Mental Health Category

Connection Between Stress and Mental Health: Lessons from Simone Biles & Other Olympians

Stress and mental health came to forefront at the just concluded Summer Olympics in Tokyo when decorated U.S. gymnast Simone Biles, the favorite in nearly event for which she qualified, pulled out of the team ...

How to Overcome Loneliness

Loneliness may be more of a hazard to our health than obesity, according to a 2017 article published by the American Psychological Association in Washington, D.C. And researchers even liken the potential health damage of social isolation ...

What Causes Self-Sabotaging Behaviors? (And How Do You Stop?)

Are you guilty of self-sabotaging behaviors that get in the way of accomplishing goals and reduce your self-confidence? If so, you're not alone. It's a common issue that's often done without even noticing it. Self-sabotage can ...

The Many Benefits of Reading for Adults and Children

Would it surprise you to find out that the benefits of reading include fighting stress, supporting better sleep and even increasing longevity? If you're an avid reader, you likely already have experienced the many pros ...

Box Breathing: The Benefits for Calming the Body & Mind (Plus How to Do It)

Breathwork — which describes conscious, controlled breathing done especially for relaxation, meditation or therapeutic purposes — is a natural way to help manage stress. That's because breathing is capable of influencing your mental, emotional and physical state. ...

Ecotherapy: Benefits of Nature Therapy + How to Do It

According to a 2018 study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, when we lose our connection with nature, it "can result in a cost to humans resulting in slower recovery times, greater distress and reduced ...

Color Therapy Benefits for Mood & More (Plus How to Do It)

The use of color for healing — aka color therapy — dates back as at least 2,000 years to Ancient Greece, Egypt and China, where color and light in the form of sunlight, crystal reflections, ...

Get Your Life Back: 5 Natural Treatments for PTSD Symptoms

About 70 percent of adults in the U.S. will experience some type of traumatic event at some point in their lives, and among these people about 20 percent will go on to develop the condition ...

Benefits of Humanistic Therapy + How It Works

Today there are many different forms of psychotherapy offered by mental health practitioners, sometimes making it difficult to find the type that may be the best fit for you. Humanistic therapy is one type that ...

How Age-Old Emotional Techniques Can Help You Get — and Stay — Well

The following is an adapted excerpt from my new book Ancient Remedies: Secrets to Healing with Herbs, Essential Oils, CBD, and the Most Powerful Natural Medicine in History (Little, Brown Spark). Adopting habits to help you ...