I’ve attempted suicide three times. Unfortunately, I’m not alone in this distinction. The World Health Organization estimates that over 800,000 people die by suicide every year – that’s one person…
In India, when training elephants, handlers begin by chaining one of the elephant’s legs to a tree. Over time, they gradually decrease the size of the chain until…
I’m betting that you don’t need a bunch of research and statistics to tell you that there’s a link between sunshine, mood, and mental health. You can feel…
Although we still don’t know all that we’d like to, science has come a long way in understanding what depression looks like in your brain. It’s now known…
This upcoming week is Mental Health Awareness Week. In its honor and in an effort to keep conversations flowing about mental health, public and private, I want to…
Feelings are not facts. Believing, acting on, and making decisions based solely on your feelings will get you in trouble almost every time. Now, before I totally alienate the whole…
Smartphones have become essential to almost every part of a person’s life these days: school, work, family, friends, fun. Originally, phones were functional – a means to make calls…
Everyone has pesky, negative, worrisome thoughts. That’s normal. If you’re lucky, it’s less often than all the time. Why You Have A Negative Brain I’ve seen estimates that…
The research is clear: People who set goals are more successful. While goal setting is a beneficial practice in most cases, it’s not a miracle cure for all your problems like…
In the past few decades, we’ve made substantial progress in understanding the science of happiness. Positive psychology has a pretty good understanding of how happy happens in your…
While most people understand that if you have a heart condition, it’s best not to exist on a diet of greasy, cheesy, fried, fast foods. However, many people…
Sugar is all over the news these days, and the news isn’t good – especially about what it’s doing to your brain. Poor memory formation, learning disorders, depression, and…
