Self-Care Ideas That Actually Help (Not Just Bubble Baths)
What Self-Care Actually Means Self-care has become synonymous with treats: face masks, bubble baths, Netflix marathons, and expensive lattes. These things are...
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Practical insights on anxiety, mindfulness, and emotional wellness, written to help you feel a little better, starting today.
What Self-Care Actually Means Self-care has become synonymous with treats: face masks, bubble baths, Netflix marathons, and expensive lattes. These things are...
Why Change Is Hard Even When You Wanted It We tend to think difficulty with change is a sign of weakness or resistance to progress. But the human nervous...
More Than Worrying When most people think about anxiety, they picture excessive worrying. That is accurate but incomplete. Anxiety is a full-body experience...
Why Writing About Anxiety Actually Helps Journaling has a reputation as a teenage diary activity. The research suggests it is one of the most effective...
When Anxiety Takes Over Your Present Moment Anxiety works by pulling your mind toward the future (what might go wrong) or the past (what went wrong before)....
The Platform That Lives in Your Pocket The average person spends around two and a half hours per day on social media. That is roughly 38 days per year spent...
The Thoughts Nobody Talks About You are holding your baby and have a sudden image of dropping them. You are standing at the edge of a platform and feel an...
The Short-Term Relief That Becomes a Long-Term Problem Alcohol and anxiety have a complicated relationship. For many people, a drink feels like an effective...
The Feeling That Starts Around 4pm It starts sometime Sunday afternoon. The light changes, you realize the weekend is draining away, and this low-level dread...
When a Friend Is Struggling Watching someone you care about sink into depression is one of the harder things you can go through. You want to help, but nothing...
Anxiety Is a Full-Body Experience Most people think of anxiety as a mental event worry, rumination, fear. But anxiety has a profound physical dimension that is...
College Is Genuinely Hard Right Now The numbers are stark. A 2023 report from the [American College Health Association](https://www.acha.org/) found that 41%...