We all have them — even if we don’t admit it publically — guilty pleasures. It may be anything from spending an entire weekend playing the new release of Call of Duty to binge-watching five seasons of The Office to…
As children, we do not have healthy ways to manage and process overwhelming feelings and circumstances. To protect us emotionally, our brains develop defenses as ways to avoid painful, uncomfortable, or conflicting emotions. At the time they were created, these…
Anxiety can make you turn to a variety of habits in an effort to ease the feeling. Unknowingly, many of these only make the condition worse. One coping behavior is eating. When anxious, many people will reach for a bag…
You may think that cognitive decline, dementia, and Alzheimer’s are just unavoidable parts of getting older. They’re not. Science has proven that dietary habits over your lifetime play a crucial role in determining whether or not you develop dementia. Research…
Statistics show that more children than ever are experiencing symptoms of mental illness. Among adolescents and teens, the rates of depression and anxiety have been steadily increasing for decades and the most recent CDC data shows a similar trend in…
Emotions are like waves. When you’re in the middle of an intense situation, emotions can be overpowering — like they’re going to sweep you away and drown you. When you feel like this, it’s hard to remember that emotions are…
Your brain’s top priority is always keeping you safe and alive. Therefore, your brain is biologically wired to be jumpy and reactive. It feels safe and like it is doing its job well when you feel that way. That feeling…
While depression is the most prevalent mental health condition worldwide, anxiety is more common than depression in the U.S. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, it affects 40 million adults age 18 and older, or 18.1% of…
Worrying and anxiety have become the norm. According to The National Institute of Mental Health, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States. And that was before anyone had ever heard of COVID-19 or was living…
If you’re in lockdown with family members, significant others, or roommates, you may be having more than enough interaction with them if you’ve been sharing the same space together for weeks. However, if, like me, you live by yourself and…
It’s all too easy in today’s world to go from calm to crisis in a just few seconds flat. I used to actually be surprised when “bad” things showed up in my world. Not anymore. I’m here to tell you that…
