Category: Managing Depression
How to control depression and stop letting depression control you
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The Link Between Alcohol and Depression
Does Depression Lead to Alcohol Use – Or is it the Other Way Around? In a normal state, when we feel generally calm, the level of dopamine in our bodies is considered at baseline. When we experience pleasure, our dopamine spikes above baseline, and when we experience pain, it dips below baseline. Our body (and… Read more
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Emotional Triggers Worksheet
A Practical Tool for Processing Emotions If possible, write out your answers, it’s proven to be more effective in processing than mental practice alone. First: Separate yourself. Breathe deeply and slowly 5-10x. Feel the emotion. Then: Say to yourself, “It’s okay to feel this.” “It’s an experience that will pass.” Questions for discovery: I feel… Read more
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8 Beliefs That Will Keep You Stuck
… and What to do About It! Beliefs drive behavior. If you want to change what you do, you have to change what you believe! Do any of these sound familiar to you? Belief # 1 I assume I will grow. On the first day of school, the children brought gifts for their teacher.The supermarket… Read more
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Increase Serotonin Naturally
and Feelings of Wellbeing 6 Ways to increase serotonin naturally: 1. FOOD But it’s not as simple as eating tryptophan-rich foods, thanks to something called the blood-brain barrier. This is a protective sheath around your brain that controls what goes in and out of your brain. But there may be a way to bypass the… Read more
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Find Your Core Values
Core Values “When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.” ~ Roy E. Disney Our personal core values are the guiding principles that shape our actions, decisions, and behavior throughout life. Identifying and understanding our authentic core values can help us live more intentional and fulfilling lives. Once we have a clear… Read more
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Discover False Beliefs
Find the Beliefs that Drive Your Behavior “The best way to solve a problem is to identify the core belief that causes the problem; then mock that belief until the people who hold it insist that you heard them wrong.” ~ Scott Adams What are core beliefs? How do we discover them? And can we… Read more
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3 Simple Steps to be Happier
Be Happy! Are you the “glass half empty” person in the room? Yeah, I was too. Then I did something that transformed my life. I changed my psychology! The surprising thing was how simple it was. Here’s how. I became intentional about changing a few small things that returned huge results. I started with three… Read more
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10 Reasons to Journal
There are Science-Based Benefits T Reasons to Write To be effective, writing must include searching for understanding/solutions. Read more
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Does God Want Me to Love Myself?
Self-Love, or Self-Absorbtion Are we supposed to love ourselves according to God? There is a difference between loving myself and self-absorption. The self-absorbed person is fixated on her own feelings, thoughts, body, and life without much thought of others except what they think of her. This results in a life of selfishness and lack of… Read more