Topic: emotional stress

Who Is Surprised? The Katie Holmes ‘Stress Weight Loss’ Rumors Have Started Already

We shouldn’t be surprised that tabloids are already claiming Katie Holmes’s divorce is leading to stress weight loss. Let’s dissect the predictably outrageous stories. More »

Health and Beauty Treatment: 10 Spas Where You Can Float

What the hell is floating? (a.k.a. REST, Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique) Think 800 pounds (!) of Epsom salt dissolved into 10 inches of water in a fancy, enclosed bathtub, or an actual flotation tank (typically eight feet long, four feet … More »

Depression: Are Women Sadder Than Men?

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, reminding us all to keep our stress in check, and deal with signs of depression. But is all of that women’s work?

Women’s Health: Stress, Strokes, and Apologies

We women are always getting flack for being too sensitive. But how can we help it? We’re caring, invested, and we always return phone calls. And, as our partners know, if a friend or coworker wrongs us, we never forget … More »

Don’t Fear the Feelings, Embrace Them

Grief causes all kind of emotional stress and all sorts of different emotions to flow through your body – anger, sadness, depression, crying, apathy, numbness, loneliness…. I asked yesterday to Let’s Support a Military Widow who is struggling with her … More »