How Fear Impacts Mental Health
Fear wrecks havoc on your brain and body. Lets talk about what to do about it. I hope you enjoy!
Fear wrecks havoc on your brain and body. Lets talk about what to do about it. I hope you enjoy!
Emotional wounds can last a long time. With enough time, do they go away? In this episode, we explore this question and how we can work on helping emotional wounds heal. If you want to support this podcast and our mission to create a safe online community for working on improving mental health, please…
Common Themes The common mindfulness practices involve a specific focus, as do all mindfulness practices. There are two other key items that are important when doing any mindfulness related activity. One is being kind to yourself. When your attention wanders, simply guide it back to the task without getting upset. Your attention is only doing…
How Does Nicotine Affect Mental Health? Nicotine is a drug that has been around for many years and the cravings and withdrawals from it are well known. How bad is nicotine for you, what does it do, is it that hard to stop and what are the different forms of nicotine use are all…
Join me and exploring some common challenges those with mental health issues face with medications. We explore some of the most common mental health issues and how medications can affect them. I encourage open and honest conversations with your medical providers about your medications and there effectiveness!
Using what we know about how our stress response works from the Inner Workings of Our Stress Response blog post, we can start to work on de-activating our stress response. The stress response begins with perceiving a threat in the brain; however, the first physical response is the unconscious tightening of our core and back…
Today I talk to Heather Midgley who is a specialist in perinatal mental health. We talk about the importance of taking care your mental health when trying to have a child and when having a child. We hope you enjoy this episode!