38. I found a rapidly growing, brittle breast lump during a breast self-exam in the shower. Then, a visit to the breast surgeon confirmed the lump was triple-negative breast cancer, which led to a mastectomy, eight months of chemotherapy and reconstruction. Even after that, the mayhem still…
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Expert perspectives, mental health, Self-Care, Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexual dysfunction, Sexual health
Good Sex With Emily Jamea: How to Cope With Your Partner’s Sexual Dysfunction
Read More: Good Sex With Emily Jamea: How to Cope With Your Partner’s Sexual DysfunctionMax and Jen sat across from me on the sofa. “What brings you in today?” I asked. Max fidgeted nervously on the sofa. “I’ll go first,” said Jen. “Max has erectile dysfunction. It’s gotten really frustrating for both of us. He never wants to do it anymore because he’s so worried he won’t get an…
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What Is Holotropic Breathwork—And What Can It Do For Your Mental Health?
Read More: What Is Holotropic Breathwork—And What Can It Do For Your Mental Health?There are a lot of trendy treatments out there that promise to bring a new level of awareness to your… The post What Is Holotropic Breathwork—And What Can It Do For Your Mental Health? appeared first on Women’s Health.
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Think Therapy Is Navel-Gazing? Think Again
Read More: Think Therapy Is Navel-Gazing? Think AgainBy Steven Sandage, Boston University Midway through a recent lecture about my psychology research, a bright graduate student voiced a familiar question. “I have heard psychotherapy makes people more self-absorbed,” they said. “So how can you encourage a practice that has such a negative social impact?” I am often struck by these negative stereotypes, despite…
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4 Ways to Avoid Toxic Positivity in the Fitness Space
Read More: 4 Ways to Avoid Toxic Positivity in the Fitness SpaceAs soon as January hits, the classic “New Year, New Me” phrase is blasted all over social media and sprinkled throughout everyday conversations. Now that’s not inherently a bad thing, but it tends to come with a lot of pressure to make big changes. For some people, however, the struggles they face on a daily…
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Cold Baths are so Hot Now
Read More: Cold Baths are so Hot NowThe hottest craze on social media is cold showers and cold baths. Although there is nothing new to this ancient practice, here are a few tips on why this is beneficial and how you could benefit from it. Cold Baths Are Better Than Cold Showers Ideally, an outdoor plunge in a lake, river, or ocean…
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Staying Fit and Strong as a Senior Couple
Read More: Staying Fit and Strong as a Senior CoupleOnce you reach your senior years, it’s more important than ever to stay fit and healthy. However, as you move through the aging process, your mobility and cognitive function will begin to decline, which is why it’s time to factor in regular exercise for maintaining an excellent quality of life. While it’s great taking this…
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Good Sex With Emily Jamea: The Paradox of Desire
Read More: Good Sex With Emily Jamea: The Paradox of DesireEmily Jamea, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, author and podcast host. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex. “I’ve lost my libido.” “He’s never in the mood.” “I feel constantly rejected.” “It wasn’t always like this. We couldn’t keep our hands off each other in the honeymoon phase.”…
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Midlife Isn’t a Crisis, but Sleep, Stress and Happiness Feel a Little Different After 35 – or Whenever Middle Age Actually Begins
Read More: Midlife Isn’t a Crisis, but Sleep, Stress and Happiness Feel a Little Different After 35 – or Whenever Middle Age Actually BeginsBy Soomi Lee, University of South Florida Fewer than one-fifth of Americans say they actually experienced a midlife crisis. And yet there are still some common misunderstandings people have about midlife. I study midlife, and especially how people in this stage of life experience sleep and stress. In my research, I have also found that…
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Activity Fasting, Health, Health Advice, Intermittent Resting, mental health, mental health advice, Mental wellness
Could Intermittent Resting Be The Key To Your Fatigue Problems?
Read More: Could Intermittent Resting Be The Key To Your Fatigue Problems?Ever randomly left your desk mid-morning to bask in the sun, head buried in a racy novel? Or taken a… The post Could Intermittent Resting Be The Key To Your Fatigue Problems? appeared first on Women’s Health.
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Chronic conditions, Ibd, Inflammatory bowel disease, Irritable bowel syndrome, mental health, Sex & relationships
Social and Emotional Effects of Life With Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Read More: Social and Emotional Effects of Life With Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)Medically reviewed: Dr. Ayanna Lewis
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Ready for Another Pandemic Malady? It’s Called ‘Decision Fatigue’
Read More: Ready for Another Pandemic Malady? It’s Called ‘Decision Fatigue’By Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News Most all of us have felt the exhaustion of pandemic-era decision-making. Should I travel to see an elderly relative? Can I see my friends and, if so, is inside OK? Mask or no mask? Test or no test? What day? Which brand? Is it safe to send my child…
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The 16 Best Mental Health Podcasts To Help You Cope With Anxiety, Depression, And More
Read More: The 16 Best Mental Health Podcasts To Help You Cope With Anxiety, Depression, And MorePodcasts are incredibly popular these days, and there are so many to choose from. From politics to pop culture this type… The post The 16 Best Mental Health Podcasts To Help You Cope With Anxiety, Depression, And More appeared first on Women’s Health.
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There Is Much More to Mindfulness Than the Popular Media Hype
Read More: There Is Much More to Mindfulness Than the Popular Media HypeBy Pierce Salguero, Penn State Mindfulness is seemingly everywhere these days. A Google search I conducted in January 2022 for the term “mindfulness” resulted in almost 3 billion hits. The practice is now routinely offered in workplaces, schools, psychologists’ offices and hospitals all across the country. Most of the public enthusiasm for mindfulness stems from…
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Skin Lightening Creams Are Dangerous — And Harm Women
Read More: Skin Lightening Creams Are Dangerous — And Harm Women“Don’t play outside. You’ll get too dark.” “No one will marry you if you have dark skin.” “Men only want fair-skinned women.” These are words that my cousins and I would hear as our mothers slathered us in creams that promised to lighten our skin. These are words that women of color around the globe…
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Read More: Women Over 50 Biohacking WellnessDo you take supplements and vitamins for your wellness? Many women over 50 take a handful of supplements each day biohacking their bodies with the microelements and nutrients needed for healthy and functioning bodies. Biohacking is a new technology and method of delivering essential microelements needed by our bodies. The need for supplementing “Soil depletion”…
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My Son Didn’t Commit a Crime When He Took His Own Life
Read More: My Son Didn’t Commit a Crime When He Took His Own LifeAs told to Nicole Audrey Spector On the day he died in 2016, my 20-year-old son, Austin, sounded like he was on top of the world. Talking with me over FaceTime, he gushed about his upcoming weekend plans, which included watching the Notre Dame game with his college buddies. “I love you, Mom,” he said,…
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Read More: 3 Best Foods for FocusIf you find it hard to maintain your focus at times, try these foods to help you to stay sharp. Chocolate Antioxidant-rich chocolate and foods like Blue Lake Memory Chocolates can improve overall brain function when you face difficult tasks. Flavanols – a subclass of antioxidants – are present in cocoa, the main component of…
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Breast health, healthy aging, Heart disease, Menopause, Menopause matters, mental health, Perimenopause
How to Talk to Your Healthcare Provider About Menopause
Read More: How to Talk to Your Healthcare Provider About MenopauseDesign by Sarah Hoctor Medically reviewed by Dr. JoAnn V. Pinkerton
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5 Topics to Set Boundaries Around in 2022
Read More: 5 Topics to Set Boundaries Around in 2022If you’re feeling particularly overwhelmed, know that you’re in good company. We’re entering year three of a global pandemic and have had to live well outside what has long been the realm of “normal” for most of us. It’s no surprise we feel out of control, to say the least, and are craving more of…
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I Was Stalked for 2 Decades Before It Was a Crime
Read More: I Was Stalked for 2 Decades Before It Was a CrimeAs told to Marnie Goodfriend During my Thanksgiving break from college in 1982, I received a strange phone call from a person I didn’t know. He asked me if I was still driving a yellow Capri and dating my last high school boyfriend. I told him I didn’t know who he was, and he hung…
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4 Tips for Sticking to a Fitness Routine Without Support
Read More: 4 Tips for Sticking to a Fitness Routine Without SupportIt would be great to live in a world where fitness is celebrated every minute of every day. Unfortunately, many of us have friends and family who are, shall we say, less than enthusiastic about our fitness journey. Your friends bail on you when you try to plan a gym date, and your family groans…
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Hashimoto’s Disease Brought the Curtain Down on My Career As a Soloist in the NYC Ballet
Read More: Hashimoto’s Disease Brought the Curtain Down on My Career As a Soloist in the NYC BalletAs told to Erica Rimlinger January is Thyroid Awareness Month. From my first ballet class at the age of 3, the only thing I wanted to do was to dance. My parents tried to entice me into a well-rounded program of childhood athletics with soccer and gymnastics, but I only wanted to leap, twirl, plié…
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Want Fries — or Feelings — With That?
Read More: Want Fries — or Feelings — With That?While her infant daughter fought a neurological disorder in the hospital, Gabrielle Blawas fought a battle in her own head, sitting in her car in a fast-food parking lot. Fear for her daughter’s health steered Blawas straight to the fast-food restaurant after each hospital visit, where she ordered two full meals and ate them alone…
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Regret Can Be All-Consuming – a Neurobehavioral Scientist Explains How People Can Overcome It
Read More: Regret Can Be All-Consuming – a Neurobehavioral Scientist Explains How People Can Overcome ItBy J. Kim Penberthy, University of Virginia A friend of mine – we will call him “Jay” – was working for IBM in New York City in the early ‘90s. He was a computer programmer and made a good salary. Occasionally, competitors and startups approached Jay to join their companies. He had an offer from…
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3 Ways to Kick Self-Sabotage To The Curb in 2022
Read More: 3 Ways to Kick Self-Sabotage To The Curb in 2022From the boardroom to your best friends, you’re all about women empowering women. But how much do you have your… The post 3 Ways to Kick Self-Sabotage To The Curb in 2022 appeared first on Women’s Health.
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You’re Getting Sleepy: What You Need to Know About Hypnosis
Read More: You’re Getting Sleepy: What You Need to Know About HypnosisIlana Kaplan felt like she had hit rock bottom with her mental health. She was battling debilitating anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and resulting insomnia. Medication and talk therapy weren’t bringing the relief she needed. Then, her therapist suggested she try hypnosis. “I was really skeptical. I had trouble believing it would actually work. But…
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Rifts Between Older Mothers and Their Adult Children Usually Endure – Even Through Divorce, Illness and Death
Read More: Rifts Between Older Mothers and Their Adult Children Usually Endure – Even Through Divorce, Illness and DeathBy Megan Gilligan, Iowa State University At the start of every new year, individuals often make resolutions to change aspects of their lives that they find undesirable. For some, these promises to themselves may involve trying to mend broken family relationships. Well-meaning friends and family members may encourage estranged older parents or adult children to…
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Love Conquers All: My Journey as the Mother of a Transgender Daughter
Read More: Love Conquers All: My Journey as the Mother of a Transgender DaughterAs told to The Human Rights Campaign You might be interested inTransgender Children’s Rights Are Under AttackRemoving Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening for the LGBTQ CommunityThe Other Side of the RainbowDanica Roem Is Transcending Gender
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Self-Care Sunday Series
Read More: Self-Care Sunday SeriesEveryone makes resolutions for the new year but by the end of January, many of us have already let our resolutions slide. We asked HealthyWomen Women Health Advisory Council member Rachel Sufczynski, MSES, CEP, if we should even make New Year’s resolutions and if we do, how to motivate ourselves, particularly in the cold, dark…
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10 Reasons to Try a Dry January
Read More: 10 Reasons to Try a Dry JanuaryJanuary is almost here, and you know what that means: Dry January, a month free of alcohol, is almost here too. To prepare, we did some leg work to find out how a booze-free month can help you. We found that abstaining from drinking alcohol for 31 days can not only benefit your mind and…
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Finding My Birth Mother Changed My Life — and the Way I Manage My Health Care
Read More: Finding My Birth Mother Changed My Life — and the Way I Manage My Health CareWhen I was a child, my stepmother told me I had another pair of parents who lived up a beanstalk. My mother had tried to plant her seeds in the soil, but a baby never grew, so my dad and mom climbed the stalk and asked my parents if they could spare a child. “Can…
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A Therapist Answers 7 of Your Questions Around Feeling Lonely at Christmas
Read More: A Therapist Answers 7 of Your Questions Around Feeling Lonely at ChristmasWhatever your typical set up around December the 25th – perhaps a chunky get together with the extended family, a… The post A Therapist Answers 7 of Your Questions Around Feeling Lonely at Christmas appeared first on Women’s Health.
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How to Use Self-Hypnosis to Chill Out
Read More: How to Use Self-Hypnosis to Chill OutWhen you think of hypnosis, you probably picture a mustachioed magician with a swinging pocket watch who compels his subjects to cluck like a chicken upon awakening. But in antithesis to this Hollywood typecast, hypnosis actually is a valuable, research-supported tool used to harness the power of the brain. For athletes, it can be used…
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12 Days of Gains, Exercise Advice, Expert Advice, Losing Weight, mental health, Training Advice, Workout Advice
How To Stop Obsessing Over Calories
Read More: How To Stop Obsessing Over CaloriesOn the eleventh day of Christmas, Oxygen gave to me… The third episode of Annie’s Advice! In this series, Annie Cooper (CPT & CN) sits down to chat openly and honestly about fitness and wellness topics. Cooper was a track and field and cross country star in college at Florida Atlantic University. Her areas of…
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Stress Is Contagious in Relationships – Here’s What You Can Do to Support Your Partner and Boost Your Own Health During the Holidays and Beyond
Read More: Stress Is Contagious in Relationships – Here’s What You Can Do to Support Your Partner and Boost Your Own Health During the Holidays and BeyondBy Rosie Shrout, Purdue University With the flurry of shopping, spending money and traveling to see family, stress can feel inevitable during the holidays. You might already know stress can affect your own health, but what you may not realize is that your stress – and how you manage it – is catching. Your stress…
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I Came Out on Christmas Eve
Read More: I Came Out on Christmas EveAs told to Alexandra Frost As a child, when I watched shows with my mom and LGBTQ characters came on the screen, she would stick out her tongue in disgust and make a disapproving sound. At our Catholic church, where my family was deeply devoted, I listened, confused, to the ideologies: I didn’t understand why…
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Good Sex With Emily Jamea: The Burden of Sexual Shame
Read More: Good Sex With Emily Jamea: The Burden of Sexual ShameEmily Jamea, Ph.D. is a sex therapist, author and podcast host. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex. Jessie and her husband sat across from me holding hands. “I don’t know what happened,” she said. “Things were great in the beginning. We couldn’t keep our hands off each…
