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What Is Trauma-Informed Rest?

10 Ideas for an End-of-Summer Self-Care Day

10 Strategies to Overcome Driving Anxiety

The Power of Mindfulness-Based (MBSR) Stress Reduction for Addressing Anxiety

6 Strategies to Cope With Medical Trauma

Why Do I Lose My Appetite When I’m Anxious, Angry, or Sad?

5-Minute Meditation to Help You Take Pause

How to Build Mental Resilience Through Thermaculture

Stress Less With ARORA Fitness

Why Massage?
Many view massage as a luxury or splurge — but some experts argue that it’s an investment in your health and wellness and deserves to be part of your routine. Zac Ellis, certified massage therapist, explains why he suggests adjusting your perceptions around massage, the benefits that can be reaped from the practice, the different types of massage modalities, and how to get the most out of a session.

3 Strategies to Ease Financial Stress

What Is Inflammation?
Inflammation is a natural bodily response that is essential in acute circumstances — we need it to happen we get a paper cut or if we’re fighting a head cold. Its harmful effects occur, however, when it becomes chronic and systemic. Functional-medicine practitioner Gregory Plotnikoff, MD, shares what to know about inflammation, including what causes it, how it impacts our health, ways we can test for it, and proactive steps we can take in our daily lives to tame it.

How to Balance Your Cortisol Levels Naturally

PUMPING IRONY: Worrisome Advice?

What is EFT and How Does it Work?

How Chronic Inflammation Affects Your Health

A Look at the Stress Reaction and Heart Health Lab Panel

How to Use Guided Imagery

5 Techniques for Managing Stress in the Moment

How to Break Free From the ‘Laziness Lie’

What Is Self-Care, Really?
“Self-care” is a term that gets tossed around a lot, but what is self-care, really? In this episode, Brie Vortherms, MA, LMFT, and Barbara Powell, MA, of Life Time Mind talk about it in a way that may be new to you — and explain why they think it should be rebranded as “performance recovery.” They share the 12 types of self-care and three categories of ways to integrate it into our lives so we can better support our health and well-being.