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Overcoming Deep Fatigue
If you’re still exhausted after getting plenty of sleep, it’s possible your adrenal glands need some support.
How to Use CBD to Support Your Mental Health
Learn how this plant compound can help us regulate our mood and sleep for better mental health.
How to Prepare for the Daylight Saving Time Shift
Here are tips to reset your internal clock when Daylight Saving Time ends.
3 Adaptogenic Plants to Help Relieve Stress
How rhodiola, eleuthero, and holy basil can help you alleviate the effects of stressful situations.
Can Lithium Orotate Be Used for Everyday Mood Support?
Lithium carbonate is a popular medical treatment for bipolar disorder, but a milder, over-the-counter form of this mineral can be used as a mood stabilizer.
4 Strategies to Filter Out Fear
Being afraid is natural — but here are some ways to keep fear from controlling you.
Can Hops Help Ease Insomnia?
This plant can ease anxiety and insomnia — especially sleeplessness related to nervous tension.
How Nature Supports Our Mental Health
Here’s how nature supports our mind and mood — and how to get more of it.
How to Free Yourself From the Cycle of Rumination
These seven tips can help stop obsessive rumination and cool down your body and mind.
NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: The Power of Stillness
How taking time to do nothing can lead us to our better selves.
How B Vitamins Can Help Lift Depression
Supplementing with B vitamins can help protect our brains from stress and increase the production of feel-good neurotransmitters. Here’s why.
NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: How Using Your Senses Can Improve Your Mental Health
Smell, touch, and sound can help cultivate resilience. Here’s how.
NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: Is Depression Overdiagnosed?
Labeling all mood dysregulation as “depression” may interfere with effective treatment. Consider this a more nuanced approach.
11 Tips to Optimize Your Circadian Rhythm
Seeking better sleep? Try these morning and evening routines to get in sync.
Amino Acids for Anxiety
These three supplements can help settle the nervous system and calm a worried mind.
NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: Can Aromatherapy Help With Anxiety?
Essential oils and aromatherapy can support mental and emotional health in many ways, says our columnist Henry Emmons, MD.
NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: How Heart-Rate Variability Affects Your Stress Response
Discover how to create heart-rate coherence for a greater sense of calm.
A Mindful View of Motivation
How to get yourself going without beating yourself up.
How Probiotics Affects Your Mood
Boosting the gut’s healthy microbes can support a more positive outlook.
NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: How to Tame Your Monkey Mind
Becoming more mindful of our racing thoughts can help slow them down.
How to Be Happy for Others
How cultivating joy for others can help transform scarcity thinking.