Category: stress

Psychologist: 4 Natural Ways to Relieve Tension and Anxiety

The voice in your head drones on: “If I don’t work hard, I’ll be sifted out,” “No matter how hard I work, I can’t get everything done,” and “Why do I feel anxious when nothing is happening?” Stress leads to mental tension, and inner fatigue leads to psychological anxiety. How do we adjust? Psychologists remind…


How Do They Defy Death? Secrets of Cancer Survivors Unveiled

Cancer is one of the most dreaded diseases of modern times. For many years, cancer has been the leading cause of death in East Asian countries such as Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and China. Many cancer patients have gone through a great deal of suffering during treatment, but still succumb to the disease in the end….


Ashwagandha: Nature’s Powerful Stress Reliever

Ashwagandha, also known as Withania somnifera, is an ancient herb revered in Ayurveda—the traditional medicine system of India—where it has been used for thousands of years. Modern researchers have now begun to unravel why this herb has so many wide-reaching benefits for human health. Ashwagandha’s traditional medicinal uses are so numerous, it’s difficult to list…


Stress Release May Hold the Key to Weight Loss

Modern city life is filled with unhealthy living habits that put our health at risk. Consumption of readily available high-calorie greasy food, staying up late, the constant presence of noise, and long-term and excessive stress can all affect our physical health. One such consequence can be obesity. For those who suffer from obesity, weight fluctuations can…


The Healing Power of Meditation Against 5 Mental Illnesses, Including Depression

Over 50 percent of Americans will be diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder at some time in their life. Fortunately, there is an effective, safe, and inexpensive way to improve mental health: meditation. Susan Gentile, a nurse practitioner from New Jersey, highly recommends meditation as a therapy for people suffering from substance abuse and…


3 Breathing Exercises to Calm the Brain, Reduce Stress and Cure Anxiety

When you breathe correctly, you pump cerebrospinal fluid into the brain to reduce stress and cure anxiety. You’ve probably heard the expression, “just breathe through it.” When a situation is stressful, breathing deeply and evenly can help to cure anxiety and reduce stress. Why is that so? There’s a very important link between feeling calm, nasal breathing, better sleep, and brain…


Stress Acne: 4 Ingredients for Calming Stressed Out, Acne-Prone, & Irritated Skin

Stress acne! We like to think of it like a hero and villain complex that we all probably know too well—skin and stress! Ever wonder why we suffer breakouts, acne, and even things like hair loss when we start losing our minds a little? It’s hardly a coincidence, since our skin is the biggest organ…


Study: COVID Causes Personality Changes

Published in 2022, a PLOS ONE research study performed longitudinal assessments of personality changes in 7,109 Americans, aged 18 to 109, during the COVID-19 pandemic.  It is reported that, compared to the pre-pandemic period, people became less extroverted, open, agreeable, or conscientious. What is more astonishing is that these changes were equivalent to about one…


Post-COVID Sleep Disorders up by 75 Percent, 2 Solutions

During the COVID-19 pandemic, sleep issues like insomnia became common and have persisted beyond the disease. A study published in the Journal of Personalized Medicine found that sleep disorders amount to 50 to 75 percent of all post-COVID symptoms. Although it’s a “post-COVID symptom,” insomnia is not only caused by the virus itself.   We’ve talked…


The Vagus Nerve Plays Several Critical Roles—Here’s How to Tend to It

When it comes to major nerves in the human body, most people have heard of the optic and olfactory nerves, the facial and trigeminal nerves, and certainly—if they have been in pain—the sciatic nerve. Yet one of the body’s most consequential nerves that affects everything from mood, the immune system, heart rate and digestion to…