Brain/Mental Health Archives - Page 2 of 8

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Can Psychedelics Change Your Brain?

By Quinton Skinner

New research is exploring how natural and synthetic psychedelics affect the brain.

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- Sleep -

How to Change Your Brain

By Quinton Skinner

5 ways to boost cognitive health.

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NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: 5 Supplements for Mental Health

By Henry Emmons, MD

Here are some key supplements to give your mental health a boost.

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4 Supplements for Anxiety Relief

By Catherine Guthrie

In addition to herbal remedies, targeted nutritional supplements can help manage chronic anxiety.

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NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: A Place to Start

By Henry Emmons, MD

Here's how to build your resilience by attending to your whole self.

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- Work -

How to Overcome Workplace Burnout

By Quinton Skinner

The effects of workplace burnout are real and widespread. Here are some signs of burnout — as well as strategies to help you recover and reengage.

- Stress Relief -

5 Herbs for Anxiety

By Catherine Guthrie

Plant-based remedies to help ease your mind.

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NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: Integrative Insights

By Henry Emmons, MD

Our new columnist explains why our lifestyle choices matter in building resilience — and addressing the growing mental-health crisis.

- Stress Relief -

Some 40 million Americans regularly suffer from troubling levels of anxiety. Find out what triggers these episodes, how our bodies respond, and how you can remain calmer in the face of whatever life throws your way.

- Fitness Tips -

Exercising Your Memory

By Experience Life Staff

Can a single workout help our memory?

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- Brain/Mental Health -

New Tech Tools for Mental Health

By Alexandra Smith, MA, LPCC

How new technologies, such as telehealth, digital crisis hotlines, digital support groups, and wearable tools, are changing how we treat mental health.

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- Coming Clean -

COMING CLEAN: In the Rearview Mirror

By Courtney Lewis Opdahl

Our managing editor reflects on the 20 lessons she’s learned 20 years after a car accident.

- General Health -

Why Noise Is Bad for Our Health

By Craig Cox

Noise can elevate our stress hormones — even at levels that do not produce hearing damage — according to a recent study.

- Pumping Irony -

PUMPING IRONY: Don’t Give It Another Thought

By Craig Cox

Conventional wisdom suggests that my lazy brain offers few benefits, but Harvard researchers believe it may be the key to a long life.

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- Stress Relief -

How Movement Therapy Can Heal Traumatic Stress

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Traumatic stress can be debilitating and terrifying. Movement therapy — involving increasingly accessible, thoughtful approaches to exercise — offers new hope.

- Pumping Irony -

PUMPING IRONY: This Is Your Brain on Drugs

By Craig Cox

For this drug-averse geezer, recent research suggesting that long-term use of certain pharmaceuticals may contribute to dementia makes me even less likely to follow my doctor’s advice.