Mental Health
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5 Simple Gratitude Practices for Mental Health This November
💪 TL;DR Long hours at a desk can leave your shoulders rounded, hips tight, and energy low. This 10-minute desk workout combines strength and mobility moves you can do right at your desk—no equipment required. Moves include seated twists, desk push-ups, chair dips, calf raises, and posture resets.
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Mood Movement Equations Are Powerful—Here’s How to Unlock Yours
When we first turn to fitness, most of us want to accomplish a physical goal. Most commonly, that may be losing weight, changing a dress size, or building muscle. But at a certain point in our movement journey, many of us also discover that a workout is the best thing you can do to change…
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How to Practice Body Love If You Don’t Buy into Body Positivity
When I was in high school, my family and I road-tripped to the Mall of America in Minneapolis. My dad, mom, brother and I all split up to do our respective shopping. I was wandering between shops when I found my mom walking out of a store in tears. Worried, I asked her what happened.…
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Exercising Your Emotional Health: An Expert Guide to Self-Compassion and More
We all know that catering to our emotional health is important, but are we actually practicing what we preach? Women face so many stressors in daily life—juggling our careers, families, and caregiving responsibilities—that caring for our mental health often falls to the bottom of our priority list. The consequence? Chronic stress and feelings of inadequacy…
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Emotional Regulation and Exercise: How to Use Mood Support on obé
The physical perks of fitness don’t often need to be explained. A leaner physique, strong arms, noticeable abs, and better body composition are benefits we know can come from consistent exercise. But one thing we don’t talk about enough—even though it’s arguably more important? The relationships between exercise and emotional regulation (aka your ability to…
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Why You Don’t Need a “Bikini Body”—And the History Behind It
We all know the drill—as soon as temperatures start to climb, the pesky social media ads begin to swarm our feeds with the pressure to drop weight for summer. It’s everywhere. From magazines to Instagram ads, we are bombarded with diets and workouts that promise a “bikini body.” It’s all a predictable ritual that pressures…
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How Exercise Can Manage ADHD: A Q&A with obé Co-founder Ashley Mills
It’s not just something that affects kids. In the past few years, an increasing number of women in the U.S. have been formally diagnosed with ADHD, aka Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The root cause of the recent uptick? As ADHD becomes less stigmatized, more women realize their symptoms were overlooked in childhood. Now, those women are…
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How to Reduce Anxiety with Movement (and the Science Behind It)
Learn how movement works to reduce anxiety—and what can you do if anxious thoughts are in the way of you getting started.
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3 Ways Movement Improves Body Image for Women
If you’ve ever struggled to maintain a positive body image, you’re (very much) not alone. We turned to a therapist to learn how to use movement as a tool to cultivate a kinder relationship with yourself.
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5 Powerful Ways Fitness Boosts Your Mental Health
Some benefits of working out are immediately obvious—see: smiling #SweatySelfies, pounding hearts, and even a quick burst of energy. Then there are the longer-term but still evident effects on our physical health—a healthier heart, stronger muscles, more flexibility. But maybe one of the most important effects is one we can’t see: how it impacts our mood…
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