depression

Is Your Job Driving You Crazy? You Are Not Alone. Here’s Help.

A new study, published in Lancet Psychiatry on May 10, 2018 , suggests that occupation alone might cause as many as one out of every 7 new cases of depression, anxiety, and other common mental disorders. Even after adjusting for lifestyle factors, stressful life events, temperament, personality, family history and personal history of mental illness, researchers found that job strain alone was responsible for a statistically significant number of mental illness cases over a lifetime.   14% of all common mental disorders that onset in midlife was attributed purely to job stress.   Researchers looked at over 6,800 participants, ranking […]

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Disrupted Day/Night Rhythm Increases Mental Illness Rates

A new study shows that disruption of a normal day/night rhythm takes an enormous toll on your mental health. Do you have a circadian rhythm disturbance?   You might if you are restless or active during the night, or are inactive for long periods during the day. That’s all it took to significantly increase odds of mood disorders, cognition issues, and decreased over all wellness. If you feel this might be an issue for you, read on.   The Study: Published May 15, 2018 in Lancet Psychiatry, researchers analyzed data from over 91,000 people wearing wristbands to record activity for

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2 New Treatments For PTSD You Can Use Right Now To Feel Immediatley Better.

    I’m so encouraged by the fact that there is so much medical research lately on trauma recovery.   I’m excited to share two of these awesome new studies with you today, so that you can start to use these techniques right this very moment for support and relief.   The first study comes from research done on combat-related PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and insomnia on veterans. This is the first randomized controlled medical study comparing mantram therapy as a treatment for PTSD. Results from this study were published in the American Journal of Psychiatry on June 20,

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Another Difference Between Men and Women… Found On Autopsy

Last week I wrote to you about a new medical study that shows how women and men have different cardiac responses to stress. This week, yet another difference between men and women… this time, in the brain.     Turns out, on autopsy, investigators found that there was a distinct difference between the brains of men and women in depression. There are lots of differences between depression in men and women, as we already know. These results may help explain why. It turns out, the brain literally re-wires differently during depression depending on if you are male or female: Women

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The Healing Process Of Grief

Grief after experiencing a sudden loss or unexpected change in circumstance can knock your feet right out from under you.   Whether from the death of a loved one, a trauma, a job loss or divorce, severe illness, surgery, or any other unexpected change, it can be hard to endure… …both emotionally and physically exhausting. But it can also make room for growth. For survival, for strength, and ultimately, for a new you to emerge. Even if you are forced to become a new version of you that you never even wanted to be… …the process of grief is actually

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3 Reasons To Take A Nap With Me Today

    I’m writing this to you as I recover from emergency surgery a few days ago — my appendix ruptured! Yikes! It was my first time riding as a patient in an ambulance! That was absolutely no fun.   So today, as I try to slow down and recover instead of push myself too fast, too soon… …I’m writing about the power of taking it easy, and why it is medically necessary to take some down time once in a while. Taking the time to rest each day isn’t a luxury, even though we often treat it as such.

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Release Stuck Emotions To Truly, Deeply Heal

The theme of releasing stuck emotions has come up several times in the past week with my private patients, so I’m going to take that as a gentle nudge to repost this article on my blog. It’s perfect timing, because fall is a natural time to release and shed all that no longer serves you. As the saying goes, you only have to glance at the beautiful changing colors on the fall trees outside right now to see how very beautiful it is to let go. But what if you are feeling stuck? I’ve got you covered. Read on:  

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