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How to Promote Gender Equality in the Workplace: Lessons From Lady Bosses

How to Promote Gender Equality in the Workplace Gender equality is when people of any gender have the same rights and opportunities as each other. The pay gap and lack of women in leadership positions are a couple of examples of gender inequality in the workplace. In spite of the massive Read more at https://www.bodymindspiritgate.com/how-to-promote-gender-equality-in-the-workplace-lessons-from-lady-bosses/

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My wife and I don’t have sex, and I have secretly been buying women’s clothes

Until you test the boundaries of your desires, you'll be perpetually dissatisfied, says Mariella Frostrup The dilemma I am a man in my late 50s. I am youthful and go to concerts, festivals and art exhibitions. I have been married for 34 years. My wife and I get along quite well. We share a sense Read more at https://www.bodymindspiritgate.com/my-wife-and-i-dont-have-sex-and-i-have-secretly-been-buying-womens-clothes/

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Anna Wintour may settle for less, but I've grown out of bad coffee | Hannah Jane Parkinson

I used to drink copious amounts of Starbucks, but that was when I drank lattes, or, as my friend calls them, giant cups of milk Saturday Guardian fans (my favourite people) may have read the brilliant interview with Anna Wintour in The Fashion supplement a few weekends ago. I am afraid I was Read more at https://www.bodymindspiritgate.com/anna-wintour-may-settle-for-less-but-ive-grown-out-of-bad-coffee-hannah-jane-parkinson/

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Seven ways to help someone through a panic attack

More than 13 of people have experienced a panic attack. If you know someone who suffers from them Read more at https://www.bodymindspiritgate.com/seven-ways-to-help-someone-through-a-panic-attack/

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I have been having sexual dreams about my father and my brothers

They are so vivid that they seem almost real, and I desperately want them to stop Let me just get right into it. I have had a couple of recurring dreams about my father, and even one with my brothers. They are sex-related, and in them no one seems to mind. I wake up feeling quite disturbed and Read more at https://www.bodymindspiritgate.com/i-have-been-having-sexual-dreams-about-my-father-and-my-brothers/

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Moving the body, boosting the mind: running your way to better mental health

As little as 10 minutes of regular exercise can help alleviate depression. But even professionals don't always make the link between mental and physical health. One convert explains how it helped her I once lived a life almost ruled by anxiety, intrusive thoughts and paralysing fear. I spent Read more at https://www.bodymindspiritgate.com/moving-the-body-boosting-the-mind-running-your-way-to-better-mental-health/

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Why it pays to cut yourself some slack | Oliver Burkeman

If you don't have enough of something - money, say, or time - fixating on it could make the problem worse When you next find yourself waiting in a horrendously long queue, you could kill time by contemplating this surprising finding from "queueing theory", a sub-branch of mathematics which is Read more at https://www.bodymindspiritgate.com/why-it-pays-to-cut-yourself-some-slack-oliver-burkeman/

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Fit in my 40s: boxing on Nintendo Switch – it's like getting fit playing Super Mario | Zoe Williams

See target, punch, listen to pop: what better way to work out without leaving the house? Fitness tips: boxing for beginners The human brain is a fascinating thing. So easily distracted, so easily excited. Yes, I have a new home fitness wheeze; a boxing game on a Nintendo Switch. If I had burned Read more at https://www.bodymindspiritgate.com/fit-in-my-40s-boxing-on-nintendo-switch-its-like-getting-fit-playing-super-mario-zoe-williams/

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Seven ways to declutter your life and clear your mind

Clear up the 'floordrobe', throw away your conference freebies - and dump any clothes you wouldn't want your ex to see you inImagine the point in the future when you have just died, and your relatives arrive to clean out your house. What will they want and what will they give away, bin or Read more at https://www.bodymindspiritgate.com/seven-ways-to-declutter-your-life-and-clear-your-mind/

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Pillowy bellies and engorged breasts: Mothercare’s ad and the pleasure of post-birth bodies

The company's new campaign features realistic, joyful images of women. Does this mark the fightback against the casual body-shaming of mothers?Coming in at No 6 on the list of "Shocking things about having a baby that no *$&*%er ever told you beforehand" (after "You will bleed for up to six Read more at https://www.bodymindspiritgate.com/pillowy-bellies-and-engorged-breasts-mothercares-ad-and-the-pleasure-of-post-birth-bodies/

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My boyfriend likes ‘skinny’ and ‘teen’ porn – it is destroying my confidence

My reaction is as if he had been cheating. I can't sleep at night. I can become skinny, but I can't become a teen I recently used my boyfriend's phone and a porn video was open. His 45 searches were limited to "teen" and "skinny", and my confidence came crashing down. He has one very specific Read more at https://www.bodymindspiritgate.com/my-boyfriend-likes-skinny-and-teen-porn-it-is-destroying-my-confidence/

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Fitness tips: three of the best moves to try with a TRX

Master these to improve core strength, balance and posture, says the founder of London's Body Machine fitness studio Adjust TRX straps to hang with handles at knee height, foot cradles at mid-calf. Get on all fours, placing both feet in straps, keeping hands and knees on the floor. Lift body to Read more at https://www.bodymindspiritgate.com/fitness-tips-three-of-the-best-moves-to-try-with-a-trx/

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Want to live longer? Now ask yourself why | Oliver Burkeman

For most of us the main effect of boosting energy or focus is to become a better cog in the corporate machine Dave Asprey, who describes himself as the "world's first professional biohacker", is best known as the inventor of Bulletproof coffee, which involves putting butter in your coffee in Read more at https://www.bodymindspiritgate.com/want-to-live-longer-now-ask-yourself-why-oliver-burkeman/

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Neat pubic hair? Pregnant women should never be pressured to get a brazilian

Having a baby is the world's single most courageous feat. So why would a textbook publisher illustrate it with a picture of a woman with trimmed pubic hair?"Make yourself at home," the midwife said, as I hove into the birthing room like a galleon in full sail. Immediately, I ripped off my shirt, Read more at https://www.bodymindspiritgate.com/neat-pubic-hair-pregnant-women-should-never-be-pressured-to-get-a-brazilian/

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A lifetime of sleep, from birth to menopause and beyond

Babies wake at any hour, teenagers refuse to get out of bed, older adults find a good night's rest harder to achieve. Why do our sleep patterns shift with age? Between dozing off and the alarm shrieking, our bodies and brains undergo quite a few changes. Sleep researchers call the first stage of Read more at https://www.bodymindspiritgate.com/a-lifetime-of-sleep-from-birth-to-menopause-and-beyond/

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Sleep fact and fiction: does counting sheep work?

Is an hour's sleep before midnight as good as two after? Can a lie-in at the weekend make up for late nights during the week? We separate the fact from the fiction A siesta is not the same thing as a power nap. Siestas are a cultural norm in certain places (particularly in hot countries) where Read more at https://www.bodymindspiritgate.com/sleep-fact-and-fiction-does-counting-sheep-work/

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Me and my vulva: 100 women reveal all

First it was breasts, then penises - now photographer Laura Dodsworth has taken portraits of 100 vulvas. She tells Liv Little why. Below: eight women's stories Warning: adult content Towards the end of last year, I published an essay about my vulva - in a book, and then in the Guardian. At 25, Read more at https://www.bodymindspiritgate.com/me-and-my-vulva-100-women-reveal-all/