Depression Treatment

While spending your hard-earned money often sounds like a pleasurable and rewarding release, the research backs up your financially conservative friends’ advice to focus just as much on saving. Setting money aside is a boon to your peace of mind in the long-term, and it can also help you feel happier right now. Are you…

No matter who you are or where you’re at in life, stress likely affects you from time to time. Stress means you’re under pressure, you’re feeling overwhelmed, and you’re not sure how to cope. When stress becomes your shadow, your health can start to suffer. High rates of stress are linked to increased blood pressure,…

While it might sound like a stretch at first, piles of new data suggest that colors often work in tandem with your mood. In fact, advertisers have been testing the connection for years. Ads for food often use yellow and red to increase appetite. Ads for outdoor clothing or all-terrain vehicles rely on dark greens…

Imagine you grew up in a strict home. You became intimately acquainted with early curfews, rigid dress codes, and the word “no.” You felt like you only had value when you succeeded—in sports, at school, and in your relationships. Criticisms were frequent and affected you deeply. Maybe someone told you or made you feel like…

For all the talk about happiness—who has it, when you feel it, and where you can find it—a steady sense of peace in the whirlwind is sometimes all too elusive. Too much of the exact things in your life that are supposed to help you feel happier, like work, family, and friends, can leave you…

You’re likely familiar with the rush of emotions that comes with listening to a particular song. Sometimes the emotional reaction is accidental; sometimes you seek out the boost music provides after a hard day. Whatever songs or artists most move you, there’s no denying that music can have a powerful effect on your mood and…

Throughout your life, you’ve probably heard countless instant remedies for particular health problems. If you’re stressed, go to yoga. If you’re having a hard time concentrating, drink coffee. If you’re always feeling under the weather with a cold or the flu, stock up on multivitamins. Vitamins and yoga can be great solutions for certain health…

Between work, school, and chores like grocery shopping or cleaning the house, it’s easy to see how you might feel like you don’t have enough time to spend in the sunlight; however, new studies have found that adults and children generally aren’t heading outdoors even when they do have free time. There are many great…

It’s sometimes thought that emotional distress is entirely separate from physical pain. You might have been told that feelings of sadness, loneliness, and shame are not related to back pain, headaches, or fatigue. The truth is, often when your body is in pain, it’s because you’re in pain in your mind as well. The mind…