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Many yoga benefits are physical, ranging from increased strength and flexibility to lower blood pressure. But a regular yoga practice also provides a variety of mental health benefits, such as stress relief and improved well-being, while increasing spirituality at the same time. Certain poses can be done just about anywhere, and a yoga session can go for hours or minutes depending on your schedule. Enjoy the many benefits of yoga by engaging in this practice in a way that fits your lifestyle best....

Getting kids to listen the first time you speak can feel like an uphill battle. Whether your child insists they didn’t hear you the first three times you told them to turn off their video game, or they argue every time you tell them to get ready for bed, repeating yourself can be frustrating. While it’s normal—and healthy—for kids to assert their independence once in a while, they also need to learn how to follow directions....

Images on social media aren’t always a realistic look into another person’s world. In a recent report from the University of London’s Gender and Sexualities Research Centre, 90% of young women reported using filters or editing their photos. They used this to do things such as reshape their nose, appear to weigh less, and whiten their teeth. Key Takeaways In a new study, 90% of young women reported using filters or editing their photos to appear as if they had whiter teeth, weighed less, had a different nose, or other physical changes....

The reference list of an APA format paper contains a list of published sources that can be located by readers. While much of your research may come from books, professional journals, newspapers, and online databases, sometimes you may find yourself needing to cite information that you gather from other sources, including interviews. So how should writers handle the sourcing of personal interviews? If you use information or quotations that were taken from an interview with a source, you need to cite the source, how the information was collected, and when the interview was conducted....

Procrastination, passive-aggressiveness, and rumination are examples of unhelpful coping mechanisms that we may consciously or unconsciously use to avoid tackling a tough issue or facing thoughts and feelings that are uncomfortable. These behaviors are forms of avoidance coping. Here’s more about what that means as well as how you can learn to cope more effectively. What Is Avoidance Coping? Avoidance coping—also known as avoidant coping, avoidance behaviors, and escape coping—is a maladaptive form of coping in which a person changes their behavior to avoid thinking about, feeling, or doing difficult things....

We sacrifice a lot for our kids—starting from a time before they’re even born. Since the day you first learned of your little one’s existence, you were likely bombarded with a seemingly endless list of things to avoid while pregnant. While it’s true that a lot of foods, drinks, activities, and products are off limits during pregnancy, we have some good news: There are still a lot of alternatives. One skincare ingredient, in particular, not only gets a green light during pregnancy, its use is often encouraged....

When you find out that you’re pregnant, you may immediately start wondering what kind of lifestyle changes you’ll need to make. There are foods you will have to hold off on and activities you might have to stop doing for now. If blood donation is something you regularly partake in, or if you recently became interested in donating blood, you may wonder whether you can donate blood with a baby on the way....

What Are Cravings? Cravings are typically uncontrollable, and many people might not feel a sense of reprieve until they eat the object of their cravings. While people can crave different things, craving is a term that’s typically used with food. Cravings Cravings are the feeling you get when you have an extreme desire for something, usually a particular food. Cravings are a more intense feeling than simply desiring to eat your favorite food....

“Daddy issues” isn’t a recognized psychological condition, nor is it criteria for the diagnosis of a mental health disorder. That said, there is a psychological basis behind this common expression in that it refers to an attachment issue with a father-type figure. During childhood, some people have distant relationships with their fathers or no relationship at all. Others might be so close that the relationship becomes unhealthy. Both types of situations can contribute to the development of daddy issues....

Many pregnant women have questions about DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) supplements in pregnancy. This compound is not routinely found in regular prenatal vitamins. The polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in the omega-3 and omega-6 families are needed for a healthy diet by everyone. More About Fatty Acids Foods that provide omega-3 fatty acids include fish oil and certain plant and nut oils, while omega-6 fatty acids can be found in palm, soybean, rapeseed and sunflower oils....

DPDR can cause you to experience a persistent or recurring feeling of being outside of your body (depersonalization), a sense that what’s happening around you isn’t real (derealization), or both. Depersonalization/derealization disorder (DPDR), sometimes referred to as depersonalization/derealization syndrome, is a mental health condition that involves feeling distant or detached from yourself, mentally or physically, and/or having a reduced sense of reality. Unlike with other psychotic disorders, people with DPDR know that their experiences of detachment aren’t real....

For many people over the past year and a half, the world has existed primarily through a screen. With social distancing measures in place to protect individuals from becoming infected with the coronavirus, technology has stepped in to fill the void of physical connections. It’s also become a space for navigating existing and new mental health conditions through virtual therapy sessions, meditation apps, mental health influencers, and beyond. “Over the years, mental health and technology have started touching each other more and more, and the pandemic accelerated that in an unprecedented way,” says Naomi Torres-Mackie, PhD, the head of research at The Mental Health Coalition, a clinical psychologist at Lenox Hill Hospital, and an adjunct professor at Columbia University....

Gonadotropins are fertility drugs that contain follicle stimulation hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), or a combination of the two. These drugs are used to stimulate ovulation. Brand names that may be familiar to you include Gonal-F, Follistim, Ovidrel, Menopur, and Luveris. Gonadotropins are informally known as injectables because they are only administered by injection. This makes them different from fertility drugs Clomid (clomiphene) and Femara (letrozole), which are pills you take by mouth....

I come from a family that turns to holistic healing methods before trying Western ones. I’ve gladly taken part in this mindset and am a public proponent of natural healing and wellness. In many ways, my family’s perspective has been a godsend for me. Specifically, the knowledge and help from my parents and sister enabled me to get over two severe chronic illnesses, both of which doctors told me I would never fully recover from....

Rotavirus is a gastrointestinal illness that is common among infants and young children. The contagious virus causes watery diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and abdominal pain. According to the Centers for Disease Control, rotavirus incubates for up to 48 hours, so if your child is exposed, symptoms won’t appear for a day or two. The illness itself can last for up to ten days and you should consider your child contagious for about twelve days....

Stress inoculation training (SIT) is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). CBT is a commonly used form of psychotherapy (talk therapy) that can help you recognize and change incorrect and/or negative thoughts that have been influencing your behavior. Exposure therapy and cognitive-processing therapy are other examples of such therapy. Stress Inoculation Training Just as a vaccination against a particular disease helps your body respond quickly when it’s exposed to that disease, in the same way, stress inoculation training prepares you to quickly defend against PTSD-related fear and anxiety when you’re exposed to reminders, or cues, that trigger these symptoms....

Teachers use many different tools to measure how well their students have learned a concept or topic, such as pop quizzes, standardized tests, oral presentations, and persuasive essays. But to some degree, the correct use of these kinds of assessments rely on the subject matter being taught in a traditional way in a traditional school environment by a traditional kind of teacher! When you homeschool your child, you might ask yourself “How do I know if my child is learning anything?...

When you have kids, you realize you are using even more tissues, paper towels, water bottles, snack packs, and sandwich bags. Plus, if a newborn is in the house, you add some new items to the list; the demand for diapers, wet wipes, and baby food pouches is endless. These disposable items are designed for convenience. You use them once and throw them in the trash, leaving you more time to manage work-life responsibilities....

Every day kids are bombarded with messages, information, and images. Whether they are at school, online, or talking to their friends, they need to know how to evaluate what they are hearing and seeing in order to form their own opinions and beliefs. Critical thinking skills are the foundation of education as well as an important life skill. Without the ability to think critically, kids will struggle academically, especially as they get older....

Did you know that intelligence isn’t set in stone? You may have been brought up to believe that some people were just good at challenging subjects, and others just didn’t have the natural ability to learn how to solve very complex math and science problems. You might be surprised to find out that education and brain research in recent decades has shown otherwise. One of the important factors for being able to develop this intelligence is the belief that intelligence is the result of hard work and study....