Sun, Nov 22 2020

I can still remember seeing Laverne Cox on the cover of a copy of Time magazine laying on my parent's dining room table. I was staying with them between leaving my college town and moving to the nearest big city, where I was already working as a…

“How are you excited to run this race?” I asked Mia, as we made the two-hour drive to Phoenix from our home in Flagstaff. Mia, a sophomore, would be lining up the next day at the Arizona Division II state championship. Even though…

When Naomi Osaka walked on to court at the US Open in August, the world's highest-paid female athlete was covered in names: Nike, Yonex, All Nippon Airways, and Nissin, the company that invented the instant noodle and which has supported her from…

Growing up, running a mile for school gym class was her least-favorite day. Now, Jacquelyn Ballard Vranicar wakes up at 4:15 a.m. once a week, downs a cup of coffee, and runs a 5K. She's joined by a handful of people, some days less, with one goal…

I'm a much more pleasant person to be around after I run. I often say this jokingly, but it isn't so far from the truth. For the better half of a decade, I have relied on running to improve my mood, boost my energy and shed my anxiety. Most of the…

The third week in November. Time to buy that last-minute, high-priced flight home. The only time of the year grocery stores run out of frozen turkeys, cans of pumpkin, fresh green beans, potatoes, and gravy ingredients. The time to move your…

Victorian Liberal Party hoping to come across as less ruthless, uncaring, money-centric bastards as it pitches creative. Billy Gleeson is the Partnerships Manager at Amplify. In this piece, he explains how campaigns on TikTok are changing the game…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has paid just under US$71,000 to clear the hospital bill for long-distance runner Kemoy Campbell who had collapsed while competing at the Millrose Games in New York…

Exercising during the pandemic has been challenging for many of us. Gyms have closed or limited occupancy, as have parks, pools, pathways and other recreational facilities. If trails are open, they often are jammed, making it difficult to socially…

If you watch any major marathon in the world, almost without exception you will see a group of Kenyan and Ethiopian runners battling it out at the front. What is it that propels so many athletes from this corner of east Africa to dominate the sport…

Building on its June pledge to confront systemic racism and police brutality, the AMA has taken action to explicitly recognize racism as a public health threat and detailed a plan to mitigate its effects. Access world-class clinical research…

We need to focus on loving and listening to our bodies when it comes to our diet In the U.S., diet culture began in the early 1900s and has since accumulated an exhaustive list of different dieting fads for people to…

From a young age, people are exposed to the diet culture that constantly infiltrates the media. TRIGGER WARNING: BODY IMAGE AND EATING DISORDERS Magazines, TV, social media: no matter where you look, you probably feel bombarded by people who…

One lesson I've learned in 2020 is that I'm not great at dealing with uncertainty. Don't get me wrong; I've always hated uncertainty. But after months of these unprecedented times (ugh), I've also realized that avoiding uncertainty isn't just a…

Medical experts, nutritionists, and others have joined in a chorus rallying against diet culture. Yet, the fixation on diet and body image remains as pervasive and toxic as ever – now with social media adding fuel to the fire. Studies show…

Tab premiered in 1963, in a textured glass bottle dotted with Space Age sparkles. An early ad from Mademoiselle showed a graceful hand wearing a pair of bracelets, reaching out for the drink from a peacock chair. “Doesn't it make sense to be…

A few days before the election, my coworker Anna Borges, senior health editor, wrote a thoughtful article encouraging SELF readers to create a post-election self-care plan. I read the piece. I enjoyed it. I sent it to friends and family. But on…

We can all agree that this week has been stressful, and now it's over. It's been days of waiting on election results and dealing with the turbulence of what seems like a never-ending race. Our bodies and minds are simply running in circles, leaving…

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5) If you find yourself spacing out and worry that something is wrong, you are probably dissociating. This can be an indication of the 'freeze' state -- the third option to 'fight or flight'. The freeze state is the animal-body's way of mimicking…

One of my coaching clients, who I'll call Jenny, is a 39-year-old entrepreneur. Lately, she's been struggling with fatigue, nothing too severe but a general sense of exhaustion, or, in her words, “not feeling as sharp and energetic as I'd…