Life&Love

The summer after ninth grade, I worked as a nanny in The Hamptons. I was actually called a “mother’s helper,”

My heart was racing and my head was faint. Don’t touch me, I thought. This inner voice was a stark

“When I think about the future,” Kyana Moghadam, 36, says over plates of lukewarm rigatoni at an overpriced Williamsburg café.

“Congratulations on your engagement!” Over the past few months, I’ve spent my evenings sending out a flurry of emails to

Accountability has always been my biggest hurdle when it comes to exercise. I wish I was the type of person

Jordan Turpin would argue that Justin Bieber saved her life. The young woman, who is now 22, grew up in

How often do you think about your vagina? Probably not often, until something changes—it smells different, it’s itchy, or it’s

One night in November, when I was 13 years old, my parents took the train to New York City to

The entrepreneurial spirit is distinctive. It’s driven by a combo of ingenuity, solutions-seeking, and—well—drive. You’re the type to identify opportunities

You get butterflies every time you see him and can’t help but fantasize about all the fun, romantic dates to

It is a relatively mundane task for an afternoon in late November. As I walk across my lawn, my steps

Ten years ago, on Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, with two rifles

Using a sperm donor wasn’t part of Rachel Seltzer’s life plan. The Atlanta-based operations director always wanted to be a

When I was 23 years old, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Little did I know just how straightforward cancer

I was 45 when I had my first hot flash—arguably the most common of the vasomotor symptoms (VMS) associated with

Put simply, mental health is health. But for women and girls—especially those from marginalized communities—it’s an aspect of human health

A memorable date doesn’t have to be as extravagant as a fancy candlelit dinner at the hottest neighborhood bistro. There

President Ford President Gerald R. Ford, First Lady Betty Ford, and their son, Steven Ford, say grace prior to eating

1942: Marilyn’s First Marriage Marilyn Monroe wed her high school sweetheart, James Dougherty, in 1942. Monroe, then known as Norma

The world’s driest desert, the Atacama in Chile, is a wonderland of natural phenomena. Along with the expected cacti-studded landscapes