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  • Heart Health and Broken Heart Syndrome

    February is Heart Health Month – a time to recognize the vital connection between mental well-being and heart health (cardiovascular). Chronic stress, anxiety, and depression can contribute to high blood pressure, inflammation, and an increased risk of heart disease. Emotional distress can also trigger unhealthy behaviors like poor diet, lack of exercise, and substance use,…

  • ฮคฮฟ ฮฃฯ„ฮฏฮณฮผฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฮ”ฮนฮฑฯ„ฮฑฯฮฑฯ‡ฮญฯ‚ ฮ ฯฯŒฯƒฮปฮทฯˆฮทฯ‚ ฮคฯฮฟฯ†ฮฎฯ‚ย 

    ฮคฮฟ ฮฃฯ„ฮฏฮณฮผฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฮ”ฮนฮฑฯ„ฮฑฯฮฑฯ‡ฮญฯ‚ ฮ ฯฯŒฯƒฮปฮทฯˆฮทฯ‚ ฮคฯฮฟฯ†ฮฎฯ‚ย  ฮฃฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮตฯ€ฮฟฯ‡ฮฎ ฮผฮฑฯ‚ ฯƒฮฏฮณฮฟฯ…ฯฮฑ ฮท ฮญฮฝฮฝฮฟฮนฮฑ ฮ”ฮนฮฑฯ„ฮฑฯฮฑฯ‡ฮฎ ฮ ฯฯŒฯƒฮปฮทฯˆฮทฯ‚ ฮคฯฮฟฯ†ฮฎฯ‚ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯ€ฮนฮฟ ฮณฮฝฯ‰ฯƒฯ„ฮฎ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯŒฯ„ฮน ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮตฮปฮธฯŒฮฝ, ฮบฮฑฮธฯŽฯ‚ ฯ…ฯ€ฮฌฯฯ‡ฮตฮน ฮผฮตฮณฮฑฮปฯฯ„ฮตฯฮท ฯ€ฮปฮทฯฮฟฯ†ฯŒฯฮทฯƒฮท ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฯƒฯƒฯŒฯ„ฮตฯฮฑ ฮผฮญฯƒฮฑ ฯƒฮต ฯƒฯ‡ฮญฯƒฮท ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮตฮปฮธฯŒฮฝ. ฮฉฯƒฯ„ฯŒฯƒฮฟ ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฎ ฮท ฮผฮตฯ„ฮฌฮดฮฟฯƒฮท ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฯ€ฮปฮทฯฮฟฯ†ฮฟฯฮนฯŽฮฝ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ„ฮน ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฎ ฮท ฯˆฯ…ฯ‡ฮนฮบฮฎ ฮดฯ…ฯƒฮบฮฟฮปฮฏฮฑ ฯ€ฮฟฮปฮปฮญฯ‚ ฯ†ฮฟฯฮญฯ‚ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮตฮปฮปฮนฯ€ฮฎฯ‚, ฮฎ ฮบฮฑฮน…

  • Acts of Kindness for Adults and Children

    Acts of Kindness for Adults and Children In a world that often feels chaotic, acts of kindness serve as powerful reminders of the good in humanity. Whether big or small, acts of kindness create positive ripples that benefit both the giver and the receiver. Teaching children the importance of kindness helps shape them into compassionate…

  • Anti-Valentineโ€™s Day: A Psychologistโ€™s Guide to Navigating February 14th Without the Pressure

    Anti-Valentineโ€™s Day: A Psychologistโ€™s Guide to Navigating February 14th Without the Pressure Valentineโ€™s Day is everywhereโ€”stores filled with heart-shaped chocolates, social media flooded with romantic posts, and the expectation thatย everyoneย should be celebrating love. But what if you donโ€™t want to? What if the day brings feelings of loneliness, frustration, or simply indifference? For many people,…

  • Children’s Mental Health Week

    Children’s mental health week takes place from 3-9 of February. Mental Health conditions in children often are defined as changes or delays in thinking, social skills, behaviors and also having control over their emotions. All these problems cause distress in children. Also these conditions disrupt their ability to act well at home, socialize, make friends…

  • ฮ ฯฮทฮพฮฟฯฮณฮตฮฝฮฝฮฑ- ฮงฯฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯฮณฮตฮฝฮฝฮฑ

    ฮ ฯฮทฮพฮฟฯฮณฮตฮฝฮฝฮฑ- ฮงฯฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯฮณฮตฮฝฮฝฮฑ ฮคฮฟ ‘ฮ ฯฮญฯ€ฮตฮน’ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮ ฯฮฟฮตฯ„ฮฟฮนฮผฮฑฯƒฮฏฮฑฯ‚ย  ฮคฮฑ ฮงฯฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯฮณฮตฮฝฮฝฮฑ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯƒฮฑฮฝ ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฯฯŽฯ„ฮฟ ฯฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮตฮฒฮฟฯ ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ยซฯ„ฮญฮปฮตฮนฮฟ ฯ„ฯฯ€ฮฟยป, ฮบฮฌฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฟฮฝ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮพฮตฯ€ฮฎฮดฮทฯƒฮต ฮฑฯ€ ฯ„ฮฟ Instagram. ฮ•ฮฝฮธฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮนฮฑฯƒฮผฯŒฯ‚, ฯ€ฯฮฟฮตฯ„ฮฟฮนฮผฮฑฯƒฮฏฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฌฮณฯ‡ฮฟฯ‚ ฮฝฮฑ ฮดฮตฮฏฮพฮตฮนฯ‚ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ€ฮนฮฟ ฯ„ฮญฮปฮตฮนฮฑ ฮตฮบฮดฮฟฯ‡ฮฎ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮตฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฟฯ ฯƒฮฟฯ… โ€“ ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฎ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฯ…ฯ€ฮฌฯฯ‡ฮตฮน ฮผฯŒฮฝฮฟ ฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฯ†ฮฏฮปฯ„ฯฮฑ. ฮžฮตฮบฮนฮฝฮฌฯ‚ ฮผฮต ฮผฮตฮณฮฌฮปฮตฯ‚ ฯ€ฯฮฟฯƒฮดฮฟฮบฮฏฮตฯ‚, ฮพฮฟฮดฮตฯฮตฮนฯ‚ ฯŽฯฮตฯ‚ ฮผฯ€ฯฮฟฯƒฯ„ฮฌ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฮบฮฑฮธฯฮญฯ†ฯ„ฮท ฯ€ฯฮฟฯƒฯ€ฮฑฮธฯŽฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ‚ ฮฝฮฑ ฮบฮฌฮฝฮตฮนฯ‚…

  • X-MAS

    ฮ— ฯ€ฮตฯฮฏฮฟฮดฮฟฯ‚ ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฮณฮนฮฟฯฯ„ฯŽฮฝ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮฎฮธฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮผฮนฮฑ ฯ€ฮตฯฮฏฮฟฮดฮฟฯ‚ ฯ‡ฮฑฯฮฌฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฯ†ฮญฯฮฝฮตฮน ฮผฮฑฮถฮฏ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮญฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮตฮฏฮณฮผฮฑ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮดฯŒฯƒฮตฯ‰ฮฝ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฮดฮนฮฌฯ†ฮฟฯฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฟฮปฮนฯ„ฮนฯƒฮผฮฟฯฯ‚ย  ฮฑฮปฮปฮฌ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮบฮฑฮน ฮณฮตฮฝฮตฮญฯ‚.ย  ฮšฮฌฯ€ฮฟฮนฮตฯ‚ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮญฯ‚ ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮดฯŒฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮฎฮธฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮท ฯƒฯ…ฮณฮบฮญฮฝฯ„ฯฯ‰ฯƒฮท ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮฟฮนฮบฮฟฮณฮญฮฝฮตฮนฮฑฯ‚ ฮผฮตฯ„ฮฑฮพฯ ฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮญฮฝฮฑ ฮณฮนฮฟฯฯ„ฮนฮฝฯŒ ฮณฮตฯฮผฮฑ ฮฎ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮดฮนฮฑฮบฯŒฯƒฮผฮทฯƒฮท ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฯƒฯ€ฮนฯ„ฮนฮฟฯ ฯ€ฯ‡: ฮฟ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟฮปฮนฯƒฮผฯŒฯ‚ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฯ‡ฯฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฮณฮตฮฝฮฝฮนฮฌฯ„ฮนฮบฮฟฯ… ฮดฮญฮฝฯ„ฯฮฟฯ…, ฮท ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฯƒฮบฮตฯ…ฮฎ ฮดฮนฮฑฯ†ฯŒฯฯ‰ฮฝ…

  • Finding Joy Beyond Food: Managing Emotional Eating This Holiday Season

    Finding Joy Beyond Food: Managing Emotional Eating This Holiday Season The holiday season often brings an abundance of delicious meals and treats, but it also stirs a mix of emotionsโ€”joy, stress, nostalgia, or even loneliness. For emotional eaters, these feelings can lead to an over-reliance on food for comfort or distraction. The key to managing…

  • Why Do Some People Hate Christmas?

    Why Do Some People Hate Christmas? โ€œChristmaszilla! Grinch! Humbug!โ€ Only few of the graphic names to express how some of us seem to resonate with the notorious Christmas hater Ebenezer Scrooge, around this time of year. Why so many people still find Christmas a season to be dreaded rather than to be embraced and celebrated?…

  • ฮ“ฮนฮฑฯ„ฮฏ ฮšฮฌฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฟฮน ฮ†ฮฝฮธฯฯ‰ฯ€ฮฟฮน ฮœฮนฯƒฮฟฯฮฝ ฯ„ฮฑ ฮงฯฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯฮณฮตฮฝฮฝฮฑ;

    ฮ“ฮนฮฑฯ„ฮฏ ฮšฮฌฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฟฮน ฮ†ฮฝฮธฯฯ‰ฯ€ฮฟฮน ฮœฮนฯƒฮฟฯฮฝ ฯ„ฮฑ ฮงฯฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯฮณฮตฮฝฮฝฮฑ; ยซฮงฯฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฮณฮตฮฝฮฝฯŒฯƒฮฑฯ…ฯฮฟฮน! ฮ“ฮบฯฮนฮฝฯ„ฯ‚! ฮ“ฯฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮฟฯฮถฮทฮดฮตฯ‚!ยป ฮœฮตฯฮนฮบฮญฯ‚ ฮผฯŒฮฝฮฟ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฮตฮบฯ†ฯฮฌฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฮดฮฏฮดฮฟฯ…ฮผฮต ฯƒฮต ฯŒฯƒฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฮตฮผฮฌฯ‚ ฮผฮฟฮนฮฌฮถฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฮฝฮฑ ฯ„ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฏฮถฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฑฮน ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฮฒฯŒฮทฯ„ฮฟ ฮตฯ‡ฮธฯฯŒ ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฮงฯฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฮณฮญฮฝฮฝฯ‰ฮฝ, ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฮ•ฮผฯ€ฮตฮฝฮฏฮถฮตฯ ฮฃฮบฯฮฟฯ…ฯ„ฮถ, ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฎ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮตฯ€ฮฟฯ‡ฮฎ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฯ‡ฯฯŒฮฝฮฟฯ…. ฮ“ฮนฮฑฯ„ฮฏ ฯ„ฯŒฯƒฮฟฮน ฯ€ฮฟฮปฮปฮฟฮฏ ฮฌฮฝฮธฯฯ‰ฯ€ฮฟฮน ฮตฮพฮฑฮบฮฟฮปฮฟฯ…ฮธฮฟฯฮฝ ฮฝฮฑ ฮฒฮปฮญฯ€ฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฯ„ฮฑ ฮงฯฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯฮณฮตฮฝฮฝฮฑ ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮฑฮฝฮฑฮณฮบฮฑฮฏฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮบฯŒ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮธฮฑ ฯ…ฯ€ฮฟฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯฮฝ ฮผฮต ฮดฯ…ฯƒฯ†ฮฟฯฮฏฮฑ ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮฏ…

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