By Rebecca Capps, LMFT

July 7, 2021

You Can Make the Choice to Stop Numbing Yourself

Painful life events and struggles are inevitable. They are part of the human experience. However, the interpretation or meaning that you give these painful experiences, and how you choose to cope (or not) with your emotions, is what will ultimately dictate your experience. If you choose to numb your pain, you miss the wisdom and resilience it can offer you. But, if you do, know that there is nothing wrong with you. Ultimately, confronting your hurt (instead of numbing yourself to it) involves shifting the attitude that you choose to cultivate. While you cannot change the past, you can undoubtedly change your response to it. 

Read More

By Aretha Moller-Roth

July 3, 2021

The Hidden Consequences of Touch Starvation and How You Can Leverage the Healing Power of Positive Touch

From the moment we are born we long for touch. As the first of the five senses we develop, it plays a critical role in how we process sensations and stimuli into neural signals. When our bodies are deprived of that touch, a cascade of negative physiological and psychological effects take place in our bodies. This phenomenon, known as touch starvation, has become a significant issue for many as the global pandemic surges on — but practices such as Abhyanga can help even if you’re alone.

Read More

By Erica Zellner, MS, CNS

June 24, 2021

Are Your Wearables Actually Improving Your Health? Only if You Start by Building The Right Relationship With Them

We’re incorporating technology into our lives like never before through the explosion of wearable technology. Our ability and desire to quantify our lives seem to increase with each technological advance. Now, millions of us have access to this data 24/7 — and it is changing how we see our health. But is this reliance on wearable technologies a good thing? Only if you start with the right relationship.

Read More

By Lauren Hoffmeier

June 21, 2021

Science Proves that Laughter is the Best Medicine After All — and Reaping Its Benefits Starts With Nurturing Human Connection

Is laughter really the best medicine? Dr. Madan Kataria launched thousands of laughter clubs, inspired by one man’s search for hope in light of a life-threatening prognosis. That man went on to live for another 25 years. Science is now proving why laughter is so powerful and the benefits it offers all of us — and it all starts by nurturing human connection.

Read More

By Charles Araujo

June 18, 2021

Ready to Get Real About Mental Fatigue? These 7 Essential Habits Will Help Protect Your Brain and Boost Your Performance

There’s a good chance that there are two things that are true for you. First, that you’re suffering from some degree of mental fatigue. And second, that you just denied it in your head as you read that last sentence. As a society, we have created a near-moralistic view of being mentally exhausted, but to overcome your mental fatigue and set yourself up for sustainable life-changing success, you need to acknowledge that it’s real, that it’s not a failing, and then take specific actions to address it. Here’s how.

Read More