Simple ideas for gratitude practice
Gratitude practice helps you shift focus from pain to peace, hopelessness to joy. As the adage goes, what you focus on grows. Daily life often …
Treatment
Struggling with OCD? ERP can help.
Exposure and Response Prevention “retrains your brain” to put false threats back in perspective. Imagine this scenario—you park your car and start walking toward your …
Take a forest bath to relax and recharge
Forest bathing makes meditation fun Can you smell spring in the air? Do the flowers, budding leaves and warming temps make you want to get …
The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
How to stop catastrophizing when you feel as if your world is caving in. For those of us living with anxiety or depression, it’s easy …
Stress at home? Five fun mindfulness activities to practice with kids.
It’s never too early to teach your kids healthy ways to manage stress! Mindfulness is the practice of gently and repeatedly bringing your attention to …
Does winter darkness get you down? Light therapy may help.
For some of us, the end of daylight savings time earlier this week blew the lid off a creeping seasonal depression that started so small …
How to manage the Adderall shortage
What’s worse than jumping through hoops to get your Adderall medication? Jumping through those hoops and then being told that your prescription is on backorder. …
Use your “dive reflex” to calm down instantly
With a bag of frozen peas or a bowl of cold water, you can curb strong emotions and trick your body into relaxation mode. Do …
Trouble sleeping? Restricting your sleep may help. Here’s how to do it.
Insomnia makes life hard. Fortunately, effective treatment is available, and you can even try it at home tonight. It’s 4 am and you’re awake… again. …
How to get your depressed partner to seek help.
Loving someone with untreated depression can feel worrisome to downright aggravating. Here’s what you can do to encourage them to get treatment. Your partner can’t …