Silent divorce is affecting 1 in 5 married couples in America

Photo credit: shutterstock.com/Prostock-studio One in five married couples in America is living what therapists have come to call a silent divorce. These couples share a house, a mortgage and perhaps a calendar of logistics, but virtually nothing else. They sleep in separate bedrooms, move through shared spaces while actively avoiding each other and limit conversation to…

ByDorcas OnasaMarch 11, 20260Comments

Beauty

3 popular makeup trends that are secretly aging your face faster

Photo credit: shutterstock.com/fizkes There was a time when makeup was understood to be about enhancing what was already there rather than transforming a face into something unrecognizable. That philosophy has largely been replaced on social media by trends that promise youth and radiance while quietly doing the opposite. The uncomfortable reality is that some of the…

ByDorcas OnasaMarch 11, 20260Comments

Beauty

What happens to your body when you take collagen every day

Photo credit: shutterstock.com/puhhha Body Collagen supplements are everywhere. Powders stirred into morning coffee, pills lined up next to vitamins and ready to drink formulas marketed with promises of smoother skin and pain-free joints have become fixtures in medicine cabinets and grocery store shelves alike. Americans are spending billions on these products every year, driven in large…

ByDorcas OnasaMarch 11, 20260Comments

Health

Right side abdominal pain What your body is trying to tell you

Created by Krakenimages The gallbladder stores bile, which the body uses to digest fats. When gallstones form or the gallbladder becomes inflamed, the resulting pain tends to have a very specific character that sets it apart from other causes of upper right discomfort. It arrives suddenly and severely, typically in the upper right abdomen, and often…

ByDorcas OnasaMarch 7, 20260Comments

Celebs

Meghan Markle ends Netflix partnership as As Ever brand stands alone

Created by Kathy Hutchins Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Netflix are parting ways, bringing an end to a partnership that helped launch her As Ever lifestyle brand and introduced the former actress to a new audience through her hit series With Love, Meghan. The brand, which has expanded to include a growing range of household products,…

ByDorcas OnasaMarch 7, 20260Comments

Lifestyle

Celebrate International Women’s Day 2026 with these vital quotes

Created by Dorde Krstic Every year on March 8, the world pauses to recognize the achievements of women, reflect on the distance still to travel and amplify the voices of those who dedicated their lives to the fight for equality. International Women's Day 2026 carries the theme Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls, a…

ByDorcas OnasaMarch 7, 20260Comments

Beauty

Why dermatologists say your $10 skincare beats the $100 version

Created by Irina Bg That $100 face cream sitting on your bathroom shelf very likely contains nearly identical ingredients to the $10 version on the drugstore shelf two aisles over. This is not a consumer advocacy exaggeration. It is a claim that cosmetic chemists have confirmed repeatedly, and it has significant implications for how most people…

ByDorcas OnasaMarch 7, 20260Comments

Fashion

The dangerous truth about retail therapy nobody wants to admit

Created by Jestercine There is a form of self destruction that has been rebranded so successfully that millions of people celebrate it on social media, joke about it with friends and treat it as a personality trait rather than a warning sign. It goes by names like retail therapy, treating yourself and haul culture. What it…

ByDorcas OnasaMarch 7, 20260Comments

Fitness

10 exercise tips every African American should know for better health

African Americans face a well-documented set of health disparities that place them at higher risk for chronic conditions including heart disease, stroke, diabetes and hypertension, often developing these conditions at earlier ages than other groups. The causes are complex, rooted in a combination of genetic factors, systemic inequalities, chronic stress linked to racism and longstanding…

ByDorcas OnasaMarch 7, 20260Comments

Relationships

Why closure from your ex will never give you what you truly need

Closure after a breakup feels like something you are owed. The mind constructs a version of the conversation where everything finally makes sense, where your ex explains their behavior with honesty and care, where both people walk away with understanding and something resembling mutual respect. That conversation almost never actually happens. And when it does,…

ByDorcas OnasaMarch 7, 20260Comments