If you want to win the war on stress, it is important to understand the role of cortisol and how it can be your friend or foe. If balanced, ... Read More
Anxiety
Discrimination: Coping With The Overlooked Stress It Causes
Given many African Americans are reluctant to seek mental health treatment, it is important to recognize the factors that ... Read More
4 Expert-Proven Strategies To Overcome Emotional Overeating
It’s so easy to run to the refrigerator to grab that one delicious snack that makes you forget all of your cares. Who wouldn’t want a warm ... Read More
My Story: How I Coped With Dialysis & Depression
Angela L. Davis is the founder of For Kidney’s Sake, a nonprofit based in Queens, New York, that helps dialysis patients overcome isolation ... Read More
When Unemployment Stresses You All The Way Out
Dealing with unemployment is like dealing with the loss of a loved one for some people. And similar to grief, it's hard to remain hopeful ... Read More
9 Habits That Hurt Your Immune System
The most surprisingly basic and everyday habits can influence how well your body fends off colds, flu and other infections, from not getting ... Read More
Meditation To Cope With Low Back Pain
The last thing you want to tell someone suffering from low back pain is that the pain is all in their head. But, according to new research ... Read More
PCOS & Social Anxiety: How To Rock Confidence & Drop The Worry
For many women with PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome), anxiety can feel like a lingering confirmation that everything isn’t okay. My anxiety ... Read More
Stress Caused By Daily Discrimination Linked To Health Problems
Nearly seven in 10 Americans experience some form of discrimination, and that discrimination can contribute to higher stress ... Read More
#BlackGirlHealing: “By Varying Lengths Of Thread I Continued To Hang On”
Growing up, I saw the image of women being not only backbones, but essentially feeling an obligation to be the proverbial martyr ... Read More
#BlackGirlHealing: “The Very Thing I Wanted To Get Rid Of Became My Buffer From The World”
“It isn’t a matter of ‘if’ you will get diabetes, but ‘when’ you will develop it.” That statement made me so angry, how dare that doctor, ... Read More
#BlackGirlHealing: “I Have Been Afraid That Stress Will Kill Me”
When I was 35 years old, my father dropped dead of a massive coronary in his kitchen. At 39 years old, my doctor looked at me over the rim ... Read More