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5 Ways Walking Can Improve Your Mental Health
We all know walking is good for us. But how is it good for us? What tangible ways can we use walking to improve our daily experiences? This article will explore 5 ways that your walk to the car, in a...
Jul 30, 20255 min read


What Anne Burrell’s Death Teaches Us
On June 17, 2025, Anne Burrell, beloved chef, TV star, mentor, and teacher, died by suicide at age 55. The New York City medical examiner determined her cause of death to be acute intoxication from a combination...
Jul 25, 20255 min read


Rethinking Mental Health and Exploring a New Philosophy for Understanding Experience
Mental health is larger than what you think and feel. The new book by lance kair, Mental Health Philosophy, coming out in the next month, speaks to the mental health that you are, as the life you are living...
Jul 24, 20255 min read


You’re Not Broken – You’re Wired for Survival
When we’re triggered by trauma, it’s not our rational, grounded self in control; it’s the body’s automatic survival system. In an instant, our sense of the present disappears. The heart races, muscles...
Jul 22, 20254 min read


Everything You Need to Know About Peer Recovery Coaches
Peer recovery coaches play a vital role in helping individuals go through substance use and mental health concerns with ease by offering lived experience, emotional support, and hope. Whether someone...
Jul 21, 20255 min read


A Closer Look at Anxious Thoughts
Sometimes, anxious thoughts seem to pop into your mind out of nowhere. One minute you're feeling okay, and the next, your head is filled with doubts, worries, and endless “what if” questions. These...
Jul 21, 20254 min read


Why Treatment Works When It Challenges 'Staying Sick' and Focuses on 'Being Well'
Our primal, primitive brain, the ancient part of our brain that receives information first, is strictly reactive, and it has one job, and one job only: to keep us alive. Thus, it is always on the lookout...
Jul 21, 20259 min read


7 Signs It’s Time to Rethink Your Relationship With Alcohol
Let me guess: you started drinking as a teenager. Maybe it was peer pressure, maybe you thought it looked cool, maybe you didn’t want to be the odd one out. All the adults were drinking, it just...
Jul 18, 20256 min read


The Gut-Brain Connection and How Digestive Health Shapes Mental Well-Being
For decades, mental health was largely viewed through a neurochemical lens. Depression, anxiety, and even neurodevelopmental disorders were considered issues that began and ended in the brain.
Jul 18, 20257 min read


World View Anxiety, and Just What the Hell Are We Supposed to Do About It
Take a look at the landscape of the world right now. Current events. The never-ending news cycle. The doom-scrolling. The constant barrage of absolutely terrifying possibilities with respect to the stock market...
Jul 17, 20256 min read


Why Writing Through Your Emotions Is One of the Most Underrated Tools for Healing
We talk a lot about healing as a process of doing: go to therapy, exercise, eat better, set boundaries, keep pushing. But what happens when you’ve done all of that and still feel emotionally full, stuck, or like you’re silently...
Jul 16, 20253 min read


The Silent Burden and the Emotional Weight Men Carry and the Strength in Speaking Up
In the quiet spaces between responsibilities, behind stoic faces and confident strides, there exists a silent burden carried by countless men, one that is rarely seen and even more rarely discussed...
Jul 16, 20255 min read


Why BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month Matters More Than Ever in Reclaiming Our Minds
Every July, we honor BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month—an observance that recognizes the unique mental health challenges faced by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Rooted in the visionary work...
Jul 15, 20253 min read


Family Disappointments & Communication Breakdown – A Call to Heal the Heart
For decades, I've witnessed the profound pain that comes when families become sources of disappointment rather than sanctuaries of love. In my journey as a spiritual healer and through the development...
Jul 14, 20258 min read


Transforming Health and Nutrition Education in Schools – The STRONG Student Shift
Eating should be one of the most natural human behaviors. Yet for many of us, it feels anything but simple. That’s because we live in a culture that rarely teaches the foundational skills required to...
Jul 14, 20257 min read


Why Emotional Dysregulation is More Common Than You Think, and What You Can Do About It
Have you ever felt like your reactions were "too much," like your tears came too fast, your anger flared too quickly, or your silence swallowed what you truly wanted to say? Emotional dysregulation is...
Jul 13, 20255 min read


7 Ways Music Rewires Your Brain for Healing and Growth
Do you ever feel stuck, emotionally blocked, or like your brain is in survival mode? You're not alone. In a world full of overstimulation and burnout, it’s easy to feel like a rat on a hamster wheel...
Jul 11, 20257 min read


The Empathy Burnout Crisis and How to Thrive in a World of Constant Connection
In today's hyperconnected world, empathy burnout is a rising issue. Many people today feel emotionally drained from constant exposure to crises on platforms like X. The relentless news cycle, amplified...
Jul 11, 20256 min read


Why You Still Feel Off Even When You're Doing Everything Right For Your Mental Health
You journal, meditate, go to therapy, take your vitamins, and yet something still feels off. You’re not alone. In this article, we’ll explore the hidden missing link in mental wellness and why even...
Jul 9, 20253 min read


The Lack of Theory
Addiction is often born from the illusion of "lack." A lack of love, safety, control, or worth leads people to desperately fill the void with substances, distractions, or anything that promises to ease the emptiness.
Jul 8, 20253 min read


Decolonize Mental Health and Reclaim Emotional Sovereignty
Decolonizing mental health represents a significant shift aimed at addressing the profound and lasting effects of colonialism on individuals' psychological well-being and the frameworks that govern...
Jul 7, 202511 min read


Everything I Learned About Being a Good Therapist and From Listening to The Grateful Dead
I am a tie-dyed-in-the-wool “Deadhead.” There. I said it. Now you know.
Jul 7, 20257 min read


The Call That Changed Everything and Led Him to Discover the Real Treasure Within
For the better part of 6 weeks, it was all he talked about. 'The Call'. It was an important phone call. It wasn’t one he could just ignore or blow off, for if he did, there were going to be significant financial penalties.
Jul 7, 20259 min read


You’re Not Meant to Do It Alone – The Power of Connection & Community
I’ve always been someone who leaned more towards privacy than publicity. Not only did I keep personal things to myself, I turned to myself for it all–for comfort, for clarity, for strength.
Jul 6, 20255 min read
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