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Why Psychiatrists Should Be Using Nature to Treat Patients

21st-century preventative medicine and the doctor who writes prescriptions for a walk in the park — A new public health trend is spreading rapidly across the globe: doctors have begun writing nature prescriptions for their patients. One doctor in San Francisco has even taken the initiative to start up a nonprofit organization dedicated solely to fostering awareness and appreciation of the health benefits of nature.

Mental Health

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Why 21st-Century Psychiatrists Should Be Using Nature to Treat Patients
Why 21st-Century Psychiatrists Should Be Using Nature to Treat Patients
Mental Health

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A Practical Guide to Mindfulness

How to incorporate mindfulness practice into your daily life — Mindfulness. Unless you live completely off-the-grid, you have almost certainly heard of it. Maybe you are vaguely familiar with the concept, having seen it on the cover headline of Psychology Today, or maybe you are a seasoned mindfulness meditator who considers himself an expert. Perhaps you lie somewhere in between…

Mindfulness

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A Practical Guide to Mindfulness
A Practical Guide to Mindfulness
Mindfulness

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May 5

Babies Have Truly Mastered the Art of Mindfulness

Exhibit A: Mindful eating, from the perspective of a baby — Earlier this morning, I was feeding my 16-month-old daughter, Olga*, at breakfast. She was the familiar, picturesque sight of a ravenous baby, evidently starving after a grueling 11-hour stretch of sleep, shamelessly shoving fistfuls of scrambled eggs into her pudgy little face, blissfully unaware that the amber-colored hair atop her…

Mindfulness

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Babies Have Truly Mastered the Art of Mindfulness
Babies Have Truly Mastered the Art of Mindfulness
Mindfulness

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Age of Awareness

·Apr 29

Mindfulness is an Effective Tool to Overcome Cognitive Distortions

Cognitive distortions lie at the root of many mental health conditions; can mindfulness help us challenge them? — Neither can live while the other survives. As written by J.K. Rowling to describe the weirdly intertwined, fiercely volatile magical relationship between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort, the line above is effortlessly versatile in its ability to relate to a myriad of real-life scenarios.

Mental Health

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Mindfulness is an Effective Tool to Overcome Cognitive Distortions
Mindfulness is an Effective Tool to Overcome Cognitive Distortions
Mental Health

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Apr 12

5 Simple Actions that Induce an Antidepressant Effect on the Human Brain

A myriad of unpleasant side effects and variability in long-term effectiveness lead many individuals with mental illness to seek alternative remedies. — One could argue that the modern-day world is experiencing an socially, emotionally, and economically debilitating mental health crisis. An equally justifiable counterargument would assert that the mental health crisis, which has existed for a long time, only recently began receiving the attention that it warrants. Simply put, it’s nothing new…

Mental Health

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5 Simple Actions That Induce an Antidepressant Effect on the Human Brain
5 Simple Actions That Induce an Antidepressant Effect on the Human Brain
Mental Health

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Age of Awareness

·Dec 12, 2021

Urban Air Pollution Is More Than a Threat to Human Health

Despite their rich cultural diversity, cities are severely lacking in biodiversity — and air pollution is a primary driver — Dubbed the “most serious environmental risk worldwide” by a group of Latin American scientists in 2019, air pollution in urbanized areas is only one example of the far-reaching environmental alterations brought on by humanity’s inhabitation of the Earth. But the reality is alarming.

Cities

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Urban Air Pollution is More Than a Threat to Human Health
Urban Air Pollution is More Than a Threat to Human Health
Cities

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Jan 13, 2021

Why It’s Worth Ditching Your Schedule for a Routine

Routines and schedules are often mistaken for one another, but the distinction is crucial — It’s 9:00 A.M. on a frigid Tuesday in January, the promising optimism and naiveté of a new year still hovering around me like a stratus cloud, infiltrating my workspace, my home, my state of mind. As a mother of a 10-month-old baby girl, I am intimately familiar with the balancing…

Productivity

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Why It’s Worth Ditching Your Schedule for a Routine
Why It’s Worth Ditching Your Schedule for a Routine
Productivity

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Feb 21, 2020

Why Growth Matters More than Grit

Grit ensures you stick to your goals, but what if your goals don’t align with your full potential? — Success isn’t money. Success isn’t fame. Success isn’t merely climbing the top of the corporate ladder. Or achieving “entrepreneur” status. Or even being the best at what you do. Maybe you’re a renowned scientist. Or a heart surgeon who saves lives. Or a published author. Maybe you’re the president of…

Self Improvement

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Why Growth Matters More than Grit
Why Growth Matters More than Grit
Self Improvement

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Feb 20, 2020

What to Know Before You Commit to an Evening Routine

And why I won’t advise you to adopt mine — Today, I’d like to write about an important, albeit overlooked behavioral habit that, when executed consistently and properly, contributes substantially to one’s productivity. Evening routines. Of course, productivity is not the sole measure of success. But there tends to be a positive correlation between the two. In terms of increasing…

Productivity

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What to Know Before You Commit to an Evening Routine
What to Know Before You Commit to an Evening Routine
Productivity

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Feb 7, 2020

5 Simple Actions You Can Take to Be Healthier

Proactive steps you can take today to improve your wellbeing — Start each morning with physical activity. Even light physical activity will do the trick. A walk, yoga, strength training, housework, gardening, grocery shopping. Whatever you choose, physical activity has a myriad of health benefits, ranging from lower risk of cardiovascular disease to healthy BMI to improved mental health. Besides, unless…

Health

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5 Simple Actions You Can Take to Be Healthier
5 Simple Actions You Can Take to Be Healthier
Health

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