Insomnia is the most well known sleep disorder "• affecting as many as 10 percent of all Americans, according to estimates. It's simply characterized by having trouble either falling asleep or staying asleep. For people who suffer from chronic insomnia, that means at...
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6 Very Good Reasons To Take A Mental Health Day
Reminder: You are not a robot. Everyone gets exhausted from working too much "” and you are no exception. That's where a mental health day can come to the rescue. Research shows that Americans rarely take time off from work, yet there are so many benefits to taking...
How Cannabidiol (CBD) Works for Treating Anxiety
While we don't normally think of anxiety as desirable, it's actually a critical adaptive response that can help us cope with threats to our (or a loved one's) safety and welfare. These responses help us recognize and avert potential threats; they can also help...
Why Coloring Is Good For You
If you haven't been swept up in the adult-coloring craze yet, find a few pencils and try it with the mandala (below), a Buddhist symbol of the universe. Feel relaxed? It's probably not just because you're getting back into kindergarten brain. Coloring, especially with...
How To Be Happy And Healthy By Spending More Time In Nature
Just like everyone else out there, I'm always looking for ways to optimize. Optimize my work, my pleasure, my health. There's a ton of advice out there about how to be more productive at work, how a new gadget will save you time around the house, or how to get a...
9 Surprising Benefits Of Meditation
1. Reunites You with Your Car Keys Memory-training exercises? Sure "” or you could meditate/visualize/yoga your way to improved cognition, according to a small study of older adults. 2. Turns Your Frown Upside Down Meditation curbs activity in the brain's...
What Is Mindfulness And Why We Need It?
Have you ever caught yourself having an argument or debate with someone and getting yourself all worked up and upset only to realize that the whole discussion was taking place in your mind? The other person wasn't even there. It was just you and your mind. Your mind...
4 Ways To Improve Your Mood Instantly
Happiness is one of the most talked-about emotions - behavioral scientists study it relentlessly, meditation experts teach several techniques and social psychologists comes up with various explanations for how our brain tricks itself into believing various...
Meditation: Living With Gratitude
Featured by a TED talk by monk and interfaith scholar Brother David Steindl-Rast. We all share a common desire to be happy, Steindl-Rast says. To that end, he encourages people to slow down and be grateful for the world around them.