Nature has been shown to have amazing benefits for our mental health. Learn more about how nature can help with ADHD, anxiety, and depression.

A look at how gratitude can change your outlook on life, improve mental health, and lead to positive change.

Looking for ways to boost your mental health this Spring? Look no further! These five self-care ideas will help you feel more relaxed and rejuvenated.

The recent pandemic has caused many people to have mental health issues. Find out five ways that the pandemic created an increase of mental health problems and how you can cope with these issues.

Mental health is often seen as a taboo topic in the church. This blog post dispels some of the myths around mental health and Christianity, and asks the question: should Christians seek therapy?

An all loving Santa to eliminate my loneliness and give me a backrub caused by the sheer physical exhaustion related to holiday errands and obligations. Unfortunately Santa won’t be coming and I’m left to deal with anxiety that peaks during the holidays. And I’m not alone. Anxiety is a very common condition before the holidays and affects a lot of people. So what are the causes of anxiety before the holidays? Let’s find out…….

Seasonal affective disorder isn’t fun, and if we let it, then seasonal depression can leave us beat down, drained, and defeated. It doesn’t have to be this way, and especially if we embrace hygge in our lives. Hygge will help us stay positive, encourage self-love and self-care, and help fight depression and help us build stronger and healthier relationships with others which will keep depression away.

Our hormones impact our mood by making us feel balanced and euphoric. But they can also do the opposite and make us feel tired, moody, and angry. When out of balance hormones can make us feel tired and depressed. Luckily, a healthy-diet, exercise, sunshine, sleep, socializing, and music can all support a more balanced hormonal health.

So what happens when we do not get enough sunlight? Perhaps if we stay in the dark house all day long or during late fall and winter seasons? Well, we risk getting affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD. SAD is also known as winter depression or seasonal depression. We can also call it the "winter blues,” as symptoms usually occur in the fall and winter months when there is less sunlight. In the late fall, people can begin experiencing sadness, depression, and fatigue.

Have you ever wanted something really, really bad, but for some reason, no matter how hard you tried to get it, you ended up failing. A lot of different factors could be to blame for that and one of those could be not utilizing the right tools. Affirmations can be a powerful tool to manifest the life that you desire, can improve your poor mood, and have the ability to change your state of mind.

Training our brain to be positive is important and I would say even necessary. However, life is all about balance. And that means that even negative emotions have a place in our life and are often showing us something that we didn’t recognize or weren’t capable of seeing before. So let’s get into why toxic positivity can be a very negative thing and should be avoided.

We are what we eat, so be careful when you mindlessly decide to reach for those chips. By filling up your beautiful temple with junk food, you are jeopardizing your body's ability to function at its best and your God given right to feel amazing. Recent studies suggest that there is a big correlation between what we eat and our mental health. Nutrition plays a huge factor in our physical and mental health as the two are connected.

Using CBD for anxiety has been proven to reduce anxiety and depression. But many studies show considerable variations in CBD, so that makes it harder to set up a standard dose. Also, a very small percentage of studied participants experienced worsening symptoms after trying CBD. So as you see, there are pros and cons.

We’ve all been forced into our own quarantine version of Alone, but thank goodness we have so much virtual access to each other during the pandemic. I read meme that said “Imagine if this lock down happened 18 years ago. You would be stuck at home with a Nokia 3310 with 300 texts, 100 mins call limit and dial up internet.”

Let’s seize this quarantine opportunity and come out the other side stronger. Use it as a time to thrive instead of just getting by or surviving.