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.
Touch Misconceptions – How They Harm Relationships and Self-Healing
Touch is a powerful tool for connection, healing, and intimacy. Yet misconceptions about touch often lead to misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and even harm in relationships. This article explores...
Neurodivergence, Interoception, and the Nervous System – Why Your Body Holds the Key
If you’ve ever struggled to identify what your body is telling you or felt overwhelmed by too much sensation, you’re not alone. For many people who are neurodivergent, the relationship between mind and body...
Laugh More, Live Better – The Daily Dose of Wellbeing Through Laughter
Laughter, like a gentle breeze in a tense room, carries healing in its rhythm and light in its echo. Beyond its infectious charm, it stirs something deep, elevating the soul, amplifying joy, and colouring...
How to Support Someone Who is Traumatised by Sexual Abuse When They Are Using a Health Service
Many people who have experienced sexual abuse can be fearful of using health services for several reasons. They may be anxious that the procedure could trigger their memories or that they have no control over...
The Truth About Hyper-Independence – When Self-Sufficiency Is a Trauma Response
In a world that often celebrates self-reliance as strength, we rarely stop to ask: What if doing it all alone is actually hurting us? Hyper-independence, the deep-rooted urge to handle everything by...
The Art of Feeling Good and Natural Ways to Nourish Your Dopamine Rush
Ever find yourself craving that spark, the one that makes you feel inspired, energized, or simply okay being you? In our overstimulated, fast-paced world, it’s easy to forget that joy isn’t something we...
The Fire in Your Hands – Trauma-Informed Leadership in a Time of Compassion Fatigue
In the face of compassion fatigue, Meghan Rusco, Supervisory Lead of Chronic Disease Prevention & Wellness at CCHN, shares her journey from personal trauma to creating trauma-informed systems. This article...
Understanding Early Maladaptive Schemas and Schema Therapy
In Schema Therapy, the focus is on something called Early Maladaptive Schemas. These are long-standing, negative belief patterns we form in childhood, often based on painful or unmet emotional needs...
Mental Health Is Trending, But Are We Actually Getting Better?
Mental health has never been more mainstream. Scroll through social media and you’ll find countless self-care tips and mental health awareness posts. In fact, the hashtag mental health alone has over 45...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
