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How to avoid 'toxic positivity' and take the less direct route to happiness

How to avoid 'toxic positivity' and take the less direct route to happiness

The term “toxic positivity” has received a good deal of attention lately. Coming off the back of the “positivity movement” we are beginning to recognise while feeling happy is a...

5 Ways to Support yourself on your Self-Development & Wellness Journey. | elephant journal

5 Ways to Support yourself on your Self-Development & Wellness Journey. | elephant journal

There is always seemingly “more stuff to work on,” that is constantly affirming, “I am not there yet.”  But guess what? You are here now and there is a lot to celebrate in this...

A Sleep Specialist On How To Wake Up Energized — Even If It's Still Dark Outside

A Sleep Specialist On How To Wake Up Energized — Even If It's Still Dark Outside

How To Wake Up Feeling Refreshed — Even When It's Dark & Cold Outside This weekend's daylight saving time change will give us some morning light back, but we all know that...

The Fibro Brain and Healing Hopeful Words - Rebuilding Wellness

The Fibro Brain and Healing Hopeful Words - Rebuilding Wellness

How’s your fibro brain? Do the words can’t and impossible flow through your mental pathways daily? Do you feel robbed of a positive future? The brain plays a crucial role in the...

8 Ways to Care for Your Amazing Brain

8 Ways to Care for Your Amazing Brain

The human brain is the most dazzlingly complex entity in the entire known universe: 80 billion brain cells, with additional neural cells throughout the body. Each neuron...

The Power of Saying No

The Power of Saying No

While saying "no" can be empowering and liberating to some, for others it can be intimidating or uncomfortable. At times society teaches us the word “no” is impolite and...

Stop Striving for Happy: Try Well-Being Instead

Stop Striving for Happy: Try Well-Being Instead

Stop Striving for Happy: Try Well-Being Instead4 reasons to cultivate well-being and how to get started.It's normal to not always feel happy, yet, for many people, when we are

The World Has One Big Chance to Fix Plastics

The World Has One Big Chance to Fix Plastics

Plastics have always been global—even before science began tracking the peregrinations of microplastics across meridians, into rain, through the human pla​​centa. At the...

Neurons: How the Brain Communicates

Neurons: How the Brain Communicates

Neurons (or nerve cells) are the basic working units of the brain and nervous system. They are information messengers, using electrical impulses and chemical signals to transmit...

How Can Biofeedback Therapy Help Chronic Pain?

How Can Biofeedback Therapy Help Chronic Pain?

Heart rate using electrocardiography (ECG) Muscle contractions using electromyography (EMG) Sweat gland activity using electrodermography (EDG) Body temperature using sensors A...

Relax. The Dog-tor Will See You Now

Relax. The Dog-tor Will See You Now

A visit with a friendly dog may be just what the doctor ordered for patients coming to the hospital for emergency care. Patients in the emergency room who spent just 10 minutes...

Body Image: Definition, How It Affects Health and Well-Being, and When It’s a Problem

Body Image: Definition, How It Affects Health and Well-Being, and When It’s a Problem

Having a negative body image can lead to serious physical and mental health problems. But you can take steps to improve yours.How do you feel about your body? What do you see...