High-Functioning Anxiety: Signs, Symptoms, and Natural Treatment Options
You keep your calendar organized. You meet every deadline. You show up, follow through, and from the outside, everything looks together. But inside? Your mind never really stops. You replay conversations, brace for things that haven’t happened yet, and carry a low hum of worry that simply never turns off. If that sounds familiar, you […]
5 Secrets of Ashwagandha for a Better You
In the bustling world of health and wellness, it seems like there’s a new superfood or miracle supplement discovered every other day. However, there’s one ancient herb that has been quietly making a name for itself in the world of holistic health and wellness: Ashwagandha. With a history dating back thousands of years, this adaptogenic […]
9 Choices of Extremely Happy People
I’ve been receiving The Eco Parent magazine which is a fabulous magazines and I highly recommend subscriptions to it. I pulled out an article about “sustainable happiness” a few months ago and it has been sitting on my desk. I love each point and I think it’s a worthwhile list to revisit every couple of […]
Being labelled
For many people, a diagnosis of a mental health disorder, like ADHD, depression, anxiety, bipolar, fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome is viewed as a label and is attached with a lot of stigma and fear. What if we change the perspective or the meaning associated with a diagnosis? I offer this metaphor: You’re driving towards a […]
Mental health – it’s not all in your head
Did you know that most of the serotonin that your body produces is in your intestines? Serotonin is the chemical the tends to be low in depression. Far too often people believe or are told that’s in all in their head. Attitude is everything and you just need to think positively. While this is partly […]
Mindfulness and Immune function
Not only does Mindful Based Stress Reduction help reduce anxiety, but it increases immune function, and decreases inflammation too! Attitude is everything. “Twenty-four participants (28-72 years) were enrolled in an 8-week MBSR program. There were significant improvements in anxiety and overall distress across multiple domains of quality of life versus baseline. The patients who reported […]