Tag: mental health
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Exercise Your Way to Better Mental Health
In any given year one in five people will experience a mental illness. And by the age of 40, 50% of people will either have had a mental illness or are currently dealing with one. Behavioural therapy and medications are often first options for improving mental health. But more and more research has shown the…
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The Importance of Self-care: Spending Time Alone is Good for You
At some point in your life, you’ve probably been told to slow down. Or perhaps to “just relax”. As if that will instantly change everything. But maybe there’s some truth underlying those comments—a message to take time for self-care. The problem is we often don’t. We’ve got too much to do and too many people…
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Improve Your Memory with Exercise
How many times have you put something down, maybe your car keys, and later can’t remember where you left it? Or heard someone’s name and soon forgot? What if there was a way you can make yourself remember? Perhaps give your memory a boost. Exercise might just be that way. Research indicates that you can…
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Foods for Your Brain and Mental Well-being
You are what you eat. And not only that, you think based on what you eat as well. We’re learning more and more about the effect foods have on mood, how we think, and whether one gets dementia in later life. Most of us have a go-to comfort food or reach for certain foods when…