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Forget To Check Your Phone

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Don’t Be Ashamed

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Do What You Have To Do

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A Kindness Practice for Families

Empathy is declining in our children. Recently, researchers surveyed 10,000 middle- and high-school students—eighty per cent reported personal achievement was more important to them than caring for other people. It’s neurologically impossible to be both stressed out, and really loving and kind at the same time. What’s at the heart of this crisis in compassion? Too...

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Psychologists Debunk 25 Mental-Health Myths

Business Insider asked three clinical psychologists to debunk TK of the most common myths about mental health and therapy.  They explain that schizophrenia is not having multiple personalities, but experiencing a break with reality, and that obsessive-compulsive disorder is not just about being neat.  They also talk about therapy, explaining that it’s not like having a...

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Artificial Intelligence Could Help Solve America’s Impending Mental Health Crisis

  Five years from now, the U.S.’ already overburdened mental health system may be short as many as 15,600 psychiatrists as the growth in demand for their services outpaces supply, according to a 2017 report from the National Council for Behavioral Health. But some proponents say that, by then, an unlikely tool—artificial intelligence—may be ready...

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Yes, It’s O.K. to Be Sad During the Holidays

Translation: Yes, the holidays can be basically one giant Instagram filter. If you can’t get out of a dreaded social event, Dr. Orloff suggests keeping your appearance short. Before the gathering, identify your emotional triggers along with the people who tend to drain your energy. This can give you a better sense of direction once...

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Cannabis Addiction Is Real. Here Is One Mother’s Story

As a teenager she had problems with drugs, but she never thought that 20 years later she’d be fighting a battle against cannabis addiction. “I was not your typical, what somebody would think of as a drug user,” she said. “I was still able to function, and kind of fool people maybe.”  CBC has agreed...

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Marijuana Addiction Has Risen In Places Where It’s Legal

  A new study finds that rates of marijuana use and addiction have gone up in states that have recently legalized the drug. The problem was most severe for those over age of 26, with cases of addiction rising by a third. The findings complicate the debate around legalization. In a complicating bit of news...

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Abundance All The Time

Welcome to the season of excess! This may be the one time of year that we see all that is available to us; the abundance of food, drink, cheer, decorations … it’s all there for us to celebrate! Season of Excess Is Over Stimulation Of All The Senses “Look at all the pretty lights!” emits...

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