The emotional zeitgeist of 2024 is “feel your feelings.” We are encouraged to have “all the feels” and to share them, openly, honestly, authentically, all the time. But, how should we do…
Take Time for Your Heart to Meet Your Mind
It’s pretty hard to feel calm when your heart is racing. It’s also true that when you are feeling calm your heart is typically not going a mile a minute. A key…
Is It Anxiety, Depression, or Perimenopause?
Is It Anxiety, Depression, or Perimenopause?
How the Psychobiotic Diet Can Reduce Stress
Source: CouchIko/Shutterstock “It’s not stress that kills us; it is our reaction to it.” —Hans Selye The word psychobiotic has a slightly sinister sound to it, but the psychobiotic diet does not…
Leaving Law Enforcement: How to Turn Transition Into Triumph
For some officers, the impact of leaving a law enforcement career can be best summarized through the lyrics of a Jimmy Durante song performed in the 1942 classic film The Man Who…
Is Digital Overload Increasing Your Anxiety?
On my morning run, I saw a woman with a shirt that said, “Create your own calm.” I was struck by how simple the statement was and yet how essential the concept…
Zoe’s Lazy-Day Picnic: Self-Discovery and Creative Productivity
Source: Dona Matthews I often find myself worrying about the increasing mental health challenges children and teens are experiencing. I know that the best solutions are long-term and aimed at the source…
Maintaining Positivity in the Permacrisis
It’s not news that anxiety and depression are on the rise in the United States. If you’ve not dealt with the beast yourself, you’re more likely than not to have supported a…
How to Stop Overthinking |
Source: Nir And Far We all dwell on unresolved personal conflicts from time to time. Who hasn’t ruminated on a hurtful comment or unintentional harm we might have caused someone? Feeling bad…
Women and Hope for the Avoidant Man
Where have all the good men gone? If you are in your teens or 20s, this probably isn’t a big issue yet. But, as you push 40, you may find yourself swimming…