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How the Ingredients in Personal-Care Products Can Affect Your Health
Many of the most popular personal-care items contain toxins that can mess with your health. Here are ingredients to avoid — and tips for finding worthy alternatives.
Can Massage Soothe Pain?
Massage can lower cortisol levels and enhance dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin, all of which helps with pain relief.
Can Massage Help Ease Anxiety and Depression?
Stimulating the peripheral nerves with massage can switch the nervous system into rest-and-relaxation mode.
11 Massage Modalities
From acupressure to myofascial release to trigger-point therapy, here are various forms of massage — and what they are good for.
Can Massage Help Relieve Headaches?
Shiatsu-style massage and craniosacral therapy can help with chronic headaches.
How Massage and Healing Touch Benefit Overall Health
Massage can help with pain relief, digestion, and even immunity.
What’s In Your Makeup?
It's hard to know. Why? Federal rules regulating the cosmetic industry have not been updated for more than 80 years.
5 of Our Favorite Tools for Cold and Allergy Season
Breathe a little easier with these natural supports for colds and allergies.
A Calling From Cancer
When two sisters received back-to-back breast-cancer diagnoses, they developed a virtual system to support each other — and became inspired to do the same for others.
NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: Is Depression Overdiagnosed?
Labeling all mood dysregulation as “depression” may interfere with effective treatment. Consider this a more nuanced approach.
Megan Larsen’s Success Story
When Megan Larsen traded her sedentary suburban life for a rural hobby farm, she lost 170 pounds and was able to climb back in the saddle.
Soothe Your Skin
Looking to pamper your skin? Here are some of our favorite tools, including a dry brush.
Does Face Yoga Actually Help Tone Your Facial Muscles?
Experts weigh in on this anti-aging trend — and offer a few exercises you can try at home.
How to Use Tapping
This holistic-healing technique uses the body’s acupressure points to lower stress and reset your mind.
Protect and Style: Your Summer Haircare Routine
Simple tips for keeping your hair and scalp healthy and protected when you’re spending more time outside in warm, sunny weather. Plus, ideas for trendy, heat-free styles to try.
A Go-To Guide for Safer Summer Skincare
Simple tips, swaps, and DIY recipes for cleaner sun-care products.
The Body Is Not an Apology
We can all do better than self-acceptance. Here are 10 tools that can move us toward radical self-love.
How to De-Stink Your Sweats
Funky odors in your fitness gear can be tricky to remove. Give these ideas a try.
How to Make Your Own Hair Pomade
Whip up a batch of DIY pomade using beeswax pastilles, coconut oil, arrowroot powder, and essentials oils of your choice.
How to Make Your Own Sea-Salt Spray for Hair
To texturize your hair, make this DIY sea-salt spray with sea salt, avocado oil, warm water, and essential oils of your choice.
How to Use Dry Shampoo
Try these tips from LifeSpa's Ali Yanez on how to apply dry shampoo.