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All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Walking isnt always the quickest way to make it from point A to point B. JGI/Tom Grill / Getty Images But its not just about quick transport: The benefits of walking for your body and mind are numerous. This year, walkers uploaded an average of two and a half to four hours of striding per week....

If youre pining for the best romantic movies on Netflix, youve come to the right place. There are some familiar favorites and a few you may have never heard of before. And yes, theres a feel-good holiday love story or two, because how could we not? Single All The Way (L-R). Philemon Chambers as Nick, Michael Urie as Peter. You might laugh, you may cry, and youll probably swoon over some of the lead characters....

If you want to startmeditating, youre in the right place. Dont worrymany of them have free trials for precisely that reason. Alright, ready to start reaping thebenefits of meditation? Merfin/Adobe Stock And its not difficult to see why. While other leading meditation apps can get pretty pricy, Insight Timer stands out for its expansive free library. Were talking 70,000 free meditations and music tracks, with new content every day. But quite frankly, many, many Insight Timer users report that the free version is more than enough....

Stretchingis one component of fitness that a lot of us findwaytoo easy to skip. But there are some benefits of stretching that might just make you want to add it to your routine. To get a little more specific though, there areseveral different types of stretches. Josh/Adobe Stock Think: walkinglunges, arm circles, and deep squats. Stretching can help increase your range of motionboth temporarily and in the long-term. These gains often disappear within a day or even a few hours....

Often when people think of healthy desserts, they picture a plate of uninspiring copycat treats. The thing about these so-called healthy desserts is that they often fail to satisfy your craving. A nagginglack of satisfactionthat keeps you hungering for the sweetness youre really after. Jeanine Donofrio viaLove and Lemons (More on how we generally think abouthealthy eatingat SELF below.) Or a moist and fluffy cake that also happens to be filled withvitamin-rich sweet potatoes....

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Heres how to find out for yourself. Chelsea Kyle. Prop styling by Amy Elise Wilson at Sarah Laird. Promise you, thoughthats a good thing! Here are the main categories of vibrators to choose from. (Vibrators and othersex toys designed for penisesexist too! But thats a whole different article....

You may have seen news swirling about the F-Factor diet over the last few months. ICYMI: The F-Factor diet is ahigh-fiberdiet intended forweight lossand created by Tanya Zuckerbrot, M.S., R.D. Zuckerbrot has categoricallydenied these allegations. Yulia Reznikov/Getty Images Gellis filed a counterclaim seeking to dismiss Zukerbrot’s suit. (Representatives for Gellis did not respond to SELF’s requests for comment.) So lets look at the actual diet behind all the headlines. F-Factor is not a restrictive fad diet, an F-Factor representative tells SELF via email....

Diet talkincludes any conversation around restricting certain foods or exercising to lose weight and/or change your body shape. These kinds of diet-related conversations usually mean someone you love is not feeling so great in their body. So how do you communicate with compassion about a topic you find unpleasant? Paula Daniëlse/Getty Images Asking questions can be a great way to gain insight into someones lived experience. I’d love to know: What has been helping you feel good about the body youre currently in?...

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Its no wonder I was skeptical when I heard virtual reality was branching out into fitness. Alliance/Adobe Stock Combine that with the fact Ive also heard virtual reality can make peopledizzy, and I wasnt exactly sold. Now there are plenty of dynamic virtual reality workouts for people into lots of different types of exercise....

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. There are a few different types of COVID-19 tests it’s possible for you to take at home. Circle Creative Studio/Getty Images Other kits use antigen tests, which look for proteins on the surface of the virus. In some cases, you may need to repeat the test to confirm your results....

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Our worstCOVID-19fears have been realized. IKON Images/Adobe Stock Hospitals and ICUs in particular are overwhelmed,as we warned was possiblein the spring. Deaths have topped 3,000 per day. And withChristmas around the corner, cases arent likely to recede any time soon. Keep reading to learn those answers and more....

And like countless fat patients before me, this question isnt an academic one. It has shown up time and time again in my own search for health care. Years ago, I was visiting family in California when my hearing cut out. Panfilia/Adobe Stock It was disorienting and alarming, losing one of my senses so abruptly. The world sounded muffled, like it was tucked away behind a closed door, distant and unreachable....

Im the editor in chief of SELF and the host of our wellness advice podcast,Checking In. In this weeks episode, were talking abouthow to feel less lonely after the death of a loved one. She wants to know how to feel less lonely. Chelsea Victoria/Adobe Stock It hasn’t really gotten easier, which I was hoping it would, Deanne tells us. I’ve tried a little bit of online dating. I don’t really know where to go to meet anybody, especially during the pandemic....