This is Your Brain on Fear … and What to Do About It
Fear and anxiety are ancient and useful emotions. These deeply-encoded feelings help keep us safe—for instance, when our “fight-or-flight” response shapes how we respond...
The Quietly Destructive Condition You Might Not Know You’re Experiencing
Have you heard of emotional exhaustion? The term “emotional exhaustion” describes a constellation of physical and mental symptoms that arise when you’ve exhausted your...
Social Media Use Can Make You More or Less Lonely, Depending How You Use...
Social connections have a dramatic impact on our health. Close connections reduce risk of illness and help us live longer, while loneliness quite literally...
Does Washing Your Hands Often Increase Your Risk of Mental Disorders?
Take everything you know about DNA and genetics and throw it out the window.
Unless you are a geneticist or in the medical field, doing...
Breathe Yourself to Sleep
Did You Know...you can breathe yourself to sleep using a simple relaxation technique?
According to the Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Sleep Medicine and...
Five Subtle Methods That Immediately Reduce Stress
Are you feeling stressed? You’re not alone. Statistics indicate that upward of 70% of people regularly experience psychological and physical symptoms caused by stress....
Rewire Your Brain for Happiness With Two Proven Techniques
Being depressed can feel like being stuck in a bleak, hopeless loop. No matter what you try, you can’t convince your brain to reengage...
How Mindfulness Meditation Protects You From Nearly Every Disease
Did You Know…
…mindfulness meditation may help reduce inflammation and associated disease risks?
Numerous studies have shown that mindfulness meditation can help reduce stress, depression, PTSD,...
Social Isolation May Be the Most Serious Public Health Hazard of the 21st Century?
We now have the ability to connect almost immediately to anyone, anywhere, anytime, but the number of people who feel socially isolated is rising....
Breathing-Based Yoga May Help Lift Depression
Depression is the most prevalent mental illness in the United States, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. The numbers are staggering:...