Why You Don’t Need a Detox to Reset Your Body
Sometime around 2010 (or earlier if you move in particularly health-centric or woo-woo circles), the idea that our bodies are…
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Zach Fowle’s Favorite Indoor Rowing Workouts Ahead of USRowing Indoor Championships
When he’s not living the suburban life—marketing job, wife, toddler, dog—Zach Fowle is strapped into his ergometer, the rhythmic whirring…
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Why You Should Ask Your Friends for a Performance Review
It’s a familiar ritual for any employee: the performance review. Your manager calls you into their office to discuss your…
Is Your Skin Health Linked to Dementia?
No matter how much you try to hide your age, your skin often gives you away. The fine lines. The…
How to Stop Catastrophizing After Every Small Argument, According to Therapists
It’s not always the big, dramatic fights that destabilize you. Sometimes, small arguments send you into a spiral of overthinking.…
RFK Jr. Wants to Un-ban 14 Peptides. What Doctors Want You to Know
People have been talking about using peptides for health for a while. And while this trend has been percolating, the…
When’s the Best Time to Shower: Morning or Night?
It’s common to think that your way of doing things is the best approach, from your political views to the…
Try These Exercises for Better Sex
When people think about exercising for better sex, they usually jump straight to Kegels. Sexual function requires muscle engagement, body…
My Patients Are Getting ADHD Diagnoses at 40. Here’s What’s Really Happening
Even with perfectly intact executive function, parenting young kids without help is hard. Now layer ADHD on top of that.…
Dispatch From Milano Cortina: How a SELF Editor Spent 7 Days at the Winter Olympics
6 p.m.: For a lot of people, the best part of this Tuesday would have probably been interviewing Shaq, which…