Mental Health Articles 
5 Ways to Rewire Your Brain for Happiness and Peace of Mind (1)
We all seek happiness. We all want to feel calm, grounded and avoid being hijacked by our own emotional reactivity. Thankfully, the recent studies in neuroscience are demonstrating how to do this. If you find yourself easily stressed, worried and fearful, there are likely personal historical reason for this when your brain learned to be [...]
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Happy Thanksgiving: An Attitude of Gratitude
The topic of gratitude has been buzzing for some time fueled by research that’s demonstrated it’s power to not only improve happiness levels but strengthen social ties, boost self esteem, reduce stress and even resolve old traumas (see the work of Bob Emmons, PhD and Rick Hanson, PhD for more). The reality is that it takes practice to adopt an ”attitude of gratitude,” [...]
4 Ways to Build Emotional Resilience
Do you bounce back from challenging experiences? Or do you get stuck, caught in a whirlwind of difficult emotions, feeling vulnerable, lost or out of control? Emotional resilience is the ability to handle and adapt well to relationship problems, trauma, health problems, tragedy, financial stressors and other curve balls of life. Resilience can be tougher for those who [...]
6 Ways to Stop Worrying About the Small Stuff
As much as worry, fear and anxiety have a way of making us believe we have been brought to our knees, much of the worry, fear and anxiety we feel is ultimately not really about life changing, catastrophic things – but rather…the small stuff. It’s not to say that life doesn’t have a way of hurling [...]
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