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How To Nail Public Speaking

Yes, it’s terrifying – but there are tricks to make addressing a crowd a whole lot easier.

Gynae Q+A Blowout!

Vag acting strange? Baffled by birth control? Top docs give real-talk answers to your most intimate inquiries

How To Be Young And In Charge

As cray-town as it may seem, in the not-too-distant future, you could find yourself being the boss. In fact, according to a recent CareerBuilder survey, 38% of workers already report to someone younger than themselves, up from 34% in 2012. But just because you’re more likely to become the HBIC of your peers or elders, that doesn’t mean you can shortcut the skills needed to oversee a team. and when being at the top is totally new, you might be afraid to ask for help, says Linda a HILL, a harvard Business School professor and the author of Becoming A Manager. here are some tips on how to prep for that climb up the career ladder or to kick even more butt if you’ve already hopped up.

My Big Millennial Burnout

At just 26, Poppy Jamie had it all: a flourishing fashion business, her own Snapchat show and a glittering, celebrity-packed social life split over two continents. But what happened when it all came crashing down?

Keeping Up With Ciara

With her seventh album about to drop, the sizzling singer/dancer seems to have it all but wants more, because ‘no dream is too big’. Here, she talks to COSMO about faith, fitness and her husband’s ‘goodies’.

Good Cents

Real-talk advice on how to give gifts without going broke

The Reason We Still Fall For This Effed-Up Love Myth

It sounds obvious, but you should date someone who makes you feel good about yourself. Yet all too often, women ignore off -colour remarks or actions from a man because he’s goodlooking, charming, funny or great in bed. Well, he can be all those things and still be a jerk. Does he listen to you? Does he respect your feelings? Or does he flirt with you on Friday, then ignore you on Saturday?

The Liberation Of Christina Aguilera

The pop star with the powerful pipes has dealt with it all, from loathsome music execs to criticism of her looks and love life. In this raw, personal and vulnerable interview, she finally sets her demons free

Sex Q+A - Summer Special

Honest Answers To Your Most Private Questions

Owning Her Throne

At just 28, Boitumelo Thulo – better known as Boity - is Well and truly Killing It

When Your Man's A Steroid Junkie

'Roid use among young men is so widespread, gyms are now installing needles exchange. But how does ‘ juicing’ affect your relationship? Alex Harris racks up with Tom Powell (pictured) to find out

Owning Your Feels Makes You Happier

You know stress. Who doesn’t? You also know it will probably pass – right after you meet that looming deadline. Except it doesn’t always fade, and you remain tense and clenched. Why? Perhaps because you’re not actually stressed. Turns out, big, well-known emotions can disguise a host of more nuanced feels. Stuff like stress can be the tip of an emotional iceberg, with a whole lot more going on down below. For example, perhaps it wasn’t the deadline frazzling you – it was the fact that your boss always subtly undermines you. Research shows that acknowledging and addressing these buried feelings can lead to ‘better psychological health, career success and meaning in life’, says psychologist Susan David, author of Emotional Agility – and people who don’t do so are at greater risk for mental health woes such as anxiety and depression.

Million-Dollar Body

We’ve found the workout that carves a supermodel physique in record time

Bad Sex Happens. But It Doesn't Have to Happen Again

Bad sex is making a ton of headlines. The phrase has become an umbrella term for everything from a nsensual-but-lacklustre encounter to borderline-coercive intercourse.

Chemical Reaction

In our world of plastic-free living and organic everything, you’d think our food and favourite products would be free of chemical compounds. Think again…

The Discomfort Code

When you’re mountaineering the career ladder, it’s the tough bits that teach you the most, says Farrah Storr

Ask Him Anything

Love advice from our guy guru Logan Hill

Is Everyone Going To Couples Counselling?

More newly dating Millennial twosomes are snuggling up on therapists’ couches. If you’re gunning for longterm love, this could be the smartest move you make.

Hot-Air Health Myths … Exploded

Think you’re up to date with the basic rules of staying in shape? Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you probably aren’t…

Lessons In Tech Business

Innovative entrepreneur Emma Dicks co-founded a technology school called CodeSpace Academy to train South Africa’s next tech leaders.

If You Want To Return The Favour

The hands-down best advice for giving a legendary BJ.

How The Gig Economy Is Killing Millennials…

I put in 18-hour days. I work in the same room I sleep in. I never know when or if I’ll be paid. I go days without speaking to anyone.

Love At First Swipe

In a world ruled by bite-sized bios and split-second decisions, are appearances everything? COSMO enlisted 10 women for a month-long Tinder makeup experiment to find out

Female Fight Clubs FTW

Lesego Magosi and Aneesha Mayman know how to land punches and take them, too. Here’s why they fight – and how you can get involved

Food Pharmacy

Got a problem? The solution is in your fridge!

‘Don't Rush to Start Your Own Thing'

Master’s graduate Afua Osei, 31, is the co-founder of She Leads Africa – a media platform that helps young African women find success in their career by providing digital content, live experiences and learning opportunities

Stream Queen

Last year, Shekhinah was the most streamed female artist on Spotify in South Africa, and she scooped a triple whammy with Album of the Year, Female Artist of the Year and Best Newcomer of the Year at the SAMAs. Following her debut album Rose Gold, which went platinum late last year, she has new music in the works, and her first tour is scheduled for August this year. COSMO editor Holly Meadows sat down with the Suited singer to talk about being adopted, opening for Ed Sheeran, and her journey from Idols to superstardom.

Lessons In Feminism... From Drag Queens

What can you learn about being a woman from the men who choose to dress up as them? COSMO’s Jennifer Savin lets you in on a few secrets.

2019's Biggest Wellness Trend!

How do you breathe? If your answer is ‘in, then out and again’, you can’t have been paying attention to 2019’s biggest wellness trend. Yep, breathing workshops are now taking off across the globe, with The Big Breath Company hosting workshops in London and, here in Mzansi, The Art of Living in Cape Town offers a range of meditation and breathing courses. Some of the workshops basically take you through the breath-related parts of yoga – without the need to balance on one leg – and come with all sorts of benefits. Studies have shown that you could enjoy everything from a clearer mind to pain relief, lowered blood pressure and even better memory capabilities.

Decoding The Madjozi Magic

It’s just gone 6 pm on a Wednesday evening as I approach a low-lit hair salon in Johannesburg’s artsy hub, Melville.