In 1998, Judy Singer, an Australian sociologist, coined the term “neurodiversity” 1. This was an inclusive word, meant to recognize that every single brain is different and develops uniquely from each other. In fact, you can think of a brain the same way we think of snowflakes or fingerprints.…
Most of us experience overthinking: that vicious, broken record of negative thoughts regarding a spectrum of topics, ranging from your personal health and career to your family, relationships, social image and much more. Many of us wish for a button to simply turn it all off so we can get enough sleep during the night or focus on a task at hand.…
Have you ever suffered from a lingering migraine? Did you wonder what it was and why it was happening? Look no further! This article covers the basics of a migraine attack — Starting from the slight headache you feel to the postdrome migraine after the attack.…
Everyone, at some point in their lives, experiences negative emotions. Some tend to bury them deep within, and hope that they will pass. This is simply a temporary solution, if that. The best way to deal with emotions, is to express them.…
Why use a daily routine app? Having a routine can help with productivity, organization, and task management. Daily routines have always helped better manage stress levels, anxiety, and mental health. Which is why now more than ever, during a global pandemic, it’s important to maintain a healthy daily routine. …
Let’s be blunt here, pain sucks, either chronic or acute. It can be physically and emotionally difficult to do everyday activities. People will experience several challenges and feel it is not worth living anymore. If we all lived pain-free and disease-free we could probably live up to the age 90.…
At the end of every year, we start to think about goals or resolutions for the next year. One popular resolution nowadays is self care. Self care is an all-encompassing term that includes physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social aspects of one’s life.…
Reflective thinking is the process of examining and reviewing events and actions. Much like reflective thinking, introspection has a lot to do with analyzing your reactions and assessing the reasoning behind these thoughts and actions. When commuting home, or before going to sleep, you might find yourself replaying the events of the day.…
It takes a tremendous amount of work each and every day to set and achieve our health goals. When setting goals for our health, it is important that we are first honest with ourselves with regards to our strengths, weaknesses and preferences.…
There comes a point in our lives where we hope to change a particular pattern or behaviour about ourselves so that we become more productive, successful, or healthy. We can do this by recognizing our current behaviors or habits that are less ideal, by replacing them with ones that are better suited to our overall health.…
