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Mid-Morning Later in the morning, or just before lunch, green tea is good choice. Lunch With lunch, I recommend black tea for a few reasons. After Lunch Pu-erh teais what I drink after lunch. It’s also traditionally used in China to ward off weight gain following a heavy meal. Evening In the early evening, oolong is my tea of choice. Tea is a wonderful beverage that offers amyriad of benefitsandendless possibilitiesfor exploration....

These are all clues that can suggest hormonal imbalance. For example, fatigue and difficulty sleeping suggest problems with the adrenals, the glands that produce stress hormones. Peri-menopausal and menstrual issues suggest imbalances with estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone, the sex hormones. Weight gain and fatigue are often a combination of all three of these hormonal imbalances. But weight gain may also suggest a diet with too many sweets and starches. Carbohydrate-intolerance, meaning the hormone insulin isnt working properly, is too often the culprit....

The story of my face is my health origin story. How it started. When I was 14, I saw my first dermatologist. So for the first time in five years, I didn’t have daily antibiotics in my system. And I was gorging on a smorgasbord of gluten and dairy. And my face went nuts. Cystic acne sprung up and wouldn’t go away. Not only was it physically painful, I was emotionally struggling too....

Release your shoulders as you reach palms to sacrum, fingertips pointing downward. Draw your elbows together and use your hands to press your hips forward, bending through the thoracic spine. Allow your head to gently drop back, lengthening through your Throat Chakra as you breathe deeply. Continue pressing the hips forward as you bend back, only going as far as what feels good. Hold for 3 deep breaths and press into your sacrum to come back to Tadasana....

As a couples therapist, I often give talks about love. Racing heart, says one. Insanity and obsession, says another. Sweaty palms, says a third. Looking for your first love can create havoc in your life. Especially if you are married or in a committed relationship. It’s OK to engage with the memories and the fantasy of your first love. It might even teach you about what you’re looking for in love in the present....

What if I don’t know my fantasies? Is it easy to learn how to fantasize? Wait, can I think about someone else or something else when Im with the person I love? Am I normal if I fantasize about things I never want to act out? The answer to all of these questions (and more): Yes. Fantasizing can be very simple. All you’re gonna wanna do is create a mental image or movie in your mind....

One of the reasons people come to Pilates is that they want to work on their flexibility. Stretchinghas never been more important, and I cant emphasize enough the need to make time for it. This series of stretches can be done in less than 10 minutes, and your body will thank you. All you need is a towel or yoga strap. Hamstring Stretch Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat....

Optimism it does both your mind and body good. But for some, optimism is easier said than done. This health-supportive turn of mind is learnable. Here are a few ways to help guide yourself in a more optimistic direction. Try adding one or two and keep adding new skills to your repertoire over time. In the words of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Choose to be optimistic, it feels better....

Ive done numerous interviews and talks about what makes for a successful relationship. In other words, love is more complicated than we often believe. Love is a feeling. And like any feeling, it can come and go sometimes unexpectedly. Loving, however, is a skill set, and one you could develop. At its beginning, romantic love is passionate and exciting so enjoy the ride. We need other (less exciting) information to select a partner wisely....

How often do you think about themethodyou use to communicate? How often do you consciously decide to text someone rather than send an email? Or ask for a face-to-face conversation rather than dashing off an email? Or wind up in a sticky situation with someone who mis-read your tone on text? So lets identify the levels of communication. Most of us communicate through texting, emailing and chatting. This is the first level of communication....

Having an orgasm is natural. So is skipping, for instance. That doesnt mean youre born knowing how to skip; it means youre born with the capacity to learn. There was a time when you didnt know how to skip. The same is generally true for orgasms. Theyre still learning how. But it sure is a fun game, and everybody deserves a chance to try it. (Here’s our guide onhow to make a woman orgasm....

Merris, who described herself as a prisoner in her own home, was one of them. Merris hasceliac disease, an autoimmune condition that affects the intestines. The result: diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, nausea, and absolute misery. The standard treatment for the disease is a strict avoidance of gluten. Merris had tried that for a year and a half, but it didn’t work. Merris wanted a better solution. After she’d followed my protocol for only four days, Merris’s severe diarrhea completely stopped....

We want to stay in what I call the “merge cycle” and why wouldn’t we? It feels so magical. They invent a language of their own that nobody else can understand. They share jokes with punch lines that are funny only to them. Within the perceived safety of the bubble, their merge feels at once total and eternal. Of course, not everyone experiences the “urge to merge.” Some people never feel it at all....