By now, the term “imposter syndrome” is familiar to most of us. We’re likely to have at least picked up on its meaning: feeling a lack of confidence in our qualifications to hold the position we’re already in. Put simply,…
To get a clear picture of the teen mental health crisis in the United States, we need only glance at new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey (ABES), conducted just last year.…
Pregnancy is a process. And not a simple one. Over the course of nine months, your pregnant body is shifting in countless ways to nurture and then prepare to birth a growing child. What Is Postpartum Depression? Many parts of…
If you’ve ever caught a rerun of the 1980s sitcom Designing Women, you may be familiar with Julia Sugarbaker’s epic takedowns. No matter what was happening in the episode, this character was laser-focused and whip-smart. She had a comeback for…
It’s easy to see how our mental health can impact our exercise routines. After all, if we’re feeling anxious or blue, we’re less likely to want to jump out of bed for a workout. But what about exercise for mental…
Living in an “unprecedented time” hasn’t changed the day-to-day reality for most of us. We need to go to work, we need to put food on the table, pay bills, and handle our personal obligations. There are family and friends…
Our American culture tends to prize success above all things. And the usual definition of “success” sparks visions of the always-moving person – high-powered executives, elite athletes, and hustling small business owners. By contrast, the idea of rest or stillness…
You’re a high-performance person. You have plenty of things on your plate to keep you busy – and most days, you feel like you’ve got it together. But the more successful you become, the busier you get. And sometimes, you…
For some of us, body weight is something we think about on the scale at the doctor’s office, wiggling into our favorite jeans, or putting on a fancy outfit for a special occasion. Our weight-loss-saturated media landscape makes the topic…
We hear a lot about anxiety and depression for adults, but many people don’t realize just how these mental health issues impact young adults. And that impact is significant – the rates of anxiety and depression in young adults have…