Gabrielle Kassel Wolinsky

Worse than overripe, unsalvageable avocados and sleeping through that early-morning Soulcycle class you’re paying for no matter what, breakups have got to be near the top of the list of Things That Suck™. In addition to the emotional quantum physics required to figure out all the “whys” (like, “why did he sleep with my my bestie?” or “why did I stay with someone so negative for so long?), there’s the real physical pain of heartbreak to contend with as well.

Chances are you've either personally struggled with anxiety or know someone who has. That's because anxiety affects 40 million adults in the United States every year, and about 30 percent of people experience anxiety at some point in their lives. There are many ways anxiety manifests itself—panic attacks, stomachaches, autoimmune disorders, and acne, just to name a few—but it's often life-altering.

For anyone who’s gone down the skin care rabbit hole, you’ve heard about sheet masks and their thirst-quenching, firming, and glow-inducing powers.
Packed with active, scientifically proven ingredients (though this depends on the brand), like hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and vitamin C, these magical serumy sheets serve a real purpose in soothing our facial skin.

I'm a 400-meter run and 15 pull-ups away from being done with the workout of the day at the CrossFit box I've been dropping into for the last week. Then it hits me: I love it here. Not because "here" isn't New York City—where I live and desperately needed an escape from—and not because I've suddenly become a Rhode Island die-hard.

If you've ever wandered into your gym's weight section—congrats! You're well on your way to building strong bones, boosting your metabolism, and staving off disease. Regardless of how long you've been lifting, the one thing you can't miss among the machines and barbells and weight plates (oh my) is the overload of weight-lifting gear.

Instead, going to bed at 8:30 p.m. — a grace I’m afforded as a freelancer with a flexible work schedule — was a move toward a more productive morning. It was challenge I set for myself as deadlines loomed leading up to the end of the year.

Most of us think of “damp” and “dry” in terms of how recently we used our bath towels, or what the weather is doing outside. But according to the 2,500-year-old school of thought of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), there’s so much more to these concepts than what’s going on outside the body.

Instead, going to bed at 8:30 p.m. — a grace I’m afforded as a freelancer with a flexible work schedule — was a move toward a more productive morning. It was challenge I set for myself as deadlines loomed leading up to the end of the year.

Prioritizing your workouts can do your love life a solid in so many ways. You can meet potential flings at the gym, rev up your libido, up the flexibility required for more (ahem) elaborate positions, and straight-up just have better sex. It’d be logical, then, to assume that getting your sweat on with your sweetie is a real relationship #win. But does a couple that works out together really stay together?

I live by an “everything in moderation” mantra—which means I turn up my nose at diets, since they usually restrict or eliminate of certain foods, and I toss review copies of books about diets on the free table at the publishing company where I work. This happens a lot.
Recently, though, I came across a book promising to change everything I thought I knew about the mind-body connection and help banish my anxiety.

You wash your hands after using the bathroom and soap up in the shower at least every other day. Maybe you even toss your pillowcase in the hamper a few times a week to prevent bacterial buildup that could result in breakouts.

Femininity and fitness have a complicated relationship. Take for instance, the English Oxford Dictionary definition of femininity —“Having qualities or an appearance traditionally associated with women, especially delicacy and prettiness”—which implies weakness. One of the significant consequences of this is that strength and muscles are seen as essentially unfeminine, which denies muscular women their femininity.

For most people, sexual attraction and desire are two of life's most powerful driving forces. But some people don't experience them that way—actually, they don't experience them at all. About 1% of the population is asexual, according to a 2004 study.

Winter is undoubtedly the best time of year to abandon the constant ding of emails, step away from the old year habits (thank you, next, 2018), and crack open a book. There are a lot of quality books on the market. But alas, in my humble opinion, nothing goes with a chunky sweat, chai latte, and a snowstorm quite like (my favorite genre) LGBTQ+ and queer lit.