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Take Care of Yourself Tuesday: Simple Ways to Make Reading Part of Your Self-Care Routine

Girl in lingerie reading in bed

It’s easy for reading to become another task: research, scripts, messages, or something you’re doing because you need information. Reading for no reason at all is a different thing entirely, and it’s one of the simplest forms of self-care available.

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Comfort First: Why Self-Care Starts With What You’re Wearing (Or Not)

Take Care of Yourself Tuesday is the perfect excuse to ask yourself one simple question:

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Her Night In, Her Terms: GoddessBeeOfficial’s Summer State of Mind

Every Flirt of the Week feature during Postcards from Summer has centered on a different weekly theme, and no one this season embodies the quiet, unhurried spirit of our Night In week quite as naturally as GoddessBeeOfficial.

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Take Care of Yourself Tuesday: Build a Summer Bucket List That Is Actually About You

The summer bucket list has a reputation problem. It has become, for a lot of people, a performance document: a list of things that would look good in a caption, or that seem like the kind of things you should want to do in summer, rather than the things you actually want to do.

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National Doughnut Day and the Art of Enjoying Things Without Earning Them

Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, most of us absorbed the idea that enjoyment needs to be justified.

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Take Care of Yourself Tuesday: What Your Summer Playlist Says About Your Mental Health

There is a reason you reach for certain songs at certain times. It is not random and it is not just taste. The music you are drawn to is a form of emotional self-regulation, a way your nervous system is trying to give itself something it needs.

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