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Sexuality helps fulfill the vital need for human connection. However, when chronic pain invades your life, the pleasures of sexuality often disappear. There is a complex interaction between sexuality and chronic pain. Here’s help on how to reconnect with your sexuality in spite of the chronic pain. Sometimes pain is the direct cause of sexual problems. You may simply hurt too much to consider having sex. Adjusting your pain medication may be the solution....

Check out some of my favorite luxury products on deep discount, ahead. Hurry, these awesome savings won’t last long. Day-to-night makeup, anyone? Morgan Johnson Bonus: It’s over $100 off right now at the Nordstrom anniversary sale. This set provides two uniquebrushesthat will help take your look from newbie to professional in just a few swipes. Bonus: you could take a skin-care selfie for Instagram while you wait for your mask to dry....

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. Roll through the pain. GrapeImages/Getty Images Maybe before a run, after a particularlygrueling lifting session, or on ourrecovery days. We will roll our muscles into submission, we think. Well, because were supposed to, and something about fascia. Yeah, thats right…right? The thing is, most of us who diligentlyuse a foam rollerdo so because weve been told we should....

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. Watching Netflix feels great. Watching Netflix in new PJs while diffusing essential oils, drinking wine, and nibbling from a fancycheeseplate? Now that’s self-care taken to the next level. Read on for all the things I want to make my home a self-care haven. while taking a bubblebathseems almost too good to be true....

Im not going to lie, buying a vibrator is a daunting experience. I remember my first sex shop experience. Arent customersgoodfor business?and that was the full extent of my customer service experience. Getty / Wolfgang Kaehler Similar stories are not uncommon for many women. There are better options waiting for you. are founded and managed by women. They hire customer service reps who are kind, queer-friendly, and genuinely knowledgeable about sex education....

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. (Insert eye-roll emoji.) Here I am in a nude bra from Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty line. Years ago, I completely gave up on all things nude. There were no shades that really faded into my milk chocolate skin. But recently, there has been a push toexpand the idea of nude in the beautyand fashion industries....

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. Dear Swole Woman, My question is about whether weightlifting is a fat-burning workout. Mireya Acierto / Getty Images But first, I must say that your column has greatly inspired my solo lifting journey. Oh, and we would run before and after this routine. This is what I continued to do for the next three years, albeit inconsistently, because, life....

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. In your late 20s, you might have already noticed a few things changing about your body. PhotoAlto/Frederic Cirou Your skin is also going through a transition during this time. After 30, you might experience more dryness and irritation than you ever did. Not to mention strange spots seem to pop up from nowhere....

More than 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant. Sadly, many may never get the call saying that a donor organ has been found. Many may not get that second chance at life. It can be hard to think about dying. It can be even harder to think about donating organs and tissue. But organ donors save lives. Here are answers to some common organ donation myths and concerns....

Deciding to get an IUD can feel like an empoweringcontraceptivecommitment. But you also have a major choice to make: copper IUD or hormonal IUD? But they do work differently. The copper IUD has pros and cons, depending on what you need from your birth control. And then theres the non-hormonal outlier, the copper IUD. What makes this one different? Its made of soft, flexible plastic wrapped with a thin layer of copper....

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. Ive never been much of a bath person. Getty / Amy Frazier Perhaps its because the water gets tepid too fast for my taste. Or becauseI have OCDand the thought of cleaning myself in a liquid germ-swell isnt that appealing. A bath is certainly not, as the internet would have me believe, my road to self-care....

Others, like many of those surroundingbirth control, can lead to real consequences, such as unintendedpregnancy. Unfortunately, theres ample opportunity for birth control myths to spread. It seems theres some serious and necessary room for improvement in sex ed these days. jenjen42/Getty Images Unfortunately, we cant create a comprehensive sex education curriculum and distribute it to every school in the country. The only kinds of birth control that protect against both pregnancy andsexually transmitted infectionsare male and female condoms....

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. By now you’ve probably heard ofbone broth, the meaty elixir that’s beloved around the web. RUSS ROHDE/Getty Images Here’s everything I learned from him, the web, and from trying it out myself. At least, I know I have. Canora is here to tell you that it’s not much!...