We all know what our brain is, right? It’s that three pounds of “convoluted mass of gray and white matter” in our heads “serving to control and coordinate…
The more I learn about our breath, the more confused I am as to why breathwork isn’t a more popular health tool. I read somewhere that it might…
I watched the movie Lucy starring Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman. If you’re planning on watching it and don’t want me to spoil it for you, then skip…
It’s a well-established fact that children’s and teens’ mental health took a hit during the pandemic. But new research suggests that teen girls in particular are suffering in unprecedented…
When I start to see the red bows, wreaths, and the twinkly lights going up on houses, which happens earlier every year, I begin feeling this familiar, gnawing…
That is a paraphrase of a quote attributed to the German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche. Actually, he said it much more eloquently: “That which does not kill us, makes…
Imagine that someone presents you with a to-do list and tells you that you better hurry and start crossing things off. You begin working your way through the…
One day several years ago, I spontaneously hugged a patient of mine, Gretchen. It was during a moment in which her despair and distress were so intense that…
The research on the effects of mindfulness has grown exponentially in recent decades. The initial studies generally explored how well mindfulness worked as a practice or therapy. With…
Let’s start with a fun fact: Did you know your eyes are two pieces of your brain, pushed out of the skull during development? So they’re not just…
Digital technologies greatly influence our brains, mental health, and lives these days. No doubt about that. And they aren’t inherently good or bad. How we use them determines…