by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Oct 16, 2019 | Alternative Treatment, Anxiety Treatment, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Dementia, Natural Remedies, Stress Management |
Connecting with nature is paramount to our overall health and well-being. In fact, based on recent studies that show we possess an inherent attraction toward nature, city planners are now putting more emphasis on creating functional green spaces. Researchers...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Aug 15, 2019 | Alternative Treatment, Anxiety Treatment, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression, Eating Disorders, Happiness, Natural Remedies, Stress Management |
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 San Jose Counseling Therapist | Jul 11, 2019 | Alternative Treatment, Depression, Happiness, Stress Management |
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, pleasure, and happiness: “I sometimes wonder whether...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Jun 18, 2019 | Insomnia, Medication, Sleep, Stress Management |
There are five stages of sleep during the sleep cycle. Sleep stages occur in cycles lasting 90 to 120 minutes each. Four to five cycles occur during a typical night of sleep. Shifting of stages occurs over the course of the night, typically with an increased...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | May 21, 2019 | Alternative Treatment, Anxiety Treatment, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Natural Remedies, Stress Management |
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) sufferers are often overly concerned about health issues, money, family problems or difficulties on the job. They can have negative, fearful thoughts about the future or suffer excessive guilt about some past event. These concerns...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Apr 21, 2019 | Anxiety Treatment, Stress Management |
Is it challenging for you to find time to relax without losing your drive? When in constant work mode, we can feel like a production machine, but we can also feel afraid to relax for fear of falling into a non-working rut. Nonstop working can work for a while, but it...
