Mental Health
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How to Use Ayurvedic Principles to Support Your Mental Health
Understanding your dosha can make it easier to manage your mood. Here’s why.
Running the Long Race
From being inspired by her grandfather to run to becoming an Olympian and finding fulfillment in post-Olympic life, long-distance runner Kara Goucher has lived a life marked with many accomplishments — as well as challenges that she’s risen to meet with vulnerability and courage.
Can Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treat Chronic Depression?
Learn about this option for treating depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, migraine, and smoking cessation.
3 Adaptogenic Herbs That Support Resiliency
Fortify your stress response — and mental well-being — with these supportive herbs.
How Long-Distance Runner Kara Goucher Reclaimed Her Power
Olympian Kara Goucher became a crusader for the rights of women athletes and clean sport. Here’s her story.
Can Microdosing Support Mental Health?
Psilocybin “magic mushrooms” have long been considered a route to expanded consciousness. Researchers are now exploring how tiny doses might help manage depression and anxiety.
How Exercise Can Support Sobriety
Discover how exercise can improve mental health and help support a sober lifestyle as well.
5 Tips for Starting to Move for Mental Health
Initiating an exercise routine when you’re struggling with your mental health can be difficult. Experts offer advice for overcoming inertia.
How to Break Up With Your Therapist
A good working relationship with your therapist is key to successful treatment. So how can you tell if your therapist is right for you? And if they aren’t, how do you end the relationship?
How Exercise Can Help Heal Trauma
Discover how trauma-therapy exercise can support healing and improve mental well-being.
The Hidden Risk of Relying on Exercise for Mental Well-Being
Exercise is great for mental health, but is it your only coping tool? Learn why it’s not enough — and the importance of building a stronger support system.
The Benefits of Cold Therapy
If the idea of regular icy morning showers leaves you cold, you’re not alone. Fortunately, benefits of cold-water immersion begin with a single exposure. Learn more.
How Exercise Combats Loneliness
Exercise is a powerful tool for mental health — and it can also expand your social circle. Discover how.
How Exercise Fosters Creativity
Exercise is a powerful tool for improving mental health — and it can help jump-start your creativity too. Learn more.
What Does It Mean to Decolonize Therapy?
Known as The Rage Doctor, clinical psychologist Jennifer Mullan encourages us all to understand how colonialism influences our mental, spiritual, and physical health.
The Benefits of Heat Therapy
Hot springs, saunas, hammams, and other heat therapies boast a range of benefits for body and mind. These are just a few.
How Does Exercise Combat Depression and Anxiety?
Discover how exercise can improve mental health and naturally stave off depression and anxiety.
Can Chiropractic Care Support My Mental Health?
A licensed chiropractor outlines the connections between chiropractic care and metal well-being.
How Exercise Reduces Stress and Boosts Mental Health
Discover how exercise can naturally relieve stress, improve mental health, and enhance overall well-being.
What You Need to Know About Orthosomnia
Are you constantly checking your sleep tracker and worrying about your sleep quality? You might be experiencing orthosomnia. Learn what it is, how it affects your rest, and what you can do to sleep better.
Finding My Peace
Experience Life’s editor-in-chief shares her goal of carving out time to develop a more consistent meditation practice.