Mental health
Mental health is just as important as physical health. Allow our contributors to give expert guidance and tips on steps you can take to improve your mental well-being. Learn about different therapeutic approaches and self-care practices that can support your mental health.
When Dreams Are Interrupted – Understanding Miscarriage, Grief, and the Path to Healing
There is probably no greater pain than that inflicted by the loss of a child. Children should not die before their parents, and no parent should ever have to experience the pain of losing a child.
5 Reasons Breathwork Boosts Workplace Wellbeing, Employee Performance, and Mental Health
Workplace stress is not just a personal issue. It is a business one. It affects performance, absenteeism, decision-making, and retention. In 2023, more than 875,000 UK workers reported stress-related...
The Mental Gym – Redefining Mental Health as Everyday Training
For too many people, seeking mental health support feels overwhelming. Long waitlists, high costs, and lingering stigma leave countless individuals struggling alone. Meanwhile, fitness culture has normalized...
How Yoga Nidra Rewires Stress and Restores Balance
Stress is not only a feeling. In many cases today, it can become a full-system storm, hijacking sleep, elevating cortisol, flattening mood, and scattering focus. What if not doing anything is the...
8 Ways to Be More Mindful According to a Therapist
Mindfulness, everyone is talking about it, so what is it, and how do you achieve it? The best way to explain mindfulness is by using the example of a tropical vacation. There’s a reason we go on vacations...
The Hidden Dangers of Essential Oils and Why Whole-Plant Healing Deserves a Comeback
In a world obsessed with purity and potency, we’ve lost the plot. Essential oils are everywhere, marketed as nature’s cure-all, bottled wellness, and the shortcut to serenity. But behind the seductive...
Do Trigger Warnings Actually Help? Here’s What the Research Says
These days, it feels like trigger warnings are everywhere. Before TV shows, in news articles, on social media posts, or at the start of a university lecture, you’ve probably seen one. They usually come...
The Hidden Keys to a Morning Mindset Routine
For years, my mornings looked the same, wake up early, start my “mom routine,” make breakfast for the household, and get my son ready for school. I did this for 13 years straight. And while it worked for a while...
She Wanted to Keep Drinking but Got Sober – The Curious Case of the Efficacy of Harm Reduction
On paper, her life looked like shit. Two estranged, grown sons. No social life. A completely dysfunctional neighborhood, with neighbors trying to recruit her into their personal vendettas against the...
12 Sneaky Thinking Traps That Disguise Themselves as Anxiety and How to Manage Them
Anxiety doesn't always show up the way we expect. Sometimes, it hides behind thoughts that feel logical, even helpful, but actually keep us stuck in a stress mode or low mood. These thought patterns are called...
Exclusion, Discrimination, and Systemic Harm in Mental Health Care Systems
The mental health care system, ideally a safe space for healing, compassion, connection, understanding, and support, is often experienced as hostile, exclusionary, and harmful for countless individuals...
Mapping Your Inner World – Using Polyvagal Theory to Understand and Heal Your Parts
In the past decade, the Polyvagal Theory developed by neuroscientist Dr. Stephen Porges has reshaped how we understand stress, safety, and connection. It explains how our autonomic nervous system...
Tarot And Numerology For Clarity – Discovering Yourself Through Ancient Wisdom
Curiosity often begins in quiet moments. You might notice it when life feels uncertain, during a transition, or while asking yourself questions that logic alone doesn’t seem to answer. These are the times...
Feeling Is Your Superpower – Navigating Life’s Contrasts with Emotional Wisdom
Life has a way of surprising us with contrast. One moment, everything feels in alignment, and the next, tragedy strikes, change arrives uninvited, or a challenge shakes the ground beneath us. None of us are immune to these experiences.
A Case Against Legalism – Why Rigid Religious Rules Sabotage Mental Health and Destroy Faith
Recently, I had a dream that stirred me. When I woke up, I panicked and immediately my mind started spinning in an old, familiar, maddening thought pattern: “Oh no… what did I do wrong? Have I offended God? Am I in trouble? What did that mean?”
