CREDITS VeryWell Mind By Katharina Star, PhD Physical exercise can play an important role in mental well-being and can even relieve symptoms of mental health conditions like depression and anxiety. While the physical health benefits of exercise are frequently...

CREDITS VeryWell Mind By Elizabeth Scott, PhD Stress can significantly impact your ability to maintain a healthy weight. It can also prevent you from losing weight. Whether it's the result of high levels of the stress hormone cortisol, unhealthy stress-induced...

CREDITS The Happiness Trap By Dr Russ Harris Extract from The Happiness Trap, written by Dr. Russ Harris To answer this question, we need to take a journey back in time. The modern human mind, with its amazing ability to analyse, plan, create and communicate, has...

CREDITS I Don’t Know What to Do With My LifeBy Dr Russ Harris Has your mind ever hooked you with this question: “I don’t know what to do with my life?” Mine certainly has, and I can tell you: it’s a recipe for misery. The more you get hooked by this question, the...

CREDITS Healthline Medically reviewed by Timothy J. Legg, PhD, PsyD — Written by Crystal Raypole You’ve probably made a few references to your inner child before. “I’m channeling my inner child,” you might say, while jumping off swings at the park, chasing your...

CREDITSEveryday HealthBy Madeline R. Vann, MPH Learning about mental health treatments we now know don’t work provides an important frame of reference for modern methods. From Darkness Emerge New Treatments Evidence abounds of inhumane treatment of the mentally ill...

CREDITS MAYO CLINIC Overview Teen depression is a serious mental health problem that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in activities. It affects how your teenager thinks, feels and behaves, and it can cause emotional, functional and...

CREDITS Verywell Mind By Elizabeth Scott, PhD What Is a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)? A highly sensitive person (HSP) is a term for those who are thought to have an increased or deeper central nervous system sensitivity to physical, emotional, or social stimuli.1...

CREDITSGR WEALTH Having a mental illness is a stressful experience, no doubt, but what many may not even consider is the difficulty in receiving help. As someone who lives with your mental illness on a daily basis, you are clearly the one who knows it best — yet...

CREDITSPsychology TodayBy George Michelsen Foy The Belgian comic characters turn 90 this week, prejudices intact. Tintin, the hero of two dozen children's comic book adventures written and illustrated by the Belgian artist Hergé, turns 90 years old today. His...