Category Archives: Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia

The no-rules approach to building a meditation practice.

I’m Sara Ivanhoe, yoga director at the University of Southern California where I teach a five-week course on sleep. What I’m going to be teaching you now is a short sequence of gentle movements and breathing techniques to help you wind down at the end of the day and prepare for sleep.

When we rest our attention on what we’re seeing, smelling, tasting, touching, or hearing, we can begin to feel fully present.

A large meta-analysis of several reviews of the literature has concluded that, in most cases, antidepressants are ineffective in the treatment of chronic pain.

Migraine is associated with a surprising array of symptoms that can vary from person to person or attack to attack. In fact, while some refer to migraine as a migraine headache, a headache is only one of several symptoms people experience.

Migraines can be associated with certain gastrointestinal problems. Learn more.

Dissociation is often subtle. It’s often not the dramatic “switching” we imagine it to be, or we’ve seen dramatized in the media. Most often people who dissociate don’t announce it. Hell, often people who dissociate aren’t entirely aware they’re dissociating.

Complex trauma survivors often have this complicated relationship with visibility. On the one hand, many of us have learned over the course of our lives that to be seen isn’t particularly safe. Many of us consequently go through adult life trying hard NOT to be seen.

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A 65-year-old debut novelist examines the publishing world’s obsession with youth

It’s human to want things to return to normal after a big life change or loss. But instead of getting stuck in that trap…

Abortion has a long and varied history and remains central to our culture, our lives and even our art.

These influential memoirs reflect on poverty, mental illness, racism, and more, and they’ve indelibly changed the culture.

These are some of the best books about women in history, according to the frequency of Goodreads members adding them to “want to read” lists.

The history of Project Gutenberg is connected to both the beginnings of the printing press as well as that of ebooks.

If you’re not reading regularly, you might be missing out: here’re the most significant benefits of reading you must know.

One writer shares how she saves leftover veggies all summer long in preparation for her family’s favorite fall dish.

Celebrated home cook, author and award-winning blogger, Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchen, shows you how to create the best Thanksgiving yet with fresh recipes and beautiful inspiration.

The best peanut butters are equally delicious in both savory and sweet uses, from fluffy cookies to peanut sauce on noodles.

Splurge on Le Creuset or Staub if you want to-but there are plenty of other high-quality Dutch ovens, from Lodge to Misen, that cost less than a pair of jeans.

Last night I dreamt of you, after all these
years, and you were lying in my arms, in

the middle of the day, the sunlight showing
the first strands of silver in your hair, and

your eyes blue, so blue, heart-poundingly
blue, like something out of a romance novel

only better because, at last, you were mine…