Self Improvement

It sounds too easy to actually work — but experts say it does.

With experts having called sleep “the most powerful performance enhancer known to man”, optimising your time between the sheets has fast emerged as one of the wellness industry’s greatest frontiers.

Changing habits is hard. Would you take a bet that could change your worst habits? Read more about the wager technique and behavior change.

One thing to keep in mind if you got dumped on breakup day is that no matter how bad your breakup is, someone else has an even worse story. Sure, it feels awful, but you aren't the first person to get dumped or to dump someone.

If you are looking to achieve shiny, smooth hair, the glass hair blow-dry is a five-step treatment designed to address dry, damaged, and frizzy hair. The process begins with scalp nourishment and massage, followed by a deep cleansing to remove impurities.

I have always longed to be known, truly known, by another human being. Sometimes we live for years with yearnings that we cannot name.

Please note: This essay includes descriptions of anorexia and bulimia, which may be distressing or triggering for some readers.

Good Job is Slate’s new advice column on work. Read about our new columnists and mission here.   Have a workplace problem big or small? Send it to Laura Helmuth and Doree Shafrir here. It’s anonymous!

Let’s be real. The internet is a chaotic place right now — packed to the gills with highly addictive sites, a chaotic news cycle, and an overwhelming amount of things to doom scroll.

That email you need to send, load of washing you need to put on, or weird rash you need to google? And while it might sound cute, time confetti isn't great for productivity or our wellbeing.