Category: Life & Living

“Everything in life is temporary. So if things are going good, enjoy it because it won’t last forever. And if things are going bad, don’t worry. It can’t last forever either. - The Minds Journal If there’s one thing we can depend on in life, it’s the unexpected struggles and circumstances which have a way of sneaking up on us when we least expect it. Your day-to-day existence certainly ebbs and flows, but ultimately it’s filled with normalcy and routines that provide you with comfort. But then…WHAM! That normalcy is imploded. We’ll spend some time speculating that there may have been changes we could have made in order to prevent such struggles and circumstances from appearing in the first place.  But I’ve come to believe over the course of my…

Lately, I've been determined to limit my daily news intake to maintain some level of sanity while witnessing what often feels like a bad reality show playing out in our governmental institutions. So many of today's political leaders are an embarrassment to our country and themselves – diminishing the credibility and respectability of our nation across the global arena. While I'm not a certified mental health care provider, one doesn't need such a certification to diagnose these politicians as suffering from narcissistic personality disorder. Let me first say that I'm neither a Republican nor a Democrat. In truth, I cast my vote based not only on proposed policies and philosophies but more on the integrity and morality of a politician. Today, more than at any other time in our nation's…

Green therapy is the name of a new therapeutic practice in which one's experiences in nature aid in strengthening and rejuvenating one's mental well-being. Some believe that green therapy is total nonsense and could never provide one's mind-body connection – the link between a person's mental well-being and how those emotions influence our overall health – with any concrete benefits. But others would disagree. While I completely understand being skeptical of green therapy as another self-help fad, I turn to science to argue for its potential benefits and necessity in our lives. According to PsychologyToday.com, our autonomic nervous system – the network of nerves controlling our unconscious processes, such as breathing and heart rate – is comprised of two parts, the sympathetic and the parasympathetic. Sound confusing? Let me clarify. The sympathetic…