Supportive communication provides you with validation, empathy, and a sense of understanding—all of which are crucial to promoting mental health. In stressful environments or situations, poor communication can make matters worse, even creating additional conflict. To overcome this, it’s important to understand what supportive communication looks like, the challenges of [...]
Whether it's grief, depression, anxiety, or stress, when a friend or colleague is struggling emotionally, it can be challenging to know how to help. You may fear saying the wrong thing and making matters worse, but there are simple ways to show support that can make a big difference [...]
Life is full of stressors, and you may not have control over the things that cause you stress, anxiety, or depression. How you cope with these feelings matters. It's not always easy, but choosing healthy coping strategies can help you manage these unpleasant emotions. Healthy vs. unhealthy coping strategies Healthy [...]
Friendship can add years to your life—and improve your health and experiences. For example, in older women, the support of a friend was the most successful predictive factor in lifelong exercise. In a cohort study in Scotland, the number and intensity of friends in childhood predicted the adult health [...]
Written by Christa M., RDN, LD, CHWC Eating is a simple daily act. But do you stop to think about all the reasons you eat? You may be hungry, but you also could be hangry (hungry and angry), bored, stressed, anxious, depressed, focused, lonely, happy, or sad—just to name [...]
Stress serves an important role in our well-being as a way of protecting ourselves from threats—regardless of whether those threats are real or perceived. While our natural stress response is a good thing, it can become problematic when we don't close the stress response cycle, leaving us in a [...]
Depression is a common mental health disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. It can cause feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and a lack of interest in activities that were once enjoyable. While there are many treatments available for depression, including medication and therapy, exercise has emerged as an effective [...]
Depression is a common mental health disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. It can cause feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and a lack of interest in activities that were once enjoyable. While there are many treatments for depression, including medication and therapy, exercise has emerged as an effective tool [...]
Between demanding work lives and personal or family needs, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. The common response to ever-growing workloads is to work harder and put in longer hours, rather than to step back and find a new way of operating. Feeling perpetually overwhelmed has a range of negative [...]
Breathe in. Breathe out. Repeat the process in an unhurried manner. When you want to calm your nervous system, mindful breathing is a proven way to relieve stress and control anxiety. In fact, it’s clear that mindful breathing is one of the most powerful tools available to calm ourselves [...]
