Your gut has a mind of its own. In fact, it is a “second brain” that can increase or decrease your risk of depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions.
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Writing Your Way Through Anxiety and Depression
Writing, even simple stream-of-consciousness writing, can bring clarity and perspective to a mind tangled up in worries or drowning in sadness.
Chasing Challenge
If you want to feel more alive, step out of your comfort zone and try something new.
How to Fight Inflammation With Food
What to eat to heal your bodyl.
Good Call or Bad Call?
How one mom manages her concerns about her kids having phones
Feeling Lonely. Try This.
Isolation and loneliness are literally making us sick and sad. It’s a problem sweeping the nation, but the solution starts right where you are.
Help a Loved One Quit Smoking
Want to help someone break a bad habit? Instead of nagging and pleading, try these expert suggestions instead.
Give Peas a Chance
I have yet to meet a vegetable I didn’t like . . . eventually. Take avocado, for example. I mean that figuratively, of course. I will hide avocados with the chocolate to keep them safe, if necessary. But that was not always the case. Avocados are actually a fruit masquerading as a vegetable, and when […]
5 Reasons to Go Meat-free
Look at all the meat alternatives on restaurant menus and the array of plant-based products at grocery stores, and it’s clear that the number of people choosing to eat less meat is steadily increasing. While a vegetarian diet has historically been associated with plain salads, bland tofu, and the fear of malnutrition, this outdated perception […]
3 Ways to Manage Food Cravings
Do you ever get up from the table after completing a meal and still feel like you’re craving something? This feeling can lead to unintentional weight gain and issues with self-control. Cravings can be disheartening to deal with because nobody wants to feel like an area of their life is difficult to control. Self-sabotage and […]