Study Indicates Lawyers Struggling With Substance Use And Other Mental Health Issues
Death happens to everyone—some, sooner than others. You are not immune.
Death happens to everyone—some, sooner than others. You are not immune.
Whatever your own reasons for meditating, they should be honored.
In my previous post, I covered cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for treating social anxiety disorder. In this post, I'll discuss another form of treatment—mindfulness-based treatment.
If you've ever suffered from insomnia, or survived an infant in the house, you know how precious sleep can be. Last year, I was suffering from a bout of insomnia and stumbled onto the Sleep With Me podcast. It's bedtime stories for grownups.
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is painful to live with. What most people would consider an everyday, ordinary social interaction can send you into a tailspin, trigger anxiety, self-doubt and negative thought patterns. Fortunately, SAD is treatable.
Meditation does not mean we stop thinking, maintain a blank mind or attain a perfectly peaceful state of nirvana.
Both doctors and patients are looking for a more holistic way of treating pain. Meditation can empower patients to feel they can do something to manage their pain rather than turn to painkillers.
Depression does not define you. You are more than your depression symptoms. You are a person with skills, traits, accomplishments, special qualities that others cherish. You are still the same person you were before the symptoms began, it may just be hard for you to see that now.
According to The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), in 2014, an estimated 15.7 million adults aged 18 or older in the United States had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. This number represented 6.7% of all U.S. adults.
In this article, I interviewed Dr. Jamie Coleman, a trauma surgeon at Indiana University Health. She is a trauma surgeon and a mother, and also writes a blog titled Hot Heels, Cool Kicks, & a Scalpel.