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Apparently how happy we feel about our own sex lives depends a lot on how much sex our friends are having, at least according to a new study from the University of Colorado Boulder. More
We all know that being a “happy healthy person” has plenty of benefits: when you’re feeling good physically and mentally, you function better, thereby propelling those positive effects further and further. But what about places that are not typically associated with emotional health because most of the time, they’re stereotyped as having fight-to-survive environments and not too much concern for mental wellbeing? More
College binge drinkers happier than non-bingers, the headlines today read. Or Drink up — Binge drinking college students are happier than their sober peers. Wow!, what a scandalous and contrarian finding. To what can we attribute this conclusion? Uh, that would be an unpublished study based on a 2009 survey of students at a single private, liberal arts college. And, of course, to #badsciencereporting (a problem rampant enough to deserve a hashtag, clearly). More
Therapist, author and eating disorders expert, Dr. Judi Hollis makes an attention-getting argument in her new book, From Bagels to Buddha, How I Found My Soul and Lost My Fat. She says permanent weight loss has very little to do with what you eat. Instead, as she discovered personally on her journey to losing 70 pounds and keeping them off, it’s not about changing your diet at all. Go inward, clean up your act, and that will clean up your eating, she says. More
Studies prove that physical activity can improve mental health, but it’s not just because you’re burning calories and fitting into your favorite jeans. Lacey Stone, trainer, fitness instructor, and founder of BOOTYcamp, explains: “I think it’s really important that people realize how important the mental side of fitness is if they want to be successful long-term.” But that doesn’t mean you have to pack up and head to an ashram for daily yoga and spiritual enlightenment; you can still get plenty of of emotional and mental rewards from your workouts. More
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a new national survey renews our hope in the institute of marriage. Of the couples questioned, a whopping 40% who had been married at least 10 years said they remained “very intensely” in love with their partner. Awww.
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Kim Kardashian was poised to set the record for shortest celebrity marriage in 2011, but Sinead O’Connor swooped in and stole the show with her astoundingly bizarre 16-day marriage to Barry Herridge. O’Connor has attributed their divorce, which she announced Monday, either to its “feeling like a coffin” or the “wild ride” in search of weed that she took her drug counselor-husband on on their wedding night, depending on the interview. It’s hard to make sense of the whole story, save to say that it seems fairly certain that she’s got some serious mental health issues to work out. But the biggest take-away to me is that marriage isn’t quite the solid institution that some would like to think it is. More
How can you not love Ellen DeGeneres, right? I mean, she’s got it going on: She makes simple everyday things funny, has a talk show that has rivaled Oprah on many occasions, has won 50 Emmy’s, has an awesome vegan blog, is married to the gorgeous Portia de Rossi, and she certainly knows how to bust a move on the dance floor–and her studio floor. The 53-year-old comedian and all-around likable person also recently released her third book, Seriously, I’m Kidding, where she dishes on everything from her personal life, to her career and even her stint on American Idol. More
The other day when I asked my teenage son to do something, he said, “I can’t wait until I’m like 21 and you ask me to do something. I’m gonna say no.” I tried not to smile, but I couldn’t help it because he had a point. I, too, always thought when I became an adult, people would stop trying to tell me what to do. But we live in a world where that’s just not the case. More
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Ever called someone—or been called—a narcissist? Chances are, it wasn’t a compliment. In popular culture (as opposed to psychoanalytic theory), ‘narcissist’ is generally used to describe someone vain, conceited, egotistical, selfish or deluded about their self-worth. But a new study suggests that a little bit of narcissism, at least in the young, is actually a good thing. Where narcissism goes bad is (alas! like so many things) with age. More
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You know how annoying it is when your friend meets the man of her dreams? You have to watch them be all lovey-dovey and kissy-faced, let alone listen to her gush about how she “finally” met someone who was perfect in every way. Because, you know, you were never like that when you met Mr. Right. More
Happily ever after may not based on companionship, sexual compatibility or even shared values like we once thought. According to a new study, it could be tied to weight—specifically, a low:high ratio of a woman’s to her husband’s. Yes ladies, once again, it’s all about how our bodies can please our man. More
One afternoon while strolling around a popular New York dog park, a friend of mine met the woman who later became his fiancee. That he didn’t actually own a dog had little impact on their dog-park chemistry. She did own a dog and he, being a big fan of man’s best-friend, was dog-sitting for a buddy who’d gone out of town. And so it was, two dog lovers found one another among rumbling canines who tend to sniff one another’s behinds as a way of saying hello. Later, once he and his gal had established a full-blown relationship, he too adopted a dog. Now they are proud dog parents, who also happen to be insanely, happily in love. More
