Summertime Blues
Ellen Forney Ellen Forney

Summertime Blues

It’s not just vampires that get out of sorts during the bright hot months. Seasonal affective disorder: not just for winter anymore! Summer SAD is a THING!

 

Personally, I’ve always trended up in winter and down in summer. If you or your loved one gets cranky and moody when everyone else is out in that effing sun - or if you’re not SAD exactly, but need some serious shade away from the BBQs - here are some tips for you.

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On the Habit Trail
Ellen Forney Ellen Forney

On the Habit Trail

What habit have you tried to make stick, but dropped and left behind like a Clif bar in a mud puddle? Read more books? Go to the gym? Keep a frickin’ gratitude journal already??

Knowing how to take your resolution all the way to routine is one of your most important mental health tools. If you repeat a behavior enough, it’ll actually create new connections in your brain that make it easier and easier. And then that habit will be yours!

Make a sticky habit – here’s how!

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The News Blues
Ellen Forney Ellen Forney

The News Blues

If staying on top of the news makes you feel like like a panicky rat compulsively pressing a lever for sticky-sweet garbage, you are certainly not alone. The most common advice is to take breaks. Wise! But if we want to know what’s going on in the world, we take a break from… what? What to do?

Here are some strategies for staying in the loop, gathered from some truly inspirational research and conversations!

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Utility Sync!
Ellen Forney Ellen Forney

Utility Sync!

Daylight saving has been saved! Sense of time, totally lost. Here's how to get your bearings again!

Our body’s daily routines, or circadian rhythms, get out of whack when the lengths of the days and nights change. Sleep gets turned upside down, but circadian rhythms aren’t just about sleep!

Happens every year – so what’s going on, and what do we do?

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