Today (January 25, 2017) is Mental Health Awareness Day, and this entire week is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, approximately 1 in 5 american adults suffer with some form of mental illness. But that’s not all, the same source finds that roughly 1 in 5 children in the U.S. […]
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Stress—sometimes external (and internal) factors are only as bad as we let them be. That being said, it’s not easy to shut off the old habits that let us become stressed out, which can ultimately affect our health and sense of well-being. Whether your preference is to worry about money, relationships, health or family (or […]
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If you feel a bit sick to your stomach just thinking about the coming November 8th U.S. presidential election, you’re not alone. In fact, not only can you feel a bit anxious about the outcome of any election (and the process leading up to it), there are some bonafide health issues that could be attached […]
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Halloween is right around the corner, so it’s a great time to talk about the things that scare us most (creepy clowns, anyone?). Phobias can be fairly common (for example, a fear of spiders known as arachnophobia), or can be more obscure—ranging from arithmophobia (a fear of numbers) to allodoxaphobia (a fear of opinions). These […]
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Are Sundays days of leisure for you or days of dread? It turns out that many individuals experience the same back-to-work blues associated with dreading the arrival of Monday. The thing is that the anxiety associated with going back to work for the week can eat into your weekend and even leave you downright depressed. […]
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While eating right to maintain a healthy weight, and even shed a few unwanted pounds may be admirable, there are many other reasons to make healthy changes that don’t even bring losing weight into the equation.
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