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Category Archives: physical health
Doing Well by Doing Good?
Research has found that embodying compassion, or helping others, can offer physical benefits including reducing anxiety, depression, and inflammation, potentially leading to an increased lifespan. This self-treatment method can be practiced regardless of one’s emotional state, consistently generates positive effects, and poses no risk of negative side effects. Continue reading
Posted in behavioral health, belongingness, mental health, physical health, Uncategorized
Tagged Compassion
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Melatonin and CBD in Gummies– How Much is There?
This is just a quick post because so many people are interested in using melatonin for sleep, but it’s not regulated so you don’t know how much you’re getting. The products evaluated were advertised as for children, so accuracy in … Continue reading
Happy Drynuary?
I’ve been seeing a lot of stuff about the trend for people to take the month of January off from consuming alcohol. There’s an interesting term, sober curious about people who want to look at their relationship with alcohol, and … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, choices, physical health, physical health, Uncategorized
Tagged Health, Mental health, Substance Abuse
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Prescription: Nature
Everyone knows that time in nature is good for you, but there’s actual research that shows it. A heart surgeon discovered that his patients who went to hospital rooms facing trees healed faster than those that went to rooms on … Continue reading
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Tagged healing with nature, Health, Mental health
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Food (and Beverage) for Thought
In reports of a recent study researchers found that alcohol consumption increased chances of atrial fibrillation. Although previous studies hinted at this, the study reported in the New York Times was more rigorous in that it had participants wear recording … Continue reading
Managing Health Anxiety
I am staying home like everyone else, surfing media like everyone else, most of it either humorous (my choice) or useless (most news as usual). But I ran across an item from someone who was writing as a self-proclaimed “recovering … Continue reading
Acceptance, Action, Self-Compassion
I can never get enough of this stuff. I don’t have time to add some of my own thoughts right now, but I can’t let this one pass without passing it on: it’s always helpful to accept yourself, especially when … Continue reading
Posted in behavioral health, mental health, physical health, Uncategorized
Tagged Body, self-acceptance, self-compassion
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Take Good Care of Yourself
I ran across this from Center for Greater Good on how getting enough sleep is good for your relationships. Note: the article references research that is pre-Covid and uses the phrase “social distance” in an emotional sense, not in reference … Continue reading
May Is Mental Health Awareness Month
Just wanted to give that shout out to Mental Health Awareness Month before it’s over. Before looking it up, I didn’t know that it has been going on in one form or another since 1949 . This year the theme … Continue reading
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“I Wish I Wasn’t So Good at This”
This is just a quick meditation on recovery– or coping– or whatever name you want to give it. Happy New Year, by the way. For many of us, including folks who don’t necessarily carry a DSM 5 label, life is … Continue reading
Posted in behavioral health, choices, mental health, physical health, physical health, Recovery
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