Whether you are trying to make more time to be intimate together, or looking for a fun way to say “Let’s get it on!” we have a quick, easy and SEXY idea for you. The 5 senses sexy gift basket! Put together a basket of five small gifts, each catered to one of the 5 senses – touch, taste, sight, sound and smell. Maybe you’ve seen this idea before, BUT we’re putting a little Diva spin on it by creating a BEDROOM edition....
We LOVE it when our FAB readers email us with ideas that are working in THEIR relationship!! This sort of date is an absolute MUST for any relationship, but is especially great if your spouse loves cars! It doesn’t take a lot of advanced planning, but it can sure leave a fun memory for the two of you! One of our readers, Chrishelle, sent in a couple of cute ideas:
But how much does witnessing good affect us—and why? A new analysis of decades of research aimed to find out the answers. The results suggest that our acts of kindness and generosity, online or offline, can have meaningful ripple effects in our communities. Pay it forward Pay it forward Researchers synthesized results from 88 experimental studies involving over 25,000 participants to measure how much our own altruism increases after witnessing someone acting “prosocially”—for example, comforting someone who is crying, donating to charity, or acting cooperatively in a competitive game....
It turns out, “falling in love” and “building a relationship” activate completely different parts of the brain, and they don’t always work together well. The rush we get when we first fall in love activates regions of the brain linked with drive, craving, and obsession, and shuts down those responsible for decision-making and planning ahead, says Helen Fisher, PhD, biological anthropologist and Senior Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute. “People…can fall madly in love with somebody who’s married, who lives on the other side of the planet, who comes from a different religion, and somehow they’ll say to themselves: ‘We’ll work it out,’” she says....
Rethinking Burnout Rethinking Burnout The World Health Organization (WHO) defines the phenomenon of burnout as being characterized by three things: feelings of exhaustion, reduced productivity at work, and a sense of detachment from one’s job. You probably don’t need me to define burnout for you, though. We know it when we feel it. It’s the overwhelming to-do list, the mental load and physical exhaustion, and the inability to find joy in our daily lives....
