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Your Brain Actually Naps While You're Awake
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If you’ve ever tried to function during a bout of insomnia, or even after one less-than-restful night, you’ve probably noticed you’re more prone to making errors or slipping into “auto-pilot.” Have you ever zoned out during an office meeting without actually nodding off and closing your eyes? Have you ever felt like you nodded off while stopped at a red light, even though your eyes were open and watching... 10/20/2024 4:00:00 AM
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Fight Depression With These Foods
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Although there are many approaches toward battling depression, there is no question that a healthy diet should be part of an overall depression-fighting treatment plan.The nutrients in food support wellness, growth and the body's ability to repair itself. Deficiency in fat, protein, carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins can cause our bodies to not work at full capacity and can also adversely affect... 9/27/2024 4:00:00 AM
Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC
5 Ways to Shift Your Anxiety Without Moving a Muscle
by Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC
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Anxiety is an emotion that may quickly become debilitating, sending you into fight, flight, or freeze mode. As a psychotherapist of 20 years, I teach my clients the importance of finding the pause to transform their experience of anxiety. One of the most remarkable things scientists have discovered about the brain is that whether you are actually doing something or imaging yourself doing something,... 8/26/2024 12:23:33 AM
Julia A. Nicholson
Pivot From Being Stuck in Grief to Moving Forward Stronger
by Julia A. Nicholson
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Loss and the feelings of grief that accompany it are natural and inevitable parts of life. Even so, they don't have to define us or dictate the quality of our life going forward. Whether it's the loss of someone you love, a job, a relationship, your financial security, your health, or any other significant change, we all have the power within us to process our grief in a way that allows us to move... 7/17/2024 4:00:00 AM
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Do You Have Crisis Fatigue?
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It's stressful enough just trying to get by on an average day these days, isn't it? But then you compound that with myriad challenges on a global scale and many of us are truly suffering what's called "crisis fatigue." it may seem like a made-up term but it's a clinical reality that threatens the wellbeing of even the most well-adjusted people. It's very real and even dangerous. Here's how to recognize... 7/4/2024 4:00:00 AM
Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC
How Therapeutic Art Journaling Clears Your Energy for Better Sleep
by Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC
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It’s no secret that sleep is an essential part of your health and wellness. As a psychotherapist with 20 years of experience, understanding my client’s concerns about their sleep is a critical part of my work. After all, it’s difficult to feel better if you’re not sleeping well.Therapeutic art journaling is an excellent way to unwind from your day and from any ongoing concerns or stressors that you... 7/1/2024 4:00:00 AM
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Want to Prevent Lung and Bowel Cancer? Get Active
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What do your lungs have in common with your gut? Would you believe poor cardiovascular fitness could increase your chances of developing cancer in both? One study found an interesting link between these types of cancer and cardiovascular health.A recent study investigated the connection between cardiovascular fitness and cancers of the lung and bowel. Researchers found people who scored best on an... 6/20/2024 4:00:00 AM
Loretta Breuning
Can You Have Too Much Wellness?
by Loretta Breuning
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Too much wellness can be a real problem. If you always feel like you haven’t done enough, you create stress that burdens your body. You undermine the well-being you seek if you constantly berate your diet and exercise choices. You are better off celebrating your healthy lifestyle choices instead.“But I haven’t done enough!” you may say. This conundrum is real. Goals stimulate the joy of dopamine as... 4/16/2024 4:00:00 AM
Avery Neal, PhD
Calm from Within: 3 Simple Ways to Reduce Your Stress
by Avery Neal, PhD
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These days most of us are stressed to the max. Our overcrowded schedules and fast-paced lives leave us in a perpetual state of frenzy, even our sleep compromised by operating in this chronically stressed state. Currently,anxiety is the number one mental health concern in our country, impacting over 40 million Americans. Despite its prevalence, many of us are never taught the basic skills necessary... 4/15/2024 4:00:00 AM
Brainpower Wellness Institute
How to Know If You Have ADHD
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a brain disorder that begins in childhood. ADHD does not affect a child's mental abilities in any way but makes them inattentive, emotional, and impatient. What is ADHD?ADHD is a chronic, long-term brain disorder that causes executive dysfunction, meaning it disrupts a person's ability to manage their own emotions, thoughts, and actions. ADHD makes it difficult... 3/22/2024 4:00:00 AM
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