Category: Mental Health Blogs
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Six Thoughts to Deal with Your COVID-19 Anxiety
It is a frightening time for everyone. Countries, cities, schools, and businesses are shutting down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of us live in areas that have been greatly affected by this dangerous disease. Others are preparing for the worst. All of us are watching the news so that we can figure out what…
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How Nutrition Affects Teens’ Mental Health
As a parent, you likely want to do everything that you possibly can for your child to ensure they live the best life possible. If your child is in those teenage years, this might prove more difficult than imagined, but you have gotten this far. There aren’t many more years left where you’ll be able…
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Gritty Strength, We Need It To Survive This Pandemic
Gritty strength is probably one most important character traits we need to develop right now. 2020 has by far been one of the most trying and challenging years of them all. Many of you would agree that we could all use some gritty strength right now. As a matter of fact, you will need it…
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Post-Lockdown Anxiety: Managing Your Fear Of Outside
While some of us have been looking forward to post-lockdown living because it’ll give us a chance to have a social life again, there are some people who are battling with post-lockdown anxiety at the thought of re-entering the world. Now while we’re all looking forward to seeing our family and reconnecting with friends, the…
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Nutrition Pro Says Eat These Healthy Depression Meals
Nutrition might feel a bit like a slippery slope this year, particularly after this tsunami we call 2020. Mother-nature surprised us with a wildcard virus. On top of this, there is financial pressure, lost jobs, systemic racial disputes and all other kinds of upheaval. In essence, not only is our nutrition plummeting, but we’re all…
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Oxytocin: Benefits & How To Boost The Love Hormone
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Anxiety Relief: 4 Easy Breathing Exercises To Calm You Down
Breathing helps to keep us alive. However, with the current state of the world, be it the concerns around social justice or worries about the long-term impact of COVID-19, our anxiety levels have reached fever-pitch and it’s impacted how we breathe which, in turn, has affected our health. Thankfully, there are breathing exercises that you…
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12 Easy Ways To Calm Your Anxiety During The Pandemic
In a perfect world, our anxiety would only help to warn us in the face of danger, saving us from risk. However, more often than not, our anxiety only serves to cripple us and jeopardize our health. With the fear and worry plaguing us during these uncertain times, it’s clear that our levels of anxiety…
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How To Use Meditation To Improve Your Wellbeing
Meditation has many different forms and can be beneficial for a number of reasons for people of all ages. It’s defined as using a technique such as mindfulness or personal insight to focus on a particular object, goal, or part of the body. Meditation focuses on training attention to a specific thing in order to…
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These Podcasts Will Help You Get Through Lockdown Much Easier
The coronavirus pandemic has tilted our realities and now millions of people are now stuck indoors. This is done as an effort to curb the spread of the virus. Now with so many people stuck at home, with a lot more free time, cabin fever may have begun to set in. However, if you’re looking…