wellness
Discover expert analysis and the modern take on wellness, brought to you by Marie Claire.
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Living With Pure Obsessional OCD: What Happens When Your Thoughts Turn X-Rated
A new HBO Max show attempts to demystify and normalize the widely misunderstood anxiety disorder.
By Paola Singer Published
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Black Girls Breathing Is Creating a Safe Space for Black Women
Founder Jasmine Marie reflects on how she's managing a business and preserving her mental health during this stressful time.
By Rachel Epstein Published
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Payal Kadakia Made ClassPass into the Decade's First Billion-Dollar Company
...while pregnant. The founder of the fitness empire shares her journey to unicorn-status, including all the bumps (baby and otherwise) along the way.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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5 Mental Health Apps That Professionals Recommend
You are not alone.
By Bianca Rodriguez Published
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Inside the New Sobriety Movement
Features Liquor no longer holds the allure it once did for “sober curious” women—far from alcoholics and not quite abstainers—who have discovered a healthier high in drying out.
By Maggie Bullock Published
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The Trip of a Lifetime
Women across the country are self-treating their depression and anxiety with hallucinogenic mushrooms. Is it working?
By Catherine Ryan Gregory Published
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Read an Excerpt from Andrea Dunlop's New Novel About Munchausen By Proxy
Our editors are obsessed with 'We Came Here to Forget.'
By Andrea Dunlop Published
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The Wellness Industry Isn't Making You Well
It's exclusionary, expensive, and too trendy for its own good.
By Caroline Rothstein Published
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ALERT: Leaving Your Birth Control Pills in Your Car Could Get You Pregnant
As could leaving them in the bathroom.... And all of these other places.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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7 of Your Biggest Shark Week Questions, Answered
Features Nature is so, so beautiful.
By Cady Drell Published
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I Cheated on My Boyfriend with My Rapist
By seducing my assaulter, I was reclaiming the control I’d lost over my body and identity.
By Lana Hoch Published
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Way of Gray Was One of the Most Popular #Fitspo Accounts—Then Fans Started Unfollowing
Turns out, people have a hard time with the truth.
By Sophie Gray Published
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I'm a Woman with Facial Hair—and I'm Proud of It
A handful of bold women are embracing what millions of others have struggled to keep secret.
By Danielle McNally Published
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Hooked on Laxatives: The Extreme Diet That Nearly Killed Me
For over a year, I lived on little more than bran cereal and laxatives.
By Anna Fields Published
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Jenna Dewan Tatum's Daily Routine Will Inspire You to "Zen Out"
Healthy habits from the actress, dancer, and now Danskin ambassador.
By Alexandra Engler Published
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Women Have Noticed a Strange Side Effect of Today's Solar Eclipse
Features Totality is cool and all but can it leave our cycles alone please?
By Jenn Sinrich Published
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Here's What's Probably Causing Your Cold Sores
How To Sneaky, sneaky.
By Taylore Glynn Published
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The Secret Lobotomy of Rosemary Kennedy
JFK's younger sister was permanently disabled by a barbaric surgery in the 1940s. Now, her legacy is more important than ever.
By Lyz Lenz Published
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What I Wish I Said to My Rapist
Five years after his crime, I finally realize what happened.
By Charlotte Lieberman Published
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I Swapped My Morning Coffee for Bone Broth to See if It Made Me a Better Person
It's the latest thing, so...might as well.
By Zoe Weiner Published
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The Problem with the "Quick Weight Loss" Diet Plan
How To And how to lose weight the healthy way.
By Lori Keong Published
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I Tried Having an Orgasm a Day for a Month—and It Totally Changed My Sex Life
The perks were INSANE.
By Lisa Fogarty Published
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How Many Too-Lit Weekends Does It Take to Make You Dumber?
IQ and nights out
By Chelsea Peng Published
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I Went Off Social Media for a Month and My Panic Attacks Stopped
What one likes-obsessed writer gained when she opted out of the digital rat race.
By Valerie Tejeda Published
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I Hired a Personal Trainer and Here's What Happened
This is not what I was expecting.
By Samantha Leal Published
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"You Physically Cannot Get Out of Bed": Ally Hilfiger Opens Up About Her Battle with Lyme Disease
A chronicle of more than 10 years of misdiagnoses, a dozen doctors, and one psych ward.
By Riza Cruz Published


