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Stress relief seems hard to come by these days. Stress is an inescapable reality, fortunately or unfortunately. But it’s how you handle it that matters. In those moments that you let your stress get the best of you, it can become a negative long-term r…

“Stress” has become a bit of buzzword, wouldn’t you agree? It seems that wherever you go and whoever you speak to, everybody’s got some form of stress in their lives. Our constant exposure to stress has really taken the spotlight as a modern-day health…

When many people think of depression, they think of individuals too sad to get out of bed or other popular images touted by Hollywood. Unfortunately, despite being widely discussed, depression’s stigma lingers. It’s difficult for those suffering from i…

We all have different ideas about where our happiness comes from. For some, it comes from a happy childhood, others feel their happiness comes from their relationship or lack thereof. Your career, hobbies, how you spend your money, all of these could b…

For the most part, meditation is usually presented as a lone figure on the top of a mountain with the only distraction being the slightest of breezes moving the leaves in the tree behind them. In reality, mindfulness and meditation can be done anywhere…

In America today, roughly 19 million people suffer from depression. It is estimated that at any given time, three to five percent of adults are experiencing a major depressive episode, and 2 of every 100 kids and 8 of every 100 teenagers have severe de…

Stress is lethal: it messes with your body and can disrupt how you feel and function. It can cause everything from breakouts and bleeding gums to strokes, stomach problems, and for men, erectile dysfunction. Stress can make you forgetful, more fickle, …

If there was one thing you could do to improve all aspects of your life, one thing that would improve everything else in a profound way…would that intrigue you? We focus so much on yo-yo diets, calorie counting, fitness trackers, and finding the …

Our busy lives have a tendency to sneak up on us – with work responsibilities, family obligations, taking kids to soccer practice and many other daily tasks,  we often don’t have time to stop and breathe. At some point, we look at our lives and cr…

The storyline of a dementia diagnosis plays out the same way for families across the world. A loved one’s memory begins to worsen slowly, basic chores that require thought become increasingly difficult; they begin asking the same question over an…

“Be Kind”. Mental illness is a crisis that affects our whole world; ~Both the world as we perceive it and millions of us who call Earth ‘home’. According to the World Health Organization, as of 2016 there are an estimated 615 million people in our worl…

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has recently made groundbreaking recommendations regarding screening for any anxiety disorders in adults. These guidelines have far-reaching implications for mental health care, emphasizing the need for early det…