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Stress

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How to Free Yourself From the Cycle of Rumination

These seven tips can help stop obsessive rumination and cool down your body and mind.
By Henry Emmons, MD
Emotional IntelligenceMental Health
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How Does EMDR Work?

No one is exactly sure how eye movement desensitization and reprocessing helps treat trauma, but here are three working theories.
By Quinton Skinner
Functional/Integrative MedicineStress
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This is Your Vagus Nerve on Lockdown

Here’s how a lack of social interaction and fear of COVID contagion affects your vagus nerve.
By Catherine Guthrie
Functional/Integrative MedicineStress
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Why the Vagus Nerve Matters to Your Health

The vagus nerve, also known as the gut–brain axis, plays a critical role in stress regulation and overall health. Learn how you can take care of yours.
By Catherine Guthrie
Functional/Integrative MedicineStress
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How EMDR Helps to Treat Trauma

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is a trauma treatment that often produces results when nothing else will. But what is it, and how does it work?
By Quinton Skinner
Functional/Integrative MedicineStress
The cover of Gabrielle Bernstein's new book, Happy Days

How Therapeutic Work — and Medication — Helped Gabrielle Bernstein Emerge from Trauma

In her new book, Happy Days: The Guided Path from Trauma to Profound Freedom and Inner Peace, spiritual teacher Gabrielle Bernstein talks about how medication, when prescribed as part of a larger program of recovery and therapy, can help establish a safe baseline from which to do the deeper work.
By Gabrielle Bernstein
Attitude/MindsetMental Health
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Why Black Women Need Self-Care

Radical self-care practices are critical for healing ourselves and our communities, especially when it comes to Black women. Psychotherapist and social worker Oludara Adeeyo, the author of the new book Self-Care for Black Women, explains why — and offers a grounding exercise you can try today.
By Oludara Adeeyo
Inclusive WellnessPersonal Care/Beauty
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The Power of Stillness

How taking time to do nothing can lead us to our better selves.
By Henry Emmons, MD
Attitude/MindsetMental Health
Nora McInerny

Talks — S4, EP9 / When the Hard Stuff Happens . . .

At one point or another in all our lives, we will all go through hard things. We typically can’t prepare for them and they can catch us off guard, and yet we often often judge ourselves for how we react or behave in those moments — and after. Nora McInerny, author, podcast creator, and public speaker, joins us in this episode to talk about how to cope during those times, the ways they shape and change us, and why we can never move on or go back, but we can move forward.

With With Nora McInerny, Author, Podcast Creator, and Public Speaker
Family/Parenting/KidsPersonal Development
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How Massage and Healing Touch Benefit Overall Health

Massage can help with pain relief, digestion, and even immunity.
By Mo Perry
Functional/Integrative MedicineHeadaches & Migraines
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Yoga for Veterans: Q&A With Daniel Libby, PhD

The founder of the Veterans Yoga Project shares how past and present military members are benefiting with self-regulating tools like yoga and meditation.
By Jill Patton, NBC-HWC
Mental HealthStress
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The Lifestyle Guide to Supporting Your Immune System

Understand what factors outside of nutrition and exercise influence the health of your immune system.
By Paul Kriegler, RD, CPT
Functional/Integrative MedicineImmunity
Samantha McKinney

Talks — S4, EP5 / Thyroid Health: How to Identify Imbalances + Tips for Support

Thyroid issues are prevalent: An estimated one in seven people are affected, with even more suffering from an imbalance — and many not even aware that their thyroid is behind their symptoms. Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT, shares the signals our thyroid might be sending us, the tests to ask for, and the lifestyle habits we can implement in our daily lives to nourish and support our thyroids.

With Samantha McKinney, RD
Fitness TipsFunctional/Integrative Medicine
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Understanding OCD

What is OCD, and what are some treatment options?
By Alexandra Smith, MA, LPCC
Brain HealthGut Health
Bahram Akradi, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Life Time — Healthy Way of Life.

Pause for a Moment

In stressful times, the ability to slow down, process, and be present can be transformative.
By Bahram Akradi
Attitude/MindsetColumns
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How to Deal With Rejection

Fear of rejection can keep us from living life fully, but there are graceful ways to handle the sting.
By Mo Perry
Emotional IntelligenceHealthy Communication
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The True Source of a Runner’s High?

Could endocannabinoids —not endorphins — be the answer?
By Michael Dregni
Fitness TipsRunning
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PTSD Coaching

The Department of Veteran Affairs has developed several apps to help veterans cope with trauma — but they're available to everyone.
By Michael Dregni
Mental HealthStress
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Talks — S4, EP1 / A Holistic Approach to Health — and Weight Loss

When it comes to building optimal health — including goals like losing weight — fitness and nutrition are often the two main factors that are associated with results. But there are many other lifestyle behaviors that influence your ability to reach and sustain your goals. Anika Christ, RD, CPT, joins us to take a comprehensive look, offering strategies for better health as a whole — and weight loss as a byproduct.

With Anika Christ, RD, CPT
Fitness TipsMetabolism/Weight Loss
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Complete the Stress Cycle

Human Giver Syndrome makes women uniquely vulnerable to stress-related illnesses and burnout. Renowned health educator Emily Nagoski, PhD, offers strategies we can all use to relieve the tension.
By Emily Nagoski, PhD
Attitude/MindsetPersonal Development
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How Noise Affects Your Health — and What to Do About It

Excess noise isn’t just irritating — it can undermine your health. Learn why it’s important to calm the clamor with these strategies.
By Karen Bannan
StressSustainability
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