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How to cope with your emotions, maintain mental health, deal with life's stressors and help others do the same.
The Shape of a Better Life: How Doughnut Economics Reimagines Wellbeing
It is normal to be curious as to what Doughnut Economics is, and what it has to do with the mental health of people, both individually and collectively. Absolutely everything. Interest in this topic came about picking up an old, shrivelled up copy of Wellbeing Magazine at a random cafe. That article would have certainly been written prior to the pandemic, where a prolonged period of inflation and the rising cost of living followed suit.
By Justine Crowley6 months ago in Psyche
The Mandela Effect: Why thousands of us share the same "false" memories of history.
The dust motes danced in a shaft of jaundiced afternoon light. I was holding the book, its cardboard cover cool and slightly damp against my palms. The smell was that of a forgotten attic—sweet rot, old glue, and the ghost of a thousand silverfish. I stared at the name on the spine. Berenstain. My thumb traced the 'a' in the penultimate syllable. It felt like a jagged piece of glass. It looked like a typo carved into the bedrock of my childhood. I knew, with a certainty that hummed in my teeth, that it had once been an 'e.' The world had shifted. Or perhaps, I had.
By The Chaos Cabinet6 months ago in Psyche
The Power Of The Breath
Did you know that you breath is the fastest way to calm down when you are feeling dysregulated? Nobody is immune from stress, regardless of age and we all have one thing in common - we react. How we react to stress is different for everyone, but there is a simple way we can all calm:
By Elizabeth Woods6 months ago in Psyche
The Helper's Dilemma In Today's Professional World
Written by a human, for humans, always. --- So many people in today's world need help… And there are many different types of organizations that have come into existence to provide that help.
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHM6 months ago in Psyche
Caring for Your Mind Should Be a Daily Practice
Mental health rarely collapses all at once. More often, it fades quietly while we keep going. We answer messages. We go to work. We keep showing up. We smile when needed, make plans, pay bills, and try to act normal. From the outside, everything may look fine. But inside, something is beginning to shift. We become more irritable, more tired, more anxious, more numb. Small things start feeling heavier than they should. We lose patience more easily. We stop enjoying what once made us feel alive. We withdraw, overreact, or hurt ourselves and others without fully understanding why.
By Cyn Márquez6 months ago in Psyche
How Art Became My Lifeline After a Breakup
During one of the hardest periods of my life, creativity became more than a form of self-expression—it became a means of survival. I am far from alone in this; a vast body of evidence supports the healing power of creativity and art. History, too, is filled with examples that speak for themselves.
By Cyn Márquez7 months ago in Psyche
