What Everyone Struggling With Mood Issues Needs to Know About the Link Between Diet and Mental Health
The link between diet and mental health is becoming clearer. While you may have long suspected that food influences how you feel, emerging research verifies that both your brain and gut can impact your mood. While there’s no miracle diet that can suddenly undo trauma, grief, or mental illness, we can take charge of certain […]
Doomscrolling and Depression: How to Tell If You’re Struggling With Screen Time or Mental Health
Is doomscrolling wrecking your mental health? The big surprise nesting within our doomscrolling habit is that too much digital exposure can actually obscure our authentic depression symptoms. It can be hard to tell the difference between clinical depression and screen-induced sadness. Doomscrolling burns out our dopamine receptors. What’s more, all those “hot takes” or “cautionary […]
Pregnancy Rage: What You May Not Know About It
Is early pregnancy rage causing you to question everything you thought you knew about prenatal bliss? Most expectant mothers know to expect mood swings. Those clichés about needing a box of tissues just to get through sentimental television commercials are true for many. However, pregnant women are less prepared for wild, unbridled anger that seems […]
Why You Should Consider EMDR and Art Therapy for Trauma
After we go through traumatic experiences, it can feel like there’s a big, messy pile of unprocessed emotions that got shoved into one of the closets of our subconscious. We hear it knocking all the time. Over time, our mental energy gets directed toward keeping that door wired shut out of fear that painful feelings […]
Grief and Art Therapy: Finding Healing When Loss Takes Your Words Away
You have to express yourself to heal yourself. Have you ever looked at it like that before? Unfortunately, difficult experiences often force us to go inward to a place of silence. It’s one of the reasons why art therapy can be so effective for people dealing with grief and trauma. Let’s talk about art therapy […]
Young Parents: How Childhood Trauma Affects Your Parenting
How childhood trauma affects your parenting is something few new moms and dads anticipate, but it can reshape every interaction you have with your child. I’ll never make the same mistakes my parents made. It’s the sentiment that shapes many of the choices of young parents today. Look no further than the rise of gentle […]
How Common Are Mental Health Issues During Pregnancy?
Mental health issues during pregnancy are more common than many realize. Pregnancy is a time of many changes — both physically and emotionally. This period can be transformative. But it’s also overwhelming and challenging, which can lead to stress and complicated feelings. The sleepless nights and all-consuming worries about the baby can lead to postpartum […]