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  • How to Express Your Feelings: 5 Emotions You Might Experience

    Here’s the lowdown on emotions.

  • Comfort in Chaos: How We Learned to Survive and Thrive During a…

    Celebrating a year of remarkable resilience.

  • 8 Mental Health Coping Mechanisms for When Crises Rear Their Ugly…

    You're not broken — but you can help yourself feel better.

  • Emotional Body Chart: How It Might Help You Understand Feelings

    And expert tips on why you shouldn't ignore them.

Depression

  • Understanding the Stages of Depression: Tips for Coping

    It's like a rollercoaster, but at least we're sitting next to you.

  • Depression Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All

    Treating depression depends on the type. We’ve got you!

  • Can Depression Kill You? Understanding Risks and Management

    Let's debunk the idea that depression is only overwhelming sadness.

  • Pornography and Depression: Permanent Bedfellows or Just a Fling?

    Can sexy vids give you depression? And vice versa?

  • How to Deal with Someone with Depression: Helpful Tips

    🎼 When the road lies... rough ahead... 🎤

  • I’m Too Depressed to Get Out of Bed — What Should I Do?

    Doable advice for getting through tough mornings.

  • Smiling Through the Sadness? You Can Still Have Depression

    You don't have to put on a happy face.

  • Feeling Blue About Parenthood? How to Spot Postpartum Depression

    Having a baby can be hard on your mind too.

COVID and mental health

  • Hunkering Down and Already Feeling Alone? 6 Tips to Protect Your Mental Health

    You've food-prepped, now brain-prep.

  • What the Pandemic Has Taught Me About Starting Over

    Starting over, forced or voluntary, is a beautiful thing.

  • 11 Ways to Find Calm During a Coronavirus Anxiety Spiral

    Panicking is normal. But it doesn't have to control you.

  • Isolation Got You Depressed? 13 Ways to Stay Connected

    This pandemic has a lot of us in a “cabin fever” situation.

  • Working from Home Got You Feeling Depressed? Here’s How to Bounce Back

    How to deal when depression pays you a visit.

Anxiety

  • Just the Facts: Anxiety

    30 facts about anxiety to unwind the tension

  • Physical Symptoms of Anxiety: What to Expect and How to Cope

    Plus, how to feel better — stat!

  • Does Anxiety Cause Weight Loss? How It Might Affect Your Body

    And how to work around it.

  • How to Overcome Work Anxiety When You're Stressed AF

    Remember: your feelings are not you.

  • How Exercise Might Have Cured My Anxiety: 5 Workouts to Try

    Ready, set, de-stress.

  • Why You Feel Anxious Before Your Period

    And how to rein it in.

  • Shake It Off — and Other Quick Physical Ways to Squash Anxiety

    If breathing doesn't work for you, these tricks might.

  • This 8-Step Routine Will Help Whack Those Anxiety Moles

    You can’t predict the wild cards anxiety plays but you can work with them.

  • Top 14 Yoga Poses for Anxiety Relief and Stress Reduction

    Relax, flow, and let go.

  • Killer Anxiety? No, Really... Can It Kill You?

    Good news: Anxiety or a panic attack can’t kill you.

Bipolar disorder

  • What Is Bipolar Disorder? Exploring the Peaks and Valleys

    Life has its ups and downs — but not like this.

  • What’s the Difference Between Bipolar I and II? We’ve Got You!

    Hint: It's so much more than just having diva-like shifts in mood.

  • Can Marijuana Treat Bipolar Disorder? Here’s What We Know

    Here's what the latest research says.

  • Understanding Bipolar Disorder Symptoms in Females: What to Watch For

    What a girl wants, what a girl needs... isn’t bipolar disorder.

Grief

  • The 5 Stages of Grief: Processing Loss Doesn't Happen Overnight

    It isn't about moving on, it's about adjusting to your new reality.

  • These Myths About Grief Could Be Interrupting Your Healing Process

    These truths give us a lot of hope about the future.

  • What to Do When You’re Horny: 5 Tips for Post-Breakup Libido

    Completely normal. Unfortunately also confusing.

  • LP-DEPRECATED Why It’s Normal to Feel Anxiety After a Sudden Loss

    There's no right or wrong way to grieve a loss like this.

  • LP-DEPRECATED 3 Ways to Get Through the Holidays When You've Lost Someone Who Meant the World to You

    Most of the people in your life want to help, but don't know exactly what you need.

Stress

  • 27 Stress Relief Activities You Might Try for Instant Calm

    Inhale, exhale.

  • 10 Ways to Make Financial Stress... Well, Less Stressful

    Pandemic throwing off your spreadsheet?

  • LP-DEPRECATED What to Do When Your Job Is Seriously Stressing You Out

    Easy ways to find peace while you persevere.

  • LP-DEPRECATED 10 Unexpected Stressors That Are Wrecking Your Health

    Learn how to cope with these sneaky things so they don’t bring you (or your body) down.

  • Sometimes Stress Can Actually Be... Good?

    You stress or eustress? Let's figure this out.

  • 10 Signs Stress Might Be Making You Sick

    Plus, how to feel better ASAP.

  • The Best Foods for Stress to Keep You Chill (and Full)

    Very. Stressed. And sort of hungry?

  • Therapy for Stress? Give It a Louder-Than-Life Yes

    Therapy can kick stress's butt.

  • How to Get Rid of Stress Acne: Tips That Might Help You

    Including green tea ice cubes!

  • Stress Induced Migraines: Causes, Symptoms, and Management Tips

    Because migraines *needed* to get more stressful, right?

  • LP-DEPRECATED Can We Become Addicted To Stress?

    April is National Stress Awareness month. Stress may just be an inevitable part of getting out of bed every morning. In small amounts, the stuff helps us stay productive and focused. Too much makes us sick. But can we be addicted to it?

Mindfulness and self care

  • 7 Fantastically Underrated Feelings and Where to Find Them

    And they are 100% free! Can you believe?

  • How a Mood Journal Might Transform Your Emotional Well-being

    After 6 months of tracking my moods, I feel more in control than ever.

  • Practicing Mindfulness When You Really Don’t Want To

    Mindfulness? Easy. Just follow my lead.

  • Sit Happens: Mindfulness Exercises to Help You Be Your Best Self

    It’s not just meditation.

  • Bullet Journaling — aka How to Get Your Life Together

    Where productivity meets mindfulness.

  • Battle of the Mind Apps: Headspace vs. Calm

    Get in the right headspace to keep calm and read on to learn which app's right for you.

  • Mind Over Munchies: Mindful Eating 101

    Slow and steady wins the recipe.

  • LP-DEPRECATED Meditation May Make Your Anxiety Worse—Here’s Why

    The idea that meditation can be consumed for your health like a bowl of steamed kale isn't just objectionable, it's damaging.

  • How Yoga and Meditation Might Ease Stress and Boost Mindfulness

    🎵 We go together like... 🎵

  • Meditation for ADHD: How to Center Your Focus When Focusing Is Super Frickin’ Tough

    Find peace from your distractions and symptoms.

  • Winter Well-Being: 13 Books, Journals, and Decks to Bring Joy

    Here’s to feeling good.

  • What Is Grounding Yourself? Discover Its Potential Health Benefits

    Put on your flower crown, this is about to get “woo woo.”

BIPOC Anxiety

  • How to Find a Therapist Who Is Truly Anti-Racist

    Find a guide who understands your struggle.

  • Anger Around Racial Injustice Can Be Confusing — Here’s How to Unpack It

    Let’s learn how to handle anger as a man.

  • How “Black Girls Don’t Do That” Prevented Me from Healing

    It's hard to trust a therapist your family laughs at.

  • How to Reject Allyship Fatigue and Keep Doing the Work of Anti-Racism

    It’s only been 2 weeks. Let’s not give up.

  • It’s OK to Pause: 27 Resources to Support Black Mental Health

    Your mental health can't wait.

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