The five love languages is a concept first coined by marriage counselor and author Gary Chapman. The idea is that we all give and receive love in different ways—physical touch, acts of service, quality time, words of affirmation and receiving gifts—but tend to identify with one in particular. Understanding how someone shows love or appreciation—and …
Wellness leader Deepak Chopra launched an AI digital twin that gives his advice on everything ‘from sex to spirituality’
Deepak Chopra has carried many torches as alternative medicine leader and author to spiritual guide and entrepreneur. The 77-year-old founded The Chopra Foundation, which fosters humanitarian research, and has written over 90 books, including The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success and The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire. What’s next for Chopra: Reaching more people by distilling …
Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts on the app to protect children
Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives. Beginning Tuesday in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia, anyone under 18 who signs up for Instagram will be placed into restrictive teen accounts and …
How ‘big back,’ ‘fatty,’ and other ‘fatphobic’ slang is damaging your teen’s mental health
“Hey fatty!” “I’m so big back!” “We’re being such biggies right now!” Welcome to the latest teen-girl parlance—a TikTok-trend spinoff that’s become the new language of casual, constant joking used to poke fun at each other, and one’s self, for eating. And while many teens say the jargon is simply meant to be playful, others …
7 patterns of long-lasting relationships, according to a couples therapist
From financial challenges to work stressors, there are countless pressures on modern marriages. But there are plenty of couples who manage to have healthy, happy, lasting relationships despite these common strains. Nicole LePera—a renowned couples therapist with over 10 million followers across Instagram, TikTok, and X—identified seven behavioral patterns of longstanding couples. Here’s how they make …
Employees who use and abuse marijuana miss more work, new study shows
While the modern marijuana consumer may be shedding that lazy stoner stereotype, new research shows that employees who use and abuse the drug are more likely to miss work. The findings were published Monday in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. For the study, researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine and the …
How to talk with your kids about school shootings
Mass shootings have effects on communities that are felt long after the day’s tragedy. School shootings in particular can have physical, emotional and behavioral effects on kids. Many health experts, including psychologists and grief counselors, remind people there are resources to support students’ mental and emotional health as they grieve and process. Here’s how they …
Binge drinking is on the rise among older adults. Here’s why it’s more dangerous and how to spot the signs
Binge drinking is prevalent across generations, but the dangerous habit is growing among one age group in particular. Long associated with college students, binge drinking, defined as having four or more drinks within two hours at least five times per month for women (five drinks for men) is on the rise among older adults. According …
How vitamin B12 could give you an energy boost
Feeling low-energy? You could be among the estimated 3.6% of Americans who are deficient and 12.5% who get insufficient amounts of vitamin B12. The first step to finding out is seeing your doctor, as Dr. Elizabeth Sharp, internist and medical director at Health Meets Wellness in New York City, previously told Fortune. “If someone is …
Free, at-home COVID tests are back. Here’s how to order yours
The summer wave of COVID infections may be ebbing—nationwide weekly test positivity has been decreasing since the week ended Aug. 10—but with autumn now here and the winter holidays approaching, free COVID tests will once again become available in the coming days. Each U.S. household is eligible to receive four rapid, at-home tests via COVIDtests.gov. …