Topics: Anxiety, Being Present, Stress, Depression, Mental Health, Thriving, Exercise, Health
Dr. Martin Seligman’s prescription to feeling better (a lot better!) is an exercise called the Gratitude Visit. As taken from his book Flourish, here is what he recommends:
Topics: Being Present, Depression, Mental Health, Counselling Tips, Thriving, Connection, Belonging
Last week I blogged about the relationship between an apology, restitution and forgiveness. This has sparked some interesting discussion in my practice and I thought I would follow up with a quick post about “What Forgiveness is Not.”
Topics: Mental Health, Thriving, Forgiveness
Topics: Anxiety, Rumination, Stress, Depression, Courage, Mental Health
You’ve gotta love Bruce Springsteen! As chronicled in The New Yorker, the Boss tells of his lengthy struggle with depression dating back to the early 1980’s, which included battling thoughts of suicide.
Topics: Depression, Mental Health, Thriving
Making Things Right - Apology and Restitution
Topics: Courage, Mental Health, Connection, Belonging, Forgiveness
Alice Park’s (@aliceparkny) article Lack of Exercise as Deadly as Smoking draws from research conducted by I-Min Lee and his colleagues at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, MA).
Topics: Mental Health, Motivation, Thriving, Exercise, Lazy
Topics: Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Helping Others
Many researchers believe there to be a connection between Boredom and Well-Being. Specifically, people who are “chronically” bored are more likely to suffer from mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety, addiction, hostility, low academic performance and more.
Topics: Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Motivation, Lazy
A recent BBC report entitled “Exercise ‘no help for depression,’ research suggests” is a bit of a comedy of errors on a number of different levels.
Topics: Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Exercise