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Gut Health is the Hack

Gut Health is the Hack

Diseases such as anxiety, depression, and cancer are all related to the gut. But is it that easy? Netflix's Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut allows us to dive in. https://youtu.be/VwfuJr07P_g?si=Q8q1v7Yq2X5qTW8x Our lives revolve around food. What if we could...

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Three Powerful Calm App Meditations

Three Powerful Calm App Meditations

In today's fast-paced world, it's easy to get caught up in the chaos of daily life. With never-ending to-do lists, endless notifications, and constant distractions, it can be challenging to find moments of peace and relaxation. However, with the rise of mindfulness...

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Walk Your Way to a Healthier Mind

Walk Your Way to a Healthier Mind

Walking is a simple and effective form of physical activity that has been proven to have numerous mental health benefits. Happiness. One of the most significant benefits of walking is that it can reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. Studies have shown that...

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The Love That Will Make You Happy

The Love That Will Make You Happy

Love can improve your life.  Being in love can Increase happiness Increase self-worth Offer greater resilience during stressful times Assist in healthy lifestyle choices Improve self-esteem Create healthier habits Improve immune health And even help you live...

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4 Simple Tips For Staying Calm During The Holidays

4 Simple Tips For Staying Calm During The Holidays

The holidays are a wonderful time to be with family and friends, but they can also be a time of struggle — however that tends to show up.  Oftentimes, the advice is to “brush it off” or to ignore your least favorite aunt digging into your relationship or your...

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Austedo – Treating Involuntary Muscle Movements

Austedo – Treating Involuntary Muscle Movements

Austedo works to modulate the amount of dopamine available in the brain in order to regulate the motor side effects associated with psychotropic medication use. Medically speaking, the medication is classified as a selective vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2)...

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Alternative Therapy Spotlight: Healing with Nature

Alternative Therapy Spotlight: Healing with Nature

Laura Root is a clinical social worker and therapist in the Treasure Valley at Heart and Mind Counseling. We love to highlight alternative methods of therapy. Laura talks below about how nature can help our mental and physical health. Spending time in nature helps us...

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How to Communicate With Difficult People

How to Communicate With Difficult People

As we’re in the midst of the holiday season, sometimes we’re forced to communicate with people who can be difficult to deal with. Whether it’s someone at the grocery store or a family member at a holiday celebration, learning how to communicate with difficult people...

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A Guide to Light Therapy

A Guide to Light Therapy

It’s the most wonderful time of year! It’s also the time of year where Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) can really take over people’s lives. The winter months are often darker, cold, and sometimes the sun doesn’t come out as much, which leads to people experiencing...

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How Do I Know if I’m Sad or Clinically Depressed?

How Do I Know if I’m Sad or Clinically Depressed?

I feel sad. How do I know if it’s just a passing feeling or if it’s clinical depression that requires medication? Depressive disorder, which is frequently referred to as depression, is more than just feeling sad. Depression is different from usual mood fluctuations...

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Vitamin D – Important for Your Health

Vitamin D – Important for Your Health

Vitamin D, aka “The Sunshine Vitamin”, is important in the treatment and prevention of mental health disorders. We absorb vitamin D through both sunshine and through the foods we eat. Mushrooms, salmon, cod liver, and other fortified foods like milk and cereal are...

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Lithium – The Discovery and Efficacy of This Medicine

Lithium – The Discovery and Efficacy of This Medicine

Lithium was originally discovered in 1817 in the mines of Australia and Chilli. Found in spring water, lithium has been used in the treatment of bipolar disorder and other psychiatric conditions with great effectiveness. Use of lithium to treat and prevent depression...

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Should I Stop Taking My Psychotropic Medication?

Should I Stop Taking My Psychotropic Medication?

Have you been seeking treatment for your mental health and now you’re feeling better?   Have you ever wondered if you still need treatment?  According to the National Institute of Health, 50%- 85% of patients who have depression will have a recurrent...

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Spotlight on Zyprexa for Mental and Mood Conditions

Spotlight on Zyprexa for Mental and Mood Conditions

Zyprexa, also known as Olanzapine, is a medication belonging to a classification of atypical antipsychotics. It is a newer-generation antipsychotic medication used to treat disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression augmentation, and many other...

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Getting Your Best Sleep – Thanks to Netflix’s New Series

Getting Your Best Sleep – Thanks to Netflix’s New Series

We’ve all been there - tossing and turning, flipping to the cooler side of the pillow, anything to get to sleep and stay there. You’ve tried just about everything to get to sleep and get better sleep once you’re finally asleep. Whether you’re familiar with meditation...

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Prozac – The History and Current Use of the Medication

Prozac – The History and Current Use of the Medication

Prozac Prozac (Fluoxetine), the first medication discovered in the classification of medications called Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI’s), is often a first-line treatment for many mood and psychiatric disorders. Prozac works by preventing serotonin from...

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Daily Tools to Help Treat ADHD in Kids and Adults

Daily Tools to Help Treat ADHD in Kids and Adults

Daily Tools to Help Treat ADHD in Kids and Adults Ever feel scattered and out of focus? Feel a tornado in your brain? Everyone experiences this sometimes, but the ADHD patient feels this struggle all of the time. It can feel like a constant tornado is going off in...

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