Mental Health

Whether you play music, paint, write, garden or cook, you know how great it feels express your creativity in a healthy way. In fact, for many of us, when we are creating something, hours can seem like minutes.
I used to paint with watercolors and now I spend time making an online family recipe book/p…

Besides just a great place to enjoy life, the beach and the ocean actually have real, proven health benefits. The beach makes us feel great, and here are the top six reasons why.

While we might think weight loss is all about what we put into our belly, it has more to do with what is in our mind. Emotions and habits play a big role and we need to identify obstacles. Here are six strategies to get our mind right.

Your heart and brain are connected. By keeping your heart and blood vessels healthy, you also lower your risk for heart disease, stroke and dementia. Here are 8 ways to keep them both healthy.

Do you find it hard to concentrate? Do you have the feeling that nothing is ever going to work out? Do you have a lack of interest in social activities? If you said yes to one or more of these than you might be suffering from job burnout. Here are five steps you can take.

Exercise has more than just physical benefits. It has been proven to help with insomnia, depression, anxiety and many more mental health issues. Here are ten ways physical activity can improve your brain.

May is Mental Health Awareness month and it raises our understanding of habits and behaviors that increase the risks of mental illnesses. Here are five tips to boost your mental health.

Along with physical activity, a healthy lifestyle plan should emphasize improving mental focus and stability. A lack of attention to your mental capacity can have the same negative effect on your brain health as an unhealthy diet or lack of physical exercise can have on your physical healt…

When daylight fades, some of us get really bummed out. Symptoms of SAD are very similar to those of depression.

May is Mental Heath Month.  Nearly one out of every five adults in the U.S. will experience a mental health issue at some point. They affect more than 40 million Americans and it is important for us to remember that mental illnesses are medical conditions,  just like cancer, hear…

Our mental health is just as important as our physical health, in fact the two are tied very closely together. May is mental health month. Just as we get a check up for our body, we should also take steps to keep our mind healthy. Here is how I deal with stress...

Love is in the air,  and if you are in a committed relationship - here is some good news - it may actually be good for your heart. In general, married people live longer, have better access to health care, experience less stress have lower rates of heart disease, diabetes, and depression compar…