While striving for excellence and staying productive are commendable goals, there's a point where overdoing it can backfire, taking a significant toll on our brain and mental health.
The Hidden Cost of the Hustle: Pushing Too Hard
Run, Dance, Repeat: How Movement Combats Depression
Have you ever noticed that after a long walk, a run, or even a tough cycling climb, your mind feels a little lighter? It’s not just in your head. Movement is in fact medicine! When your muscles contract, something powerful happens inside your brain and body. What happens? A natural chemistry shift that helps to …
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Connection Between Adolescent Sleep Disorders and Social Media
As adolescents spend increasing amounts of time on platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat, the effects on their sleep patterns are becoming more apparent and concerning.
Depression and Migraines: Understanding the Connection
While migraines and depression are challenging, understanding their connection can pave the way to better management. By addressing both physical and emotional health with holistic strategies, we can regain control of our lives and find relief.
The Hidden Costs of Overdoing It
By making intentional choices and cultivating habits that support a balanced lifestyle, we can achieve sustainable productivity and maintain our mental and emotional heaFinding a balance between productivity and rest is crucial for maintaining brain health and mental well-being.
Identifying Your Inner Saboteur
Cognitive distortions can disrupt your day and negatively affect your mental health. By recognizing these distortions and actively working to challenge and reframe them, you can improve your outlook, reduce stress, and enhance your overall well-being.
The Psychological Toll of Microaggressions
The constant exposure to microaggressions can lead to mental health issues. Recognizing the impact of these seemingly small interactions is essential for understanding the broader picture of mental health disparities and fostering more inclusive and supportive environments.
Empowering Kids to Handle Anger: Strategies for Effective Anger Management
Anger management is essential for children as it contributes to their emotional, social, and academic development, while also promoting their overall well-being and safety. Learning to regulate emotions such as anger equips children with valuable life skills that will serve them throughout their lives. Here are some strategies to assist children in managing their anger: …
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Bullying: A Mental Health Crisis
Bullying is a repetitive and harmful behavior that involves the use of power, aggression, or intimidation to deliberately hurt, threaten, or dominate another person. Bullying can occur in various settings, including schools. It often involves a power imbalance, where the perpetrator has more power or influence over the victim. The consequences of bullying can be …
Climate Change’s Silent Impact: Exploring the Mental Health Consequences
Addressing these mental health issues related to climate change is essential. This involves both individual and collective efforts, including support systems, therapy, community resilience, and, importantly, taking action to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts to reduce the stress and anxiety associated with the issue.
Is Therapy Right for Me?
What is Therapy? Psychotherapy, often referred to as talk therapy, is a therapeutic approach that involves a trained mental health professional helping individuals, couples, or groups address and manage emotional and psychological difficulties. It is a collaborative process that aims to improve mental health and well-being by discussing thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and experiences. Key aspects …
Coping with Toxic Behavior in Relationships
Toxicity in relationships can mean different things to different people. Often the phrase “toxic person” is used to describe someone who is overtly or covertly manipulative, self-centered, needy, or controlling. These relationships leave you doubting your own reality, your values, and your sense of self-worth. In some relationships, emotional, psychological, or physical abuse might exist. …
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The Pitfalls of People-Pleasing: Finding Your Voice and Empowerment
We all have an innate desire for validation and acceptance. It's natural to want to be liked and to avoid the pain of rejection. However, when this desire becomes all-consuming, we can fall into the trap of people-pleasing. People pleasing stems from various motivations, such as the fear of rejection, the desire for validation, or …
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Overcoming Shame
Shame is an overwhelming belief that we are unloved because there’s something wrong with us but there are ways to overcome your relationship with shame and heal.
Letting Go of Guilt
When we experience guilt we may feel discomfort but guilt also creates the motivation to apologize, to correct a wrongdoing, and to behave responsibly. But feelings of guilt can also persist.
