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Why Spending Just Two Hours a Week in Nature Is Good for You
By | March 17, 2023 |
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What Are the Benefits of Sunlight?
Sunlight and serotonin We’re used to hearing about how too much of the sun’s warm rays can be harmful to your skin. But did you k...
By: Rachel Nall, MSN, CRNA | April 01, 2019 | Timothy J. Legg, PhD, PsyD
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8 Ways to Embrace Self-Love and Thank Your Body
Saying “thank you” to others is something you learn at an early age. But how often do you thank yourself? Saying “thank you” to y...
By: Lauren McAulay | August 11, 2020
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13 Steps to Achieving Total Self-Love
Last year was a difficult one for me. I was really struggling with my mental health and was suffering from depression an...
By: Alison Rachel Stewar | September 18, 2018 | Steven O'Brien
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Winter Blues? Try These 10 Food Tips to Help Ease Symptoms
Alter your diet, improve your mood Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that’s believed to be caused by the ...
By: Brian Krans | September 17, 2018 | Natalie Olsen, R.D., L.D., ACSM EP-C
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Seasonal Affective Disorder (Major Depressive Disorder with Seasonal Pattern)
What is seasonal affective disorder? Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is another term for major depressive disorder (MDD)&n...
By: Erica Roth and Erika Klein | March 04, 2022 | Lori Lawrenz, PsyD
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Those January Blues Are Real. Here’s How to Avoid Them
Acts of kindness, self-care, and gratitude are some of the ways you can beat back depression during the cold month of January. If...
By: Constance Gustke | January 09, 2018
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How to Make a Self-Care Checklist That Actually Works for You
Life doesn’t always proceed smoothly, to put it mildly. When challenges you face prove difficult to handle, it can tax your emotio...
By: Crystal Raypole | July 13, 2020 | Janet Brito, Ph.D., LCSW, CST
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10 Simple Ways to Relieve Stress
Tips to manage stressful situations It might surprise you to learn that biological stress is a fairly recent discovery. It wasn’t...
By: Nathan Reese | July 03, 2019 | Timothy J. Legg, PhD, PsyD
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Boost Your Flexibility with These 8 Yoga Poses
Flexibility is one of the key elements of good physical health. Over time, though, your body may lose flexibility due to aging, a ...
By: Emily Cronkleton | October 23, 2019 | Daniel Bubnis, M.S., NASM-CPT, NASE Level II-CSS
