We’d like to make one thing abundantly clear: There is nothing wrong, shameful, or embarrassing about taking time off for your mental health. About 1 in 5 adult Americans struggle with mental health conditions each year, per the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). That’s approximately 43.8 million people. Despite their prevalence, mental health issues are still highly stigmatized in our modern world. These negative cultural attitudes, coupled with our country’s inequitable, bias-ridden healthcare infrastructure, cause many people to delay shek

Seed cycling is a holistic method that involves eating seeds (such as pumpkin or flaxseed) to balance a woman’s hormone levels during her menstrual cycle. It has also been used by naturopathic doctors for managing hot flashes and other uncomfortable symptoms of menopause. More recently, seed cycling has gained popularity for its possible benefits in boosting fertility among women. Advocates claim the alternative medicine technique regulates hormones such as estrogen and progesterone to boost the odds of pregnancy or managing shek

If you get a monthly period, your monthly menstrual cycle sets the rhythm for so many parts of your life — from sex to digestion to your emotions. So it only makes sense that your period also plays a role in how you feel during your workouts and how effective they are. And while you may not feel like running a marathon during your period, exercise is something that might ebb and flow with your cycle.  Cycle-sycing workouts are all shek

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. While normally you don’t want to cool things down in the bedroom, experimenting with some temperature play in the bedroom  might be exactly what you need to heat things up between you and your partner. And especially during a heatwave outside, you may want bring some fun cooling and freezer-friendly sex toys into the mix to make sure things shek

For the approximately 1 in 7 people who experience postpartum depression after giving birth, there is some hope. The American Journal of Psychiatry published news about promising clinical trial results of a new postpartum depression treatment drug called zuranolone. Out of the 170 people with severe postpartum depression who participated in the 15-day trial of zuranolone, it  “resulted in statistically significant improvement in depressive symptoms” for people who received the drug in just 15 days; some people even saw improvements shek

Despite being a safe and legal medical procedure, abortion is still considered taboo to discuss in many ways, which is even more problematic with the barriers to abortion access after the overturn of Roe v. Wade just over a year ago. That’s why it matters that pop culture addresses these issues head-on, because that visibility can help demystify abortion and normalize that it is something that many people go through during their lifetimes. “As individuals, we often look to pop shek