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Tag: Stress Management
Social Media Anxiety: How Online Comparison Impacts Your Mental Health
The Scroll That Starts It All It’s 8 in the morning and your thumb was busy scrolling through Instagram even before you were freshening up. What you see is that each one…
The Mind-Gut Connection: Where Anxiety Begins In Your Belly
Has your stomach ever gotten knotted with tension on a stressful day? Or felt the “butterflies” before you go and present or go on stage? This is not simply your mind, but…
Hormonal Belly: How You May Be Gaining Weight Around Your Belly Because of Stress
Have you ever looked in the mirror and said to yourself: “Why won’t my belly just go away? I’m eating right, and exercising!?” If so, you are not alone. Many people face…
Adrenal Fatigue: How Long Can the Anxiety Last In the Body?
You could feel fatigued even after having had a full night’s rest. This is called adrenal fatigue, a state in which the adrenal glands are overworked and the body remains in a…
Sudden Restlessness and Fast Heartbeat: When It’s Anxiety, Not a Heart Problem
Have you ever happened to have your heart suddenly racing, when you have no obvious cause of it? You may be relaxing and then suddenly your chest pains you breathe at a…
Emotional Eating Triggers: How Stress Cares for Your Food Cravings
My friend, have you ever stood before the fridge late at night, biting your nails and looking for something sweet or salty to finish a stressful day? You’re not by yourself. Stress…
How Stress Is Secretly Worsening Your Digestive Health
We’ve all been there rushing through lunch while checking emails, worrying about deadlines, and wondering why our guts seem to be protesting. Most people would not realize the extremely strong connection between…
Training Your Breath: Breathwork for Anxiety & Focus
In a time when feeling overwhelmed, distracted, or even anxious has become almost commonplace, what if I told you the remedy to quiet a busy mind and create laser-like focus? Is it…
How to Lower Cholesterol Naturally Without Medications: Simple Lifestyle Changes that Work
Rhea was surprisingly calm in her kitchen as she flipped through the paper version of her medical report, and was stunned to see a surprise number next to her cholesterol level in…