Mental Health Category

Integrative Healing & Becoming An Empowered Patient

This is part two in Casey Hersch's articles series about how to defeat chronic illness. Part one was Using Integrative Approaches for Living with Chronic Illness. During my childhood, I suffered from one illness after another. ...

Can Exercise Reduce Anxiety? New Study Gives Us An Answer

Did you know that anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S.? Over 40 million adults age 18 and older are affected; this equates to 18 percent of the population. In fact, ...

Benefits of Silence + How to Practice It

Silence is defined as "the complete absence of sound," and believe it or not, there are some major benefits of silence. However, a world in which we're surrounded by "information overload" and high levels of ...

How to Set Healthy Boundaries for Self-Care and Stronger Relationships

Establishing healthy boundaries is a foundation to establishing respectful relationships with family, friends, neighbors and co-workers. Without set boundaries, relationships can lead to discomfort and even violation, which may set off a cycle of mistrust ...

How to Overcome Jealousy to Improve Overall Health

Even the most self-assured and confident people feel jealous at times, considering that jealousy is a natural human emotion that is nearly impossible to completely avoid. Like other difficult feelings, such as guilt or anger, ...

Signs of Burnout & How to Prevent It

Employee burnout is now said to be at "frighteningly high levels," affecting more than one-third of working adults on a regular basis and 77 percent at least occasionally, including those from various age groups, experience ...

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 ...

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. ...