By: Jessica A. Gold It’s officially back-to-school season even though this school year is anything but normal—something you know especially well if you’re a college student. The coronavirus pandemic has changed all of our lives in countless ways and it’s now wreaking havoc on the typical college experience of students across the country too. These changes don’t just have practical consequences; they’re…
Your emotional fitness matters as much as the physical kind.
5 Reasons to Practice Mindfulness in 2020 Of all the ancient and modern practices designed to wake us up, why has the simple practice of mindfulness and mindful meditation arrived at the forefront of our cultural sensibility? Why is it taking hold so strongly in our American health care, academic, and business institutions? What makes mindfulness so compelling, grabbing our…
How Art Therapy Can Alleviate Anxieties By: Danielle Cheesman Embracing Creativity Supports Wellness All my life, I’ve been told that I’m creative. But, I’ve always found a way to counter those good-intentioned arguments. As a child, sure, I wrote short stories, “but I never finished them!” As an adult, I was convinced that I couldn’t call myself a photographer if…
Women Wellness Entrepreneurs Share Helpful Lifestyle Tips By Dr. William Seeds You would like to feel better, right? Who doesn’t? We all know that we will feel better if we exercise more and watch what we eat. But sometimes huge commitments feel too difficult and they don’t stick. Authority Magazine recently ran a series interviewing more than 200 “Women In Wellness”. In…
In fact, the importance of diet for our psychological health — or nutritional psychiatry — is finally being taken seriously by mainstream psychiatrists; never more so than now as we face a tsunami of anxiety as lockdown lifts.
How Dr. Nicole LePera Is Making The World Of Psychology Think Twice By Brianna Wiest When psychologist Nicole LePera started sharing some of her insight on Instagram to an audience of a few hundred, her only goal was to create the content that she needed on her own healing journey. That audience has now grown to over a million and…
10 Ways To Stay Strong During a Rough Patch Whether dealing with health issues, workplace stress, or a financial crisis, life’s inevitable challenges can make it tough to function. Some people struggle to take action for fear of making things worse. Others grow impulsive and start taking any action they can without thinking about the best solutions. Mentally strong people,…
Advice for College Student Dealing with Anxiety During this Pandemic A global pandemic, finals, graduation, not knowing what’s next — you might be feeling more stressed than usual right now, but there are still ways to take care of yourself. HerCampus talked to Dr. Kirsten Thompson, M.D., board-certified psychiatrist, clinical instructor at UCLA, and founder of the telehealth company Remedy (launching in June…
10 Ways to Calm Pre-College Nerves COLLEGE. It’s an exciting word, but also a terrifying one. After months of endless applications, emotional acceptances and rejections, and difficult decisions, it’s now your last summer at home. Soon, you’ll finally be ready to pack your bags and go. Or are you? As your departure date draws closer, you’re probably suffering from some serious pre-college…
