A positive attitude makes it easier for you to enjoy your day-to-day life. It allows you to enjoy restful sleep and gives you the possibility of establishing higher-quality social relationships. On the other hand, stress and anxiety can make you…
People believe that spiritual experiences are faith-related encounters with a higher truth or power. These experiences take many forms, depending on how you interpret the concept. So what happens in the brain during a spiritual experience? Researchers have explored this…
According to studies, vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, helps reduce stress and also improves cognitive processes. Moreover, it reduces blood cortisol levels. Likewise, it also impacts the nervous system because it favors the production of myelin in the…
Stress affects adults and, unfortunately, it also affects many children. Our pace of life has increased significantly in recent years. For this reason, it’s very important to teach children stress management skills. It’s important for adults to know how to manage their…
In children, the body and brain’s excessive or prolonged response to stress can affect their development. In fact, toxic stress can have harmful effects on learning, behavior, and their health throughout their lifetime. Learning to cope with adversity is an important…
Teachers who reprimand their students, who lack empathy, who punish them instead of saying “I’m here if you need help”, and who even aggressively confront their students lack emotional intelligence. These behaviors result from their inability to manage their own emotions.…
Are you one of those people that perhaps demands too much of themselves? Professional competition and the pursuit of professional success are essential things for some people. However, the problem arises when, during this race to succeed, we forget to tend…
Taking a test, in many cases, is a stressful experience. You must put all your effort into trying to pass. Additionally, you hope you don’t suffer an anxiety attack, memory blocks, or other unexpected things when you’re taking a test.…
All human feelings and emotions show through our posture and expressions in one way or another. Things like joy and fear have a body language, but so do anxiety and depression. Plus, we’re all capable of reading that language, even…
Although managing daily stress seems like a modern type of ‘battle’, the truth is that it’s one of our oldest defensive instincts. However, the defense mechanisms our ancestors resorted to against the dangers of the world (overactivity and stress), currently make…
Do you feel exhausted and unmotivated? Stress, responsibilities, deadlines, and unexpected events take up a lot of time and can lead to exhaustion, especially if you aren’t sleeping well. Identifying habits that affect your sleep is crucial if you want to…
Remembering pleasant times can help you feel better. Positive memories can be really powerful for your mental well-being. Aside from helping you regulate your emotions better, they may have a positive effect on stress-induced depression. A group of scientists carried…
We all know how unpleasant a headache can be. This discomfort can prevent us from carrying out day-to-day tasks effectively, making us feel uncomfortable and taking our energy away. We’ve all experienced one before. Although there are many types of…
When exams are just around the corner, all students want is for their grades to prove their hard work. Their personal challenge is to pass all their exams with good grades. Since students tend to stress themselves out over this,…
It happens without us even noticing it. Our work becomes the center of our concerns. Then, it becomes practically the only thing that occupies our mind, time, and emotions. We discover that we can’t disconnect from work and just enjoy…
When we have trouble sleeping, we tend to think we have insomnia. Did you know that there are different types of insomnia? Actually, each one of them requires a different treatment. In this article, we’ll focus on the different types of…
Inner silence is an ancient concept that has now regained attention. To understand what it’s about, let’s think about the noise in the world. It’s not just the loud sounds we hear every day in the city. It’s also the many…
Leaving everything until the last minute is a way of life for many people. Those who procrastinate aren’t able to go about their business any differently, no matter how much they try to organize their time. They may get organized…
People with depression are more vulnerable to fatigue. Simple chores, like bathing and getting out of bed, may require more effort on their part. In addition, fatigue can play a role in other byproducts of depression, such as abstinence and…
In the last few years, different studies have shown that spirituality helps manage stress. Even though many people associate spirituality with religion, one can live spiritually without having any religious beliefs. You can even live both spiritually and religiously. In…
