by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Aug 15, 2019 | Anxiety, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression, Eating Disorders, Happiness |
Yoga benefits your emotional and mental health in a number of ways. First, it moves you from the sympathetic nervous system to the parasympathetic nervous system, or from flight-or-flight to rest-and-digest. You typically have less anxiety and enter a more relaxed...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Jul 11, 2019 | Depression, Happiness, Joy, Love |
Choose Joy Daily: Small Moments, Lasting Happiness. Joy, laughter, and play stimulate the release of feel good hormones in our body. It shuts down cortisol, adrenaline, and other health deteriorating processes in the body. S. Lewis saw clear distinction between joy,...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 23, 2019 | Anxiety, Depression |
Weight is a marker of health, but it’s not the only one. While we know that excess weight is associated with certain health conditions, we don’t always know why. To that end, prescribing weight loss as a solution to mitigate health risks can often be ineffective and...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Sep 8, 2018 | Anxiety, Depression |
Mental health problems among college students have been climbing since the 1990s, according to the American Psychological Association. With services increasingly stretched at campus health centers, students have been taking action themselves through peer-run mental...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Apr 23, 2018 | Anxiety, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression |
Depression is a disorder that requires action to be taken. People with depression who make dietary and lifestyle changes tend to recover quicker than those who do not. Additionally, maintaining an ongoing recovery treatment plan helps to reduce relapse. Virtually...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Dec 17, 2017 | Anxiety, Depression, Psychotherapy |
After spending years looking for the perfect breed of dog to be a therapy dog, many people are deciding on a McNab Shepherd. The McNab is a herding dog, which can actually make for a very good therapy dog because of their attentiveness and sweet nature. When we think...
