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How Your Media, Water, and Food Intake Impacts Your Mental Health
Our mental and emotional health is deeply influenced by the things we put into our bodies and minds. Just like how a healthy diet can fuel your body, what you feed your brain can have a powerful impact on how you feel.
How to Identify Trauma: The Mind-Body Gap
Have you ever felt like there's a disconnect between what you logically know is true and what your body believes? This is a common experience for trauma survivors. Trauma is as diverse as the people who experience it, making a common definition difficult, but when there's an inconsistency between what you logically know is true and the signals your body is sending, that's a clue you've got trauma.
Sometimes Self-Care is About Doing Less
Sometimes the best way to support our mental and emotional health is by allowing ourselves to drop the ball on things that aren’t urgent. Here are some ways to simplify your life by doing less, and how this approach can be a vital part of holistic self-care.
Los Angeles' Secret Escapes: 6 Peaceful Spots to Unwind
Finding moments of calm and tranquility in the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles can be challenging. Practicing mindfulness can be an invaluable tool. It can help you navigate through life's stressors and improve their mental well-being. Best of all, it's free! Here are five place across Los Angeles where you can embrace mindfulness.
Mindful Escapes in Santa Cruz: A Practical Guide to Finding Calm
Santa Cruz offers a variety of serene locations perfect for practicing mindfulness. This guide highlights six peaceful spots where you can unwind and reconnect with yourself, presented in a straightforward and informative manner.
Five Spots to Practice Mindfulness in San Francisco
Finding moments of peace and calm in San Francisco can be challenging. Practicing mindfulness can help you feel more centered and content. Here are five tranquil locations in San Francisco where you can practice mindfulness.
Guided Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Stress, Anxiety, and Sleep
Join Laurel Roberts-Meese, LMFT in this free guided 7-minute Progressive Muscle Relaxation meditation to reduce stress, anxiety, and sleep better tonight.
5 Best Places to Practice Mindfulness in Los Angeles
Finding moments of calm and tranquility in the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles can be challenging. Practicing mindfulness can be an invaluable tool. It can help you navigate through life's stressors and improve their mental well-being. Best of all, it's free! Here are five place across Los Angeles where you can embrace mindfulness.
Mindfulness For Beginners | Advice From A Therapist
Get started using Mindfulness - audio tips from Laurel Therapy Collective. “Mindfulness is great because you can do it absolutely anywhere.”
On-The-Go Mindfulness Exercise for Busy Stressed People
Therapy mindfulness exercise for stressed and busy people.
How To Make Lasting Changes To Improve Your Mental Health
Four simple things you can do to make lasting healthy changes to your sleep, exercise, nutrition, and mindfulness habits.
Therapist Advice: What To Do When You're Freaking Out
Usually, we’re freaked out about something that’s not actually happening in that moment. Here's an exercise to help you get grounded in the moment.
11 Things You Can Do Right Now to Lower Your Anxiety
Advice from feminist therapist Laurel Roberts-Meese on things you can do right now to lower your anxiety level - whether you’re at a 3 or a 10 - begin by breathing.
Therapists Discuss: Healthy Coping During COVID
Laurel Roberts-Meese conducts a video interview of SF Therapist Caleb Birkhoff on the topic of healthy coping mechanisms during the pandemic in California.
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