Posts in Improving your Mood
3 Tips to Improve Your Sleep

Did you know it’s estimated that 50 to 70 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders, or sleep deprivation? Sleep deprivation puts you at risk for heart disease, obesity and diabetes. It can also affect your energy, athletic performance, cognitive health and promote hunger cravings. Additionally, chronic sleep issues have been correlated with anxiety and depression. 

Keep reading for 3 tips to ensure you get your Zzz’s…

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Helping Your Teen Through Depression

With the demands and expectation of getting good grades in school and maintaining a social life, teens may start to feel overwhelmed. Depression can result from untreated and chronic feelings of overwhelm, confusion and/or hopelessness. it is crucial to understand a teen’s depression and to have a set of concrete action steps.  Here are 3 Tips for Helping your Teen through Depression…..

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Six Quick Tips for Managing “News Anxiety”

In our current political environment, many people are noticing that they are experiencing anxiety or more intense symptoms of anxiety, depression and anger. Is there a way to stay connected to current events, while protecting yourself from news overload and continue to practice self care? Read on for six tips to help you cope with “news anxiety”...

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Four Ways to Improve Your Clarity of Mind

Achieving “clarity of mind” is the act of clearing your head of the clutter that comes with extraneous or uncontrolled thoughts or mental "noise". When you are operating from a place of clarity, it allows you to see things more clearly, be open to new ideas, and to thoughtfully organize your reactions and responses...

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Five Ways to Beat Holiday Stress

Although the holidays can be joyous, they can also be stressful. This year you can prepare yourself with these helpful tips to prevent holiday stress...

 

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Using your Breath to Reduce Anxiety

By shifting our breathing pattern, we can have a profound effect on our body's parasympathetic nervous system - the center of our nervous system that's responsible for slowing our heart rates and creating a calming response.

Here are three breathing techniques that can ease your anxiety and produce calm...

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3 Simple Strategies for Holiday Self-Care

The holidays are a very exciting time of year. It is a time for families to come together, to enjoy company, and an opportunity to reflect on the past year and make plans for positive changes. It can also be a stressful time and might be associated with high expectations of self and others as well as an overwhelming to-do list. Here are three tips for practicing self care during the holidays...

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Seasonal Affective Disorder - Signs and Symptoms

Depression that occurs during Fall or Winter and improves during Spring and Summer is called Seasonal Affective Disorder (or SAD).  The cyclical nature of SAD is what distinguishes it from other types of Depressive Disorders such as Major Depression or Dysthymia.  Read on for more information about signs and symptoms of SAD....

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Staying Peaceful in Times of Chaos

In this time of emotional upheaval and turmoil, it is important to remember that we can affect the outcome of our personal experiences by choosing to practice peace over stress.  The tools are within us.  Here are four helpful tips for staying peaceful in times of chaos...

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Seven Ways to Cultivate Gratitude

Some definitions of gratitude are "a feeling of appreciation or thanks" or "the quality of being thankful."  Human beings were originally created to survive, with a built-in fight or flight response, therefore we aren't hard-wired to be grateful.  Studies show that practicing gratitude can have a very positive effect on our health, happiness and social lives.  Here are seven simple ways to cultivate gratitude in your life today...

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8 Quick Self-Care Strategies for College Students

Although college can be a wonderful experience for students, many struggle with prioritizing time to incorporate self- care into their daily routines.  Read on to learn 8 quick strategies for improving your self-care and overall contentment.....

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Strategies to Help You Thrive During Your Freshman Year

The transition to college can be stressful and overwhelming. Here are some helpful tips for your or a college student you know to make the process more manageable...

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Social Media and Loneliness

In today’s society, we have the world at our fingertips, literally. At any moment we can go on social media and see what our favorite celebrities are doing, what our co-workers are eating and where our friends are traveling. It can be exciting and fun to take a peek into others’ lives. It can also create a sense of confusion and loneliness, particularly if we aren't living the 'exciting' lives we are seeing on social media.  Read more about social media "depression" here....

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Amazing Tips for Sleep

Sleep hygiene is a routine of different practices that are necessary to have normal, quality nighttime sleep and full daytime alertness.  Good sleep hygiene increases the quality and consistency of your restfulness.

Here are some tips for creating a great sleep hygiene routine...

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5 Simple Habits that Can Improve Your Energy

There doesn’t seem to be enough time in the day to get everything we would like to done!  We might even be adding to the problem by giving in to habits that actually deplete our energy and move us farther from our goals.  Check out these 5 quick tools you can use to improve your energy now... 

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3 Essential Elements in Amazing Self Care!

These are just a few strategies you can implement on a daily basis that will help you feel more grounded and prepared for life's ongoing challenges...

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SMILE!!

Smiling is essential to a sense of well-being and happiness! Research shows that a smile can communicate JOY to your brain. How does it work?  Your brain communicates with your cranial muscles to produce your smile.  When the smiling muscles in your face contract, a message gets sent to your brain that you are happy...

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