The Wellness Diary
Insights, advice, new research, tips and tricks, and new resources to help you with your mental health journey.
The Power of Hugs And The Fabulous Health Benefits
Are you a hug or a handshake kind of person? If you’re the latter, you might want to reconsider the power a hug can have on your health. We hug others when we’re excited, happy, sad, or even trying to comfort! Hugging is universally comforting and it makes us feel good. It turns out that hugging is proven to make us healthier, hastier, and happier.
Addiction Recovery: The Importance of Physical Fitness and a Healthy Lifestyle
Physical fitness is especially helpful in facilitating recovery from drug or alcohol addiction. When you’re in recovery, your focus is not only on staying away from substance abuse but also on building your body back up and caring for your mental health.
8-Top Supplements for Brain Fog
Can’t help but fall asleep during your Zoom meeting? Coffee just not doing its job anymore? It might be worth a shot to try out a few supplements for brain fog. Read on for our top picks that can help get you back to a clear mind.
Understanding The Connection Between Allergies and Anxiety
Chances are you or someone in your home have experienced allergies and the long list of symptoms that come with them. Recently studies have emerged showing a connection between allergies and anxiety.
Rest, Recovery, and How Sleep Sustains Sobriety
There is a reciprocal relationship between poor sleep and emotional regulation, which makes relapse a frightening possibility. However, there are ways to get the sleep your body needs and the rest your mind deserves without resorting to sleeping pills and risking your sobriety.
4-Mindful Morning Rituals To Start Now
The way we start off our mornings can really affect how we take in the rest of our day. It can be really easy to get into a morning routine that feels like we’re on auto-pilot. Practicing mindfulness has been shown to decrease anxiety over time, so adding some sort of mindfulness practice to the mornings can have a positive effect on the rest of our day.
How Cycling Can Help Reduce Stress And Anxiety
The psychology of sport has been imposed over the years and has shown its effectiveness to improve the performance of cyclists thanks to the work done with their demands and challenges, with their anxiety and stress.
3-Simple Routines For A Healthier Lifestyle
You have to dedicate time to work on your health. With small lifestyle changes like adding more exercise to your routine you can up-level your health drastically, you can even start with investing 50-60 minutes a week! If you include these 3 simple tweaks in your routine, they will start putting you on the right path towards better health!
4-Tips to Decrease Stress As A Small Business Owner
Leaving stress unaddressed can affect how well you perform all the tasks necessary to keep your business thriving. If you’re running a small business, these tips will help you mitigate stress and become more productive:
5 Simple Habits To Improve Your Mood
Life can be stressful! Learn a few simple habits that you can develop that can have tremendous impacts on your daily mood and overall sense of well-being. Let’s take a look at a few mood-boosting hacks to incorporate into your routine!
Boost Your Mental Performance: By Taking A Nap
Naps have the power to counteract the effects of sleep deprivation and give your brain a midafternoon boost. You can work a nap into your daily routine to increase productivity, creativity, and help you feel your best all day long
Episode 39: Intuitive vs. Mindful Eating
Episode 39: Robyn Goldberg, a registered dietician to discuss the difference between intuitive vs. mindful eating. Robyn explains how she teaches her client’s tool on intuitive eating and shares some insight on the importance of working with a registered dietician rather than a nutritionist.
Self-Care on a Budget: Affordable Gifts that Make You Feel Better
Sometimes, you just need to focus on you. For people with busy lives and lots of responsibility, it’s easy to get caught up in work and putting your own needs on the back burner. We all need to take time for ourselves to enjoy simple pleasures,
Loss of a Loved One: When You’re Grieving and Tired of Not Sleeping
You used to sleep soundly. Then, a loved one passed away, and it’s been difficult to have a good night of sleep. Grief appears in many ways, and one way is sleep deprivation. Here are factors that contribute to your lack of sleep and what you can do about it.
Sleep Deprivation: Effects on Your Mind and Body
Many people don’t think much about sleep until they’re not getting enough of it. The average adult needs seven to nine full hours of sleep to be fully rested. Anytime you’re getting less, you enter very stages of sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation puts your body under serious strain as it struggles to keep up with daily demands.
Episode 23: Nap Time Is Good For You! The Impact Of Sleep
Episode 23: Amanda Cortez, LMFT discusses the impact that sleep has on your mental, emotional and physical health
Mindful Living: Learning To Be Present In Your Life
Mindfulness is more than a 1-hour meditation class or a 10-minute guided recording on an app. It's a way of life, a moral compass and a change in perspective that can improve all aspects of your life including relationships, self-awareness, attunement to the environment and the ability to understand and regulate your internal experience.