Somatic Therapy
Somatic therapy helps patients by focusing on physical sensation through exercises like breath work, meditation, and massage to address mind-body connections.
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What Is the Fight or Flight Response?
The fight-or-flight response is an innate physiological reaction to a perceived threat or stressful trigger. Automatic events within the body and sympathetic nervous system increase adrenaline and noradrenaline to prepare…
Types of Stress, Acute, Episodic, Chronic
Stress is how your body reacts to a change or challenge, and many different things can lead to it Chronic Stress can cause long term health issues. Stress is subjective…
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The 7 C’s for Building Resilience
What is resilience? Life does not come with a map, and everyone will experience twists and turns. From everyday challenges to traumatic events with more lasting impact, like the death…
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Treatment of ADHD
The population prevalence of ADHD is 3-5% in children and research studies suggest that approximately 60% will continue experiencing full symptoms of the disorder into adulthood. Recent such research evidence has shown that 1.2%…
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a condition that affects people's behaviour. I was diagnosed with ADHD at age 48! There was no such thing when I was growing up and…
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All about Anxiety
Anxiety makes it difficult to get through your day. What are the symptoms of an anxiety? Symptoms can vary depending on the type of anxiety you have. Physical symptoms: Cold…
How to Meditate, for Beginners
What are the benefits of meditation? Physical health benefits of meditation Meditation literally grows your brain… both in volume and thickness. This doesn’t just make you smarter; it increases your memory,…
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Are you Sober Curious?
Don't Drink at a party? What? Could I? We are so used to alcohol being associated with a good time or a party and certainly in my generation, going out…