by Megan Hall | Apr 18, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Self Care, Trauma
Are We Addicted to Dopamine? These days, dopamine is taking the blame for just about everything—our phones, our procrastination, our inability to watch a movie without also scrolling Instagram. It’s the supposed villain behind short attention spans and compulsive...
by Megan Hall | Apr 17, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Trauma
Why Your Brain Has a Bad News Bias (and What That Has to Do with Depression, Anxiety, and Trauma) Have you ever had a perfectly decent day—maybe even a good one—but all you can think about is the awkward thing you said in a meeting? Or the one unread message that...
by Jess Fox | Feb 3, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Trauma
Sometimes I have a challenging time writing educational material about mental health. It is not because I don’t feel I have valuable information to share or that I don’t think providing this type of information is not helpful. It is because ultimately I am...
by Megan Hall | Feb 3, 2025 | Anxiety, Self Care
Are you familiar with the “Sunday Scaries”? Sunday scares are known as that uneasy feeling of dread that creeps in as the weekend winds down and the workweek looms ahead. If you’ve experienced this, you’re not alone. It’s a common phenomenon, especially in today’s...
by Megan Hall | Jan 17, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Self Care
You may have noticed that your stress, anxiety, or even depression often affects your stomach. You might feel more bloated, experience nausea, or find yourself rushing to the bathroom when you’re particularly anxious. What you may not know is that these...
by Jess Fox | Jan 16, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Self Care, Trauma
The container meditation is a helpful meditation to use any time we are struck in rumination. When we are having difficulty with our thoughts wandering or we can’t stop thinking, problem solving or playing what ifs in our mind. The container meditation is also helpful...