Mar 24, 2020 | Mental Health
Sports are cancelled. Concerts are cancelled. Proms, parties, and weddings are cancelled. As many of us shift to a more socially distanced lifestyle for a while, it can start to feel like fun, in general, is cancelled. If you’re feeling lonely or struggling...
Mar 18, 2020 | Mental Health, Sleep
It happens to all of us. You’re lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, hoping for sleep to come. Maybe you’ve been in bed for a while. Maybe it’s even been a couple of hours. Maybe you grab your phone to pass the time. And time does pass. But you? You’re still...
Mar 4, 2020 | Mental Health
Some days get the best of us: the train is late, there’s a pop quiz in class, your boss is disappointed, the list goes on and on. It can be hard to feel happy when so many factors can work against us. The good news? There’s an easy way to boost your mood that’s...
Feb 25, 2020 | Mental Health
Pop culture often struggles to capture the realities of mental health conditions, but few are more wildly mischaracterized than eating disorders. The media portrayal is often of a young woman who wants to be skinnier and just needs to “eat more,” but this is...
Feb 10, 2020 | Mental Health
If you come down with the flu or a bad cold, you probably feel perfectly OK with staying home from work or school. When you have a fever, runny nose, or terrible cough, your symptoms are visible to everyone and that’s what your “sick days” are for…right?...
Nov 21, 2019 | Mental Health
There’s no better time than Thanksgiving to talk about the importance of gratitude.After all, gratitude is how this U.S. holiday started—the Pilgrims celebrated their first harvest after months of hardship. But the whole concept of gratitude can get a bit lost among...
