Why Your Doctor Wants You To Take Care of Your Stress: Five Simple Stress Remedies
When the word “stress” escapes a doctor’s lips, it may trigger a reflexive eye roll from a patient. “What! How on earth is stress management...
How Do I Know I’m Having A Panic Attack?
Eileen never missed our anxiety management group at the local community center. Outside, the unusually hot spring day had people taking off their...
Book Therapy: Can Reading Heal Anxiety?
Reading should never be a chore. But for those people struggling with anxiety, the idea of reading for pleasure seems especially difficult. So...
How can psychobiotic therapy be used in clinical psychology to help mental health?
Psychobiotics are probiotic microorganisms you can add to your diet to improve your mental health by targeting your digestive system. There is...
What To Do When Breathing Exercises Make Me Dizzy!
Stress and anxiety has a way of conditioning you to breathe short and fast. It’s not a conscious response, but it happens to prepare your...
Doctor, are you listening? When doctors dismiss your symptoms
We’d made it about 200 meters from home when my mum cried out that she couldn’t walk another step. She slumped against...
HELP! I CAN’T REMEMBER ANYTHING! How to deal with stress on exam day
In the UK, students are hurtling into exam season. It’s perfectly normal, at this time, to feel worried or stressed about upcoming exams. But how...
Take charge of your anxious body: Somatic relaxation for anxiety
When you think about anxiety, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? The overthinking or the butterflies in your stomach? The lack of...
When Walking Causes Anxiety: Could Walking Be The Cure For Social Anxiety
Walking is good for your mental health. But what if you have social anxiety disorder? It is often assumed that social anxiety only affects people...
Why Tech Companies Are Spending Millions On Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Vagus nerve stimulation and exercises are all the rage. Just like when yoga went from hippy to mainstream in the early 2000’s, now it’s the vagus...