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.
Struggles as Symptoms – Realizing a Diagnosis
The process of reaching my current diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, was arduous and destructive not only to myself but to my relationships, community, and environment. While I was...
The 5 Tips to Maintain Your Strength to Keep Up with Your Little One
In modern times, there has been an increase in multi-generational family dwellings due to the economic downturn, rising college tuition, and unsustainable salaries. Within this type of family...
Beyond Talk Therapy – How Hypnosis and EMDR Are Transforming Mental Health
When talk therapy reaches its limits, deeper healing begins. Hypnosis and EMDR are transforming mental health by working directly with the subconscious mind, helping adults release anxiety, trauma...
Rewriting the Blueprint – How You Can Heal What Your Ancestors Couldn’t
What your grandmother experienced in her lifetime could have modified her DNA, and these changes can be passed down through generations. Your nervous system learned from your...
Why Children Need to Be Involved When a Loved One Has Died
"Should we involve the children?" It's a question I hear so often. Parents, grandparents, and family members all want the same thing, to protect the children. But do we protect children by excluding...
Legal, but Not Equal – Why Ethnic Minorities Are Still Locked Out of the UK’s Medical Cannabis System
Mental health doesn’t discriminate, but access to support does. Across the UK, ethnic minority communities face a mental health crisis that too often goes unseen. Anxiety, depression, trauma, and isolation...
Rethinking Stress – Mental‑Health Philosophy and How We Experience, Understand, and Manage Stress
Are you or someone you know struggling with stress? Do you want a tip or a practice to help cope with stress? Take breaks often, breathe, exercise when you can, eat good foods, and take time to...
Why Cutting People Out May Not Be the Best Advice – A Mental Health Perspective
In today’s fast-paced, often polarized world, social media and other platforms are flooded with advice about how to protect your mental health. Some of this advice is good, but not all of it is...
Beyond Acceptance – How Over-Normalizing Is Breaking Society
We have worked hard as a society to destigmatize mental health, and that is something to celebrate. However, in recent years, the pendulum has swung too far. In our effort to make everyone feel seen...
L'CHAIM – How to Overcome Depression and Revive Your Life’s Purpose
I still get pushback. With a tinge of concern, people ask what’s behind my obsession with depression. Some comments include, “Talking about depression is depressing,” “You’d only attract...
Is Joy the Missing Link in Your Wellness Journey and Why It Matters More Than You Think
We chase health, we chase growth, we chase change. But what if one of the most powerful medicines has been with us all along? Joy. For too long, joy has been treated as something optional, a reward...
The Good Girl Syndrome People-Pleasing Cure
Good Girl Syndrome keeps women stuck in a cycle of people-pleasing, where worth feels tied to others’ approval. This article explores how to shift from self-sacrifice to self-honouring, helping you...
How to Fast Track to Emotional Well-Being
There it is again. Every time you think of him, her, them, or that, your stomach twists, your jaw tightens, or your forehead pounds. The same physical discomfort shouts out every time you think of...
Brain Health Matters – Why Businesses Should Prioritize Neurological Health for Their Employees
Employee wellness has become increasingly important. According to the Employee Mental Health in 2024 Research Series, 45% of employees feel “emotionally drained.” However, companies now recognize...
Carrying the Invisible – The Hidden Pain Behind Men’s Strength
I want to be super real right now, as a married woman and a 15-year practicing Marriage and Family Therapist. I have been doing some deep-dive understanding into men’s mental health, both in my...
