How to Support Your Mental Health
Looking to enhance the mental health of a loved one — or yourself?
We’ve curated a range of articles to help you support your mental health needs.
Support
How Do I Know If It’s Time to Seek Therapy?
If you’re experiencing one of these five life events, you might consider seeing a therapist.
How to Talk About Mental Health — and Ask for Help
The key? Understanding and overcoming the stigma surrounding mental health.
How to Find the Right Therapist
Credentials, cost, and length of treatment are just a few factors to consider when finding a therapist.
New Tech Tools for Mental Health
How new technologies, such as telehealth, digital crisis hotlines, digital support groups, and wearable tools, are changing how we treat mental health.
The Warning Signs of Depression — and When to Seek Help
Depression is more common than you might think. Here are some symptoms of depression, as well as new treatments.
How to Support Anxious Teens
Many doctors prescribe medication for teen anxiety, but an integrative developmental and behavioral pediatrician offers these natural therapies.
What Is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
The gold standard in psychotherapy, CBT can help with a range of mental disorders, including anxiety, obsessive–compulsive disorder, depression, addiction, insomnia, and PTSD.
Nutrition
How Diet Can Make — or Break — Your Mental Health
Learn about the connection between food and mood and what you can eat to support your mental health.
6 Recipes to Help Boost Brain and Memory Health
Enhance your brain function with four recipes designed to invigorate mood, memory, and cognition.
5 Recipes to Support Brain Health
These recipes are packed with vital nutrients that support your cognitive health.
The Food-Mood Connection
Yes, your eating habits play a big role in determining your disease risks. But did you know that they also have a huge effect on your state of mind?
Supplements
8 Key Supplements to Boost Your Mental Health — Naturally
Herbs, supplements, and other natural remedies promote well-being — yet separating help from hype can be challenging. Follow this expert guidance.
4 Supplements for Anxiety Relief
In addition to herbal remedies, targeted nutritional supplements can help manage chronic anxiety.
Amino Acids for Anxiety
These three supplements can help settle the nervous system and calm a worried mind.
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.
5 Supplements for Mental Health
Here are some key supplements to give your mental health a boost.
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.
Mindfulness and Meditation
Building Mental Resilience: 5 Thought-Shifting Exercises
Learn how to control your inner conversation and maintain a steady mental state in Part Two of this three-part series.
How to Use Journaling for Mental Health
Explore six types of journaling practices that can offer meaningful benefits for your mental health.
How to Free Yourself From the Cycle of Rumination
These seven tips can help stop obsessive rumination and cool down your body and mind.
6 Strategies to Improve Your Self-Talk
Try these six tips to soften self-criticism and change your internal dialogue for the better.
Natural and Integrative Therapies
How Does EMDR Work?
No one is exactly sure how eye movement desensitization and reprocessing helps treat trauma, but here are three working theories.
How to Use Guided Imagery
Guided imagery can be a powerful support tool for health recovery, goal realization, and emotional healing. Here are some practical guidelines to follow when finding the right program for your needs.
Can Psychedelics Change Your Brain?
New research is exploring how natural and synthetic psychedelics affect the brain.
What is EFT and How Does it Work?
Learn how to manage stress and emotional challenges with Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), also known as tapping.
Podcasts
How to Thrive With Anxiety
Anxiety has been on the rise for the past several years — and it’s something that can range from feeling uncomfortable to debilitating for those who experience it. David H. Rosmarin, PhD, helps us understand why anxiety is a normal bodily response and how we can change our relationship with it to turn it into something that can actually help us thrive in our lives.
Struggling With Stress: Why It’s So Prevalent + What You Can Do
More so than ever, rates of stress are high: Many of us are experiencing it at great intensities and for far too long. Henry Emmons, MD, talks about the impact of stress on the body, including how it influences our wired responses and how it can trigger mental-health issues like depression and anxiety — and shares tangible things we can do in the short- and long-term to support our bodies in and when recovering from times of stress.
An Honest Talk About Mental Health
Anxiety, depression, limited self-beliefs, perpetual feeling states — we all experience mental-health struggles, and what we often don’t realize is the effect they can have on every area of our health and wellness. Dr. Mondo joins us for an honest talk about mental well-being, including the role trauma plays and the power that comes from healing.
An Integrative Approach to Mental Well-Being
Learn why taking an integrative approach to mental well-being can be a productive route to a more optimal state of mental-well-being, and gain tangible ideas for different practices and modalities that can help you feel and function better.