You may or may not realize it but what you do in bed before sleep greatly impacts not just the quality of your sleep but the type of (mental health) day you will have the next morning. If you want to improve your life, a good rule thumb is this: a good day starts with a good morning; and a…
Full disclosure: I don’t hate my looks. Well, not anymore. But I used to. I was so skinny I thought I looked perpetually sick. It was nearly impossible to find clothes that fit me properly so I often looked ridiculous. On top of that, my hair had become a hot mess and so, for the last 4-5 years of my…
Being thankful and practicing gratitude have played, and still do, a major role in my recovery from depression and anxiety. The challenge is, like everything worth doing in life, you must do it regularly and consistently to reap the benefits. Sadly, gratitude expressed only once every blue moon will not do much for your general well-being and mental health; you…
What we eat has a direct impact on our brain and our mood. But when I decided to learn how to cook as part of my “self-healing/solving my problems program”, I didn’t know how much preparing the food would impact my mental health. Learning how to cook put an end, at least temporarily, to the procrastination, guilt, and negative self-talk…
Can our mind become sick? Well, I’m no doctor, but it sure felt like mine was. After years of severe depression, mistreatment and not paying attention to it, I think my mind had become very sick and tired. Like a rotten fruit, it was iving birth to completely fucked-up thought patterns. I suppose it was all a result of mental…
