Mental Health
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How Exercise Can Alleviate Depression, Anxiety, and Stress
Why going for a run helps balance our brain chemistry — and improve our mood.
The Roots of Anxiety: A Case Study
How detoxing helped one woman overcome her anxiety.
A Whole-Person Approach to Treating Depression
Depression is not all in your head. Here are nonpharmaceutical, lifestyle-based ways to treat depression from the ground up.
How to Be Happy
New York Times best-selling author Dan Buettner’s new book offers lessons from experts and the world’s happiest people for boosting the well-being of communities and the people who live in them.
How Adversity Can Lead to Personal Growth
In the face of hardship, some people manage to find deeper meaning and purpose. Discover the factors of post-traumatic growth.
Giving Brings Happiness
Why even tiny acts of generosity can bring you joy.
How to Make the Most of a Long Commute
Our health and happiness can suffer when getting to work takes a big chunk of time and energy. These tips can help you relax and enjoy the trip.
What’s the Rush? How to Slow Down and Reclaim Your Life
Even when there’s a lot to do, it’s still possible to stop racing through life.
How Caffeine Can Increase Anxiety
If you experience anxiety, it might be time to lay off the caffeine. Here’s why.
Anti-Anxiety Eating
These four nutritional strategies can help support a calmer state of mind.
Toward a Meaningful Life
Psychologist Emily Esfahani Smith challenges our fixation on happiness and maintains that true satisfaction comes from creating a life of purpose.
Build a Better Brain
Fitness is more than just losing weight and toning up — it’s a whole-body pursuit, one that includes tending to the health of one of your most important organs: the brain.
You Are Your Own Guru
In her fierce new book, White Hot Truth, Danielle LaPorte talks about overcoming self-help fatigue and learning to love yourself.
Psychobiotics: Using Gut Bacteria to Treat Mental Illness
Can probiotics and prebiotics improve our mental well-being?
The Pursuit of Happiness
A skeptical journalist sets out to discover the keys to a happy life — and finds herself changed in the process.
6 Tips to Stay Mentally Fit
Try these lifestyle-based tips to improve your mental health and well-being.
Nutritional Supplements May Decrease Postpartum Blues
A trio of supplements supports brain changes in women during postpartum.
The Mental-Health Benefits of Bird Watching
New research shows that living near a natural setting isn’t just good for the birds.
Can Heat Make You Happier?
New research on the potential benefits of hyperthermia treating depression.
Grief’s Guides
How one woman found comfort in the words of other great writers after the death of her mother.
Overcoming Winter Blahs
Ever-earlier sunsets and longer nights signal that winter is coming. Learn how to adjust your mindset to make the best of it.