It has nothing to do with getting clean—and everything to do with your state of mind. If you’ve ever emerged from the shower or returned from walking your dog with a clever idea or a solution to a problem you’d been struggling with, it may not be a fluke. Rather…
Chatting with a psychologist once a week is far from the only way that Black people are taking charge of their mental health.Reset hears from wellness advocates on other practices that work from them. Source: Beyond talk therapy in Black mental health | WBEZ Chicago Post Views: 348
So, what does happen to your brain at 25? And how did so many people get the idea that something profound happens at that specific age? The past two decades of neuroscience research provide some clues. A huge breakthrough in how we study brains and a few intriguing kernels from…
In an extended interview, acclaimed physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté discusses his new book, “The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture.” “The very values of a society are traumatizing for a lot of people,” says Maté, who argues in his book that “psychological trauma,…
Try to remember life as you lived it years ago, on a typical day in the fall. Back then, you cared deeply about certain things (a girlfriend? Depeche Mode?) but were oblivious of others (your political commitments? your children?). Certain key events—college? war? marriage? Alcoholics Anonymous?—hadn’t yet occurred. Does the self…
After the loss of a pet, many people report experiencing disenfranchised grief that can not be resolved and may turn into complicated grief. Validating a person’s sense of grief with empathy and understanding can help resolve the pain of loss following the death of a pet. Source: A New Perspective…
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