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Mental Health

How Exercise Can Support Sobriety

Discover how exercise can improve mental health and help support a sober lifestyle as well.
By Lauren Bedosky

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.
By Lauren Bedosky

How Exercise Can Help Heal Trauma

Discover how trauma-therapy exercise can support healing and improve mental well-being.
By Lauren Bedosky

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.
By Lauren Bedosky

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.
By Heidi Wachter

How Exercise Combats Loneliness

Exercise is a powerful tool for mental health — and it can also expand your social circle. Discover how.
By Lauren Bedosky

How Exercise Fosters Creativity

Exercise is a powerful tool for improving mental health — and it can help jump-start your creativity too. Learn more.
By Lauren Bedosky

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.
By Kate Nelson

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.
By Heidi Wachter

How Does Exercise Combat Depression and Anxiety?

Discover how exercise can improve mental health and naturally stave off depression and anxiety.
By Lauren Bedosky

Can Chiropractic Care Support My Mental Health?

A licensed chiropractor outlines the connections between chiropractic care and metal well-being.
By Dr. Rachel Gowey, DC

How Exercise Reduces Stress and Boosts Mental Health

Discover how exercise can naturally relieve stress, improve mental health, and enhance overall well-being.
By Lauren Bedosky

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.
By Michael Dregni

Finding My Peace

Experience Life’s editor-in-chief shares her goal of carving out time to develop a more consistent meditation practice.
By Jamie Martin

How Exercise Boosts Self-Confidence

Discover how exercise can build confidence over time.
By Lauren Bedosky

The Joys of Imperfection

Author Oliver Burkeman describes the freedom of embracing your limitations.
By Courtney Helgoe

Can Wearable Devices Help Improve Mental Health?

Some researchers think digital trackers and apps that monitor markers of anxiety, sleep quality, and depression can improve public health. Learn more.
By Craig Cox

22 Ways to Lighten Your Mood

Dishes are piling up, bills are overdue, and the phone’s pinging — we’ve all felt the weight of everyday overwhelm. Try these small, intentional actions to improve your mental well-being.
By Christine Schrum

7 Ways Movement Benefits Mental Health

Exercise is a powerful tool for improving mental health: It can reduce stress, relieve depression and anxiety, and be a salve for loneliness. Learn more.
By Lauren Bedosky
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