Health & Wellness
Your mental health is vital to your overall health and wellness — and stress management is critical to your mental health! These articles will help educate you about these complex subjects and teach practical ways to cope with daily challenges.
By Erica Zellner, MS, CNS
expert
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.
By Lauren Hoffmeier
expert
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.
By Charles Araujo
expert
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.
By Dr. Brandon M. Gonyo, PharmD, BCPS
expert
Fear can creep in at any time and push us to behave differently than we’d normally expect of ourselves. How can you overcome fear and improve your resilience to it? And is there a way to surrender yourself to the vulnerability, without getting scorched by the elements, and, instead, transform that fear into fearlessness?
By Laura Araujo
administrator
If you struggle with a constant barrage of feelings, thoughts, and sensations interrupting your life, you’re not alone. A little-known practice called NSDR can help and is something you can do daily that will improve your cognitive function, brain plasticity, sleep, and vagal tone. And above all, it will just make you feel better.
By Kate McKay, RCC
expert
Sometimes, being a good enough parent just does not feel like enough. The drive to be the “perfect parent” is strong, but often unconscious, and it has parents striving to meet impossibly high standards, even if we know that perfection is an unattainable expectation. Then what keeps us aiming for it anyway? And how can you break free from this trap?
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