7 Foods That Will Help You Feel More Calm, Less Stressed

If you’re dealing with stress or anxiety, sometimes it seems like nothing can take the edge off, and sometimes it’s easy to comfort yourself with food. When you’re reaching for chips or ice cream as an outlet for your tense feelings, try this trick: eating foods that can actually help de-stress your brain. There are…

Try This Anxiety-Reducing Workout to Feel Better (and Stronger!)

So many of us deal with anxiety, and we’re always looking for healthy ways to release the tension, stress, and inexplicable, unnamed feelings that come along with it. One of our favorite ways of self-healing is through exercise (because, of course). It’s scientifically proven that exercise helps your mental health, so why not relieve all…

21 Tweets That Show Pokémon Go's Impact on Stress, Depression, and Anxiety

We know that Pokémon Go is helping people get active and crush their Fitbit step goals, but we discovered that it’s also helping combat depression and anxiety, while improving overall mental health (from personal experience, it was a major stress reliever after work yesterday). Related Stories: Pokémon Go Is Helping People Deal With Social Anxiety…

These Super Herbs Fight Stress, Give You Energy, and Promote Weight Loss

Those of you who are immersed in the health world may already be familiar with the term “adaptogen,” but for those of you who may have been caught off guard (for example, me, at a vegan restaurant, reading a tea menu and saying “Wait, what is adaptogen flavor?”) – let’s chat about this up-and-coming naturopathic…

Rethink Stress Eating: Healthy Foods to Calm You Down

If you’re dealing with stress or anxiety, sometimes it seems like nothing can take the edge off, and sometimes it’s easy to comfort yourself with food. When you’re reaching for chips or ice cream as an outlet for your tense feelings, try this trick: eating foods that can actually help de-stress your brain. There are…

Doctors Confirm, Caffeine Worsens Anxiety – Here's What Helps

Anxious? Drink coffee? The doctors have spoken – it may be time to ditch the coffee habit. We interviewed a range of specialists, from psychotherapists to cardiologists, and the results were clear as ever: caffeine can be a major factor when it comes to stress. “Caffeine overload mimics anxiety. If you’re anxious, it will worsen…