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Managing Depression: 13 Lifestyle Changes That Heal

April 6, 2018

“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also harder to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain I'll preface this article by saying you won't find anything new about depression in here. No miracle cure, no breakthrough … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, CBT, Depression, Journaling, Self-care, stress Tagged With: a mind of your own, antidepressant, claire de boer, counseling, counselling, depression, kelly brogan, medication, mental health, safe haven counselling, the mid gut connection, therapy

10 Ways To Ease Depression With Only Your Pen

January 4, 2018

"Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." — Leonard Cohen. One of my struggles since childhood has been with depression. From as early as I can remember I wondered why my school friends found it so easy to just be a kid, while I could only seem to observe their laughter from the fringes, surrounded … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Journaling, Self-care, stress, Trauma Tagged With: anxiety, depression, journaling, writing

Need a New Perspective on Stress this Holiday Season?

December 21, 2017

For decades we've been told this one thing: stress makes you sick. How many times, when you've been knee-deep in tension, anxiety and all-around exhaustion, have you made it all worse by then adding the thought that if you don't get a hold of yourself you may wind up in your doctor's office, or worse still, the hospital? The possibility of making ourselves "stress sick" is really the last … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, CBT, Self-care, stress Tagged With: anxiety, Christmas, Kelly McGonigal, placebo, stress, thoughts

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