DEAR ABBY: I am receiving physical therapy at a center with a huge TV on the wall. It is on the entire time, playing stuff like sports and home improvement shows. I find it tedious, stressful and distracting. Importantly, due to my declining hearing, the TV makes it difficult to understand the young physical therapist … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I’m a 50-year-old woman who has lived with orthopedic challenges due to a congenital metabolic condition. Despite many surgeries and limited mobility, I have led a full life as a special needs teacher, wife and caregiver for my grandmother. After my grandmother passed last year, I struggled emotionally and started weekly Zoom sessions … Read more
In the fast-moving world of biohacking, today’s hot new tech is tomorrow’s ancient relic. But with a flood of gadgets hitting the market — each promising to boost your health in exciting, and sometimes outrageous, ways — how do you know which ones actually deliver? Dave Asprey is on a mission to find out. Dave … Read more
An American sex therapist and podcaster, who claims she went through a “terrifying” 72 hours of “interrogation” and “abuse” at an immigration office in Bali before being booted out and banned from re-entering, has weighed in on the Bonnie Blue saga. Jennelle Gordon, a Californian-based tantra master, holistic healer, speaker, and sex educator — was … Read more
This news is off the rocker. “If you’re wondering what the quickest way to end up in a nursing home is, I’ll tell you what I see every week,” physical therapist John Thompson (@thefalldoc), who specializes in home healthcare. While you might be thinking the culprit is a bad fall, Thompson says the harm comes … Read more
Strike a pose and… try not to eat pavement? TikTok is teetering on the edge thanks to the “Nicki Minaj Challenge,” a viral trend that’s got users strapping on stilettos and trying to defy gravity. Some pull it off. Others end up with ice packs and bruised egos. TikTokers are doing the “Nicki Minaj challenge,” … Read more
Don’t name them that. Millennial parents are using the ’90s as inspiration for naming their newborns — which is fine, as long as they avoid three names in particular, according to a speech therapist. Chloe Conrad is a speech-language pathologist who often posts informative, helpful videos for parents on her Instagram page. In one of … Read more
People often believe cheating is solely caused by lust, a need for validation, or having a few too many drinks. However, renowned psychotherapist Esther Perel has revealed that after 45 years as a sex therapist, she believes there is one main reason why people stray in their relationships. Talking to The Telegraph, Perel attributes it to … Read more
Turns out the real reason she’s not texting back might be because you treated her like your shrink. A recent study from Stanford has officially named the emotional labor sucking the life out of straight women: “mankeeping” — and it’s driving them straight out of the dating pool. The term refers to the exhausting, unpaid … Read more
Meet the woman who uses ChatGPT for therapy – and says it’s the best therapist she’s ever had. Kat Woods, 35, says she has tried more than 10 therapists during her life, but always found they never actually helped her solve her problems. However, when she trialled talking to ChatGPT as if the chatbot were … Read more
People are turning to artificial intelligence for help with just about anything — but especially their love lives. One woman named Grace Carter claims AI helped save her relationship with her boyfriend, Lucas Martin. Like many couples, Carter and Martin were constantly arguing, according to the Mirror. The 34-year-old found herself on a constant spiral … Read more
She’s not throwing tantrums in Target or sucking her thumb — but one grown woman says letting her husband treat her like a 2-year-old has saved her relationship … and her sanity. “Baby Emma likes to get attention and she likes to be spoiled,” wrote Emma Singer in a recent PureWow essay that’s raising some … Read more
The quest to create an A.I. therapist has not been without setbacks or, as researchers at Dartmouth thoughtfully describe them, “dramatic failures.” Their first chatbot therapist wallowed in despair and expressed its own suicidal thoughts. A second model seemed to amplify all the worst tropes of psychotherapy, invariably blaming the user’s problems on her parents. … Read more
I am a veteran with PTSD, depression, anxiety and marital discord. The Veterans Affairs Department has been paying for me to see a therapist. At my last session, I shared with my therapist that I’d had a sexual dream about her. I did not share any specifics about the dream, and I did not say … Read more
Here comes Casper the unfriendly ghost. Sadly in today’s dating world, getting ghosted — which is going on a few dates with someone and suddenly that person disappears without any explanation — is nothing new. Luckily for all the hopeful single people out there, Karli Kucko, a sex and relationship therapist told the Daily Mail the … Read more
A family therapist has revealed the most common problems he helps patients overcome in each decade of their life — and how they do it. Jeff Watson, 55, an associate marriage and family therapist in San Leandro, California, has been working with people of all ages for four years. He says each stage of life … Read more
This is the one time NSFW content is suitable for the workplace. When she isn’t hosting client sessions, sex therapist Georgina Vass spends time researching various X-rated topics, telling Jam Press that she will “visit sex shops, attend lectures, watch porn” and even “recently attended a workshop in a dungeon.” “There is no typical day,” … Read more
This is four-play you don’t want to engage in. A California sex therapist has shared the four things she would never do with her partner in the bedroom — and her amorous advice has resurfaced as people pledge to make 2025 their hottest year yet. Vanessa Marin first shared her tips on Instagram last year, … Read more
If you’re struggling with holiday anxiety, yule have to try this trauma therapist’s tree tip. More than a quarter of Americans (28%) confess to experiencing more stress than they did at this time last year, thanks to the higher cost of gift-giving, grief over the loss of a loved one and complex family dynamics following … Read more
Here’s some positive advice to help you deal with a negative person. Jeff Guenther, who goes by @therapyjeff online, recently shared “eight ways to deal with a partner who’s incredibly negative.” Jeff Guenther, who goes by @therapyjeff online, recently shared “eight ways to deal with a partner who’s incredibly negative.” TikTok / @therapyjeff He first … Read more