Your body is made up of chemical messengers that transmit messages to other parts of your body. These messengers include neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, pheromones, and hormones. Hormones are chemical messengers produced in the endocrine system. Like other chemical transmitters, they send messages to various parts of the body, telling organs and tissues what to do. Your…
Napping Can Help Prevent You From Waking up in the Middle of the Night To Pee—Here’s Why
Fact: When done right, a solid Sunday afternoon nap is among the most sanity-restoring of all activities. There are few wrongs that are not made right by getting a little bit of extra shut-eye in the middle of the day, whether for just a couple of minutes or for a couple of hours. If, however,…
These Soft, Stretchy Pants From Universal Standard Are My New Spring Staple and Have Made Me Rethink Cargo Pants for Good
Say the words “cargo pants” and chances are, you’re mind conjures up an image of a middle-aged white man wearing ill-fitting, baggy khakis covered in pockets. Or your mind rushes back to middle school where zip-off tech pants ruled gym class. Am I right? I bet I’m right. I’ll admit, this was my archetype for…
This 2-Product Combo Squashed The Worst Hormonal Breakout of My Life
Considering the close relationship between hormones and acne, it shouldn’t have come as a surprise when my skin decided to freak out when I decided to go off of hormonal birth control after a decade. After I stopped taking the pill, my face erupted with the worst pimples I’d ever seen in places that I’d…
Tips To Deal With The Aftermath Of Medical Malpractice
When patients seek treatment from healthcare providers, they place faith and trust in the capabilities of these professionals. But not all patients are lucky during the treatment because human errors occur. Thousands of cases of medical malpractice and negligence are reported every year in the US. Thankfully, victims can seek respite with the personal injury…
Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Comments on Motherhood Are Like a Collective Sigh of Relief for Moms Juggling Love and Ambition
I was in the middle of yet another late-night social media scroll during my Bedtime Break (the delicious 10-15 minutes after my 5-month-old daughter goes down for the night and I have a few moments to myself) when I saw Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s note to her daughters pop up on my…
Insane Politicians Are Leading Us To Hell
A cabal of politicians, governments, courts, medical authorities, pharmaceutical companies, multinational agencies, the mainstream media, academics, and foundations, particularly the World Economic Forum, want you and your loved ones to suffer and die. The easiest way to sustain such a statement is the brutal fact that they allowed Pfizer and the FDA to release its……
Online Marketing is Crucial for Business Success in Malaysia
There have been a lot of lessons learned in the past two years with the COVID-19 pandemic. But one of the main lessons learned in the business world is the importance of online marketing in Malaysia as we adjust to the “new normal”. The business world was thrown a massive curve in the first half…
Socializing Is Connected to Longevity—Here’s How Introverts Can Still Reap the Benefits
A good friendship works like a positive feedback loop: You feel warm and fuzzy in your friend’s presence, which encourages you to hang out with this person again and again. Before long, you’ve solidified your bond, which can act as a buffer against loneliness, reduce your stress levels, boost your mood, and according to a…
5 Ways Quality Sleep Is the Simplest Ingredient to a Positive Life Outlook
Getting quality sleep is a prized goal of the masses for a number of reasons, including all of the health gains doing so stands to offer—like muscle recovery, improved focus, and memory gains to name just a few. But according to new research, those life-boosting effects might go further than many realize: According to the recently…