Body & Brain
Positive psychology articles related to the human body and brain. Which positive psychology theories and interventions can help us to improve physical and mental well-being?
5 Coping Strategies Every Chronic Overthinker Can Use Today
Are you stuck in a chronic overthinking loop? Ruminating over past choices, words, actions, and outcomes? There is a way to get unstuck. Understanding the [...]
Understanding the Cycle of Chronic Overthinking
We’ve all been there: replaying a conversation in our heads, questioning a decision we made, wondering what could have been. The list goes on. We [...]
How Chronic Worry Undermines Your Health
Have you ever noticed how worrying can feel productive, like if you think hard enough, you can prevent bad things from happening? The truth is, [...]
Why I Worry: The Hidden Causes Behind Constant Worry
Have you ever caught yourself replaying the same “what if” thoughts late at night, hoping that worrying might somehow prepare you for whatever comes next? [...]
Preventing Mental Illness: Community Connection Matters
When we talk about mental health, our ability to flourish, we are often really talking about two different things: mental ill-health and mental illness. Understanding [...]
How to Improve Mental Health: Daily Habits & Strategies
We often consider mental health to be simply the absence of illness or distress, but it’s much more. It includes our emotional, cognitive, and social [...]
Why Is Mental Health Important? A Foundation for Flourishing
In our previous exploration of what mental health truly means, we discovered that it exists on a spectrum from languishing to flourishing. It is much [...]
What Is Mental Health? And Why It is More Than You Think
When someone asks about your health, you probably think about your physical wellbeing first. But what about your mental health? This invisible aspect of our [...]
Men’s Mental Health Month: Improve Your Mental Health
Men’s Mental Health Month is an opportunity to open up the conversation about men’s mental health and raise awareness about the unique challenges men face. [...]
What Shapes Men’s Mental Health Today?
A male friend recently told me, “I’m exhausted — you know, deeply exhausted in my soul,” and over the last few years, several of my [...]
