Self-awareness is the most important step in your healing journey. You can’t heal if you are unaware of yourself. Imagine you are feeling pain in your body but, you don’t exactly know where and the cause of the pain. It’s…
Mind Hacks
Chronic Loneliness and How It Affects Your Mental Health
Chronic loneliness is a newly classified mental health condition, with many experts and studies confirming that feeling lonely on an on-going basis can affect your emotional and physical health. You don’t need someone else to help you combat your loneliness…
How To Stop Overthinking: Evidence-Based Strategies for Anxiety
If you’ve ever wondering how to stop overthinking, whether you’re experiencing intrusive thoughts or the never-ending anxiety cycle, you’ve come to the right place. Overthinking and worrying are common thought processes that everyone experiences, but it can quickly become too…
Boosting Your Mood: Natural Ways to Increase Dopamine Levels
Let’s talk about dopamine – the chemical messenger that plays a major role in how we feel pleasure and helps us think, plan, strive, focus, and find things interesting. It’s like our brain’s personal cheerleader, sending messages between nerve cells…
Toxic Effects of Negative Thinking
Negativity always seems to find those who are most negative and there’s a good reason for this: it’s one of the many toxic effects of negative thinking. While there’s an easy solution if you are the one surrounded by negative…
Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms You Need To Stop Doing
We all have ways of dealing with anxiety and the way in which we do that defines what our coping mechanism is. However, not all coping mechanisms for anxiety are positive ones and they can actually cause you more harm,…
Root Causes of Anxiety and How to Find Them
Anxiety can manifest in any ways. You likely know the exact things that trigger your anxiety and may even mistaken them as being the root cause. However, the root causes of your anxiety often go deeper than surface level. They’re…
How Complaining Is Making Your Mental Health Worse
Let’s talk about complaining. We all do it and there’s nothing wrong with letting off some steam. This is particularly true since you shouldn’t hold in how you’re feeling. However, it’s important to avoid making complaining a habit because chronic…
How To Embrace Change and Accept Fear
Anxiety is fear and fear is often stemmed by uncertainty and change. But change is inevitable and we are living through a period right now where every day comes with a hefty dose of uncertainty. We don’t know what’s changing…
30 Second Relaxation Technique for Anxiety
When panic comes rushing in out of nowhere within seconds, you want to have quick and effective relaxation techniques for anxiety. While there are many incredible options out there, many take time to work. However, there is one powerful coping…