6 Sneaky Ways Stress Affects Your Skin

6 Sneaky Ways Stress Affects Your Skin

Your diet, sleep habits, and skincare routine aren’t the only factors that can affect your skin. Stress can also play a role in your skin’s health and appearance. With too much stress, red dots on skin can appear, as can wrinkles. For more insight into preventing...
What Is Body Dysmorphia?

What Is Body Dysmorphia?

At some point, almost everyone is concerned about their appearance. But there’s a meaningful difference between the occasional self-criticism and a mental health issue known as body dysmorphia or body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). To help shed some light on what...
Can Mindful Eating Improve Your Quality of Life?

Can Mindful Eating Improve Your Quality of Life?

It happens — you get distracted by a work deadline, a true-crime documentary, or a doom-scrolling session, and suddenly you’re staring at the bottom of an empty bag of chips. (Pro tip: This is NOT mindful eating.) If you feel like you’ve been eating on autopilot...
Calm Your Mind Master Class With Maria Sirois

Calm Your Mind Master Class With Maria Sirois

Can we let you in on a little secret? You have magnificence inside you. We all do. But stress, catastrophizing, and the natural, oh-so-human, negative spin inside our brains keep us from letting it shine for the world to see. And the world is missing out. Let’s make a...
Ayurveda: What You Need to Know

Ayurveda: What You Need to Know

Ayurveda is often touted as an alternative to traditional medicine, but what exactly it is can be elusive for many people. Is Ayurveda an herb? A religion? A treatment like acupuncture? No, says Siva Mohan, M.D., M.P.H., a professor of yoga philosophy at Loyola...