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  • Tips & Tricks to Combat Your Morning Anxiety

    I have come to learn that scientifically it is usually a heightened reaction to stress and worries of When we perceive something as stressful, our bodies produce a hormone called cortisol. Smell an uplifting scent For a quick de-stressing trick, I like to smell something citrusy. Meditating daily, even for just a few minutes, has helped me tame my stress. Stanford Psychologist Kelly McGonigal says that “embracing stress is more important than reducing stress

  • ChatGPT: The AI Wonder Bot That Could Transform Your Mental Health and Productivity

    This can help reduce stress and anxiety associated with feeling overwhelmed or unsure of where to start Additionally, it can assist with research and fact-checking, which can help reduce stress and anxiety AI models like ChatGPT have the potential to reduce occupational stress which can happen when the requirements menial tasks, ChatGPT can help to extend our time and resources, and potentially reduce our occupational stress The negative impact of occupational stress on our mental health has been widely reported, with special

  • Kindness at the time of Coronavirus: who are we really kind to?

    two years ago, the science writer Marta Zaraska contacted me as she was interested in kindness and stress She was curious to know if every-day acts of kindness could lower her stress levels. So, I measured her cortisol levels — the main hormone involved with stress, which is easily detectable But guess what: her cortisol levels did drop (i.e., she was less stressed) during the “days of kindness

  • We aspire to revolutionise the treatment of depression

    threat that could lead to infections, such as a physical assault, but it can also be activated by being stressed Indeed, during depression, the increased inflammation is part of a general activation of the biological stress response system: ultimately, depression is, both psychologically and biologically, a condition of chronic stress

  • Is our blood at the core of the mind-body interface?

    cortisol are the two life-saving hormones that give us the energy and the concentration to deal with stressful contribute to a range of mental health problems, from depression to panic attack and post-traumatic stress These cytokines also affect the brain in situations of psychological stress unrelated to infections,

  • Mindfulness-Based Intervention: A Novel Approach to Treating Childhood ADHD

    Two techniques — Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) training, and Mindfulness-based Cognitive MBSR is an 8-step stress reduction programme that allows individuals to gain awareness about their behaviour in relation to stressful situations. MBSR techniques were originally developed in the 1970s to effectively manage pain and stress, but recent found similar results, with parents reporting reductions in inattention problems as well as parenting stress

  • Déjà Vu: The neuroscience behind the mysterious phenomenon

    to the article and makes the title a little spicier, as in to say, "Have we been here before"’ and stress If you’re constantly tired or stressed (same), you’re more likely to experience déjà vu as fatigue and stress impact our memory, which is a potential cause of the phenomenon. also more likely to experience déjà vu than the older population (sorry if you’re young and tired and stressed

  • Mind and Body, constantly interacting: What do they say to each other?

    Stress can trigger anxiety or exacerbate many diseases and disorders, such as high blood pressure and Stress can also cause muscle tension, leading to physical pain, including in the neck, back, or head, practical understanding of the interaction between psychological processes, the nervous system, and the stress placements, these will run across mind-body interface research laboratories within the IoPPN, including: the Stress

  • Has the $1.8 trillion Wellness Industry commodified mental wellbeing?

    places its role in mental wellness, is helping with ways of coping with everyday challenges such as stress health charity, provides tips to help improve mental wellbeing including trying to relax and reduce stress Claiming to be ‘the most science-backed meditation app’, they boast stats such as a 32% decrease in stress

  • Why Early Parent-Infant Relationships Matter

    I found these words very stressful, and, although it may have been an isolated episode for a new parent Growing up, the child will also be more likely to successfully deal with negative emotions and stressful self-esteem, to form positive intimate relationships, to succeed in their studies and career, to manage stress parents in childhood, or with their current partner, lack of support, socio-economic disadvantage, stressful

  • Family Connection as a preventive behavioural intervention

    for a parent to connect with their children if they are battling emotional distress, turbulence and stress The CO-SPACE study of 6000 parents showed increased rates of depression, anxiety and stress following Given the transgenerational impact of parental stress on the ability to connect with children, supporting We cannot control the external environmental factors that may stress our children when they are adults

  • An Insider's View on Mental Health in the Legal Profession

    An Insider’s View on Mental Health in the Legal Profession Law is a high-stress profession; there’s almost Having been deemed the second most stressed profession with a ‘toxic, cut-throat’ work environment, it the barriers posed by the working environment for newly qualified lawyers, another major source of stress a need to ‘prove’ themselves — only to create prime conditions for burning out and perpetuating the stress One lawyer told me that when she first started working, stress management and self-support was never

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