3 Signs Your Gym Isn't Mental Health Friendly

Plus 6 reasons you need to get better at saying no. [View this email in your browser]( Welcome to your weekly mental health break. Keeping you updated on all things psychology, relationship & mental-health related. [3 Signs Your Gym Isn’t Mental Health Friendly]( How can you tell if your gym isn’t doing you any favors, beyond obvious reasons like stale air, broken equipment, and harsh overhead lighting? [4 Ways to Enhance and Sustain the Love in Your Relationship]( These may be obvious, basic to your marriage, hiding in plain sight, something you stopped doing or something you never tried. [A Good Therapist Ain’t Good for Everybody]( The right person is out there for you. Just remember to put in the work on the front end. [The Genius that Was Anthony Bourdain: A Retrospective]( Anthony Bourdain was one-of-a-kind: eloquent, unabashedly profane, urbanely eloquent. 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