Sex Advice

OK, TMI: Is it true that you can get a UTI from not peeing after sex?

You're going to want to listen to these doctor's orders.

by Mary Grace Garis

Sex Advice

6 of the quietest (and best) vibrators on the market right now

What an absolutely terrible time in history to have thin walls, limited alone time, and a frenzied sex drive.

by Mary Grace Garis

Sex Advice

Vacation might be canceled but vacation sex isn’t—here’s how to have staycation sex

Take it into the daylight.

by Mary Grace Garis

Career Advice

5 types of music to listen to while working to help you productively soundtrack your day

It's not just what you listen to, but *how* you listen to it.

by Mary Grace Garis

Spiritual Health

Everything to know about the characteristics of a Taurus, the zodiac’s sultry, sensuous, stubborn bull

If you're going to be grounded, it might as well be in the lavender fields.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

How to make a daily schedule for yourself that can help you do what you want

Freud, Beethoven, and Picasso all embraced the success-making powers of routine.

by Mary Grace Garis

DIY Home Decor

Burned down all of your candles already? Use this kit to make a new one

Finally make use of your glass jar graveyard.

by Mary Grace Garis

Sex Advice

7 slow-build foreplay ideas from a sexologist, since you may *finally* have the time for it

Think outside the box…of your bedroom walls.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

Don’t know how to watch movies together online while you’re physically apart? These 6 services can help

Dinner and a movie has a social distancing upgrade.

by Mary Grace Garis

Sex Advice

The 7 golden rules for how to sext safely (and oh-so effectively), according to a sexologist

Get an A+ in sext education.

by Mary Grace Garis

Cleaning Hacks

This is how often you should wash your bed sheets if you sleep naked

Sleeping in the buff is awesome, but it *does* make a difference.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

There are 3 styles of coping—here’s how knowing yours can help alleviate stress

And how to know if your go-to mechanism isn't serving you.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

I tried a light-therapy desk lamp to improve my concentration *and* mood

Did it work?

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

A behavioral psychologist’s top 5 motivating tips to get out of bed on hard mornings

Y'know, because now it seems like every morning is a hard morning.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

How to ask for a favor when *everyone* is already at full capacity, according to an etiquette expert

Because it's not one-size-fits-all.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

Yale’s happiness expert says ‘fresh-start energy’ can help you create new meaningful traditions

You may even feel ironically closer to loved ones as a result.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

Why you need a rest day, even in quarantine

Attention: Put the yoga mat down.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

A nostalgia expert says reminiscing can provide happiness (so keep reposting those old photos)

Here are 4 ways getting sentimental can be healthy.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

Holidays and celebrations look different during a crisis, but upholding the importance of family traditions still makes you happy

Keep the colored eggs or matzo ball soup and streamline the drama.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

Why it’s so weird watching people go out in TV shows as we’re adjusting to a new normal

"Whoa, remember restaurants," I whispered to my dad.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

5 activities that can spark joy even during quarantine, according to a joy strategist

It helps to embrace your inner-child, get the colored pencils, and transport yourself to a simpler time.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

This $12 phone stand for desks is a game-changer in the era of virtual socializing

Because I get it, your arm is cramping.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

How to write a polite email, according to an etiquette expert

Don't feel uncomfortable about being straightforward.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

3 tips to get out of survival mode and find comfort in the abnormal, according to a psychotherapist

"[Survival mode] can be beneficial, but this can also keep us from falling back into a normal step in life."

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

57 activities to do at home when isolation boredom seizes you

Whipped coffee, pink hair, ballet, and more.

by Mary Grace Garis

Financial Tips

12 smart financial next steps if you were laid off because of the coronavirus, according to the pros

Because no one should have to go it alone.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

7 other ways to say ‘how are you doing’ that are actually, you know, helpful

You can ask it without actually *asking* it.

by Mary Grace Garis

Career Advice

How to stay motivated to work at home when, uh, there’s a lot going on

Likewise, be aware of what does not motivate you.

by Mary Grace Garis

Sex Advice

5 affordable sex toys under $40 that should satisfy your needs during isolation

Including an ode to our go-to isolation emoji.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

Yale’s happiness expert shares 5 strategies for how to stay positive when it feels impossible

Being wealthy in time can benefit your mental health, too.

by Mary Grace Garis

Relationship Tips

How to set boundaries when you’re an adult living with your parents again, according to a family therapist

Act like an adult, so you can be treated like an adult.

by Mary Grace Garis

Spiritual Health

How to read a natal chart—planets, symbols, and all

This can help you pick the planets apart.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

5 tips to stop your worries from literally keeping you up at night, according to a sleep doctor

Put the phone down and curl up with these self-soothing techniques.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

How to politely decline that virtual happy hour when you very clearly don’t have plans

Hot take: Nobody really cares if you don't go to the (Zoom) party.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

13 ways to change the conversation when you can’t talk about COVID-19 anymore

Because we all need a mental break.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

3 strategies from Ancient Greek Stoics to reframe your stressful thoughts in less than 5 seconds

You might even end up laughing things off.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Sleeping Habits

5 power nap benefits you absolutely shouldn’t be sleeping on

Set your timer, folks.

by Mary Grace Garis

Sex Advice

3 sexual-health reasons to replace your vibrator, according to a sexologist

Are you getting the return on your pleasure investment?

by Mary Grace Garis

Spiritual Health

What it means if you have a rare but dramatic Grand Cross in your natal chart

Broken down by Grand Cardinal, Fixed, and Mutable Crosses.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

Staying connected while social distancing is even tougher for introverts—but that doesn’t make it impossible

It's okay to make one-on-one movie dates over Zoom parties.

by Mary Grace Garis

Career Advice

5 WFH boundaries that’ll save you from slipping into accidental 14-hour workdays

WFH doesn't have to mean Work From Hell.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

Hand washing is important, but these are the other 4 things you touch all day that you should be cleaning

You might want to give your keyboard a little TLC.

by Mary Grace Garis

Meditation 101

Researchers analyzed a Buddhist monk’s brain after 18 years of daily meditation — here’s what they found

And why you should pick up the practice today.

by Mary Grace Garis

Relationship Tips

Is your fear of intimacy keeping you from the love you deserve? Here are 5 signs to look for

It's time to finally get close to someone.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

Hey, it’s okay if you’re not checking everything off of your to-do list right now

Do what you need to do in order to function in a time with endless restrictions but no rules.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

5 ways to bring a sense of the great outdoors inside using visual ASMR

Even if you can't be in nature, research says there are benefits to glean from looking at it.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

6 online games you can play virtually with your friends near and far

Rally the whole gang.

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Mind

10 healthy daily habits to retain even while social distancing, according to psychologists

It's important to retain in order to retain a sense of normalcy even when social distancing is the general recommendation to heed. 

by Mary Grace Garis

Spiritual Health

On the Cusp: What it means when you’re a mix of intuitive Pisces and headstrong Aries

Who wins the battle between fire and water?

by Mary Grace Garis

Healthy Sleeping Habits

FYI: Your orgasm is the best, easiest, and quickest sleep hack there is

And it costs zero dollars.

by Mary Grace Garis