Anxiety
Meet Your Second Brain: The Gut
How what's going on in your gut could be affecting your brain.
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Depression
Explore mindfulness techniques to combat depression. Find expert advice, personal stories, and practical exercises to foster mental health and emotional balance.
Anxiety
MBCT for Depression Anywhere, Anytime: An Interview with Zindel Segal, PhD
Elisha Goldstein speaks with Zindel Segal about an online program called Mindful Noggin that can bring MBCT to you on the go.
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Anxiety
Three Simple Practices That Can Help Boost Happiness at Work
These brief practices can help you bring some well-being into your work day.
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Anxiety
Six Ways to Take Back the Day
Gratitude—and mindfulness—is a very direct antidote to grumpiness. Try one of these practices right now.
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Anxiety
Uncovering Happiness
Bouts of depression range from the mild and infrequent to the severe and chronic. For serious depression, you should seek qualified help. But for any level of depression, it helps to know that underlying the darkness is happiness—and our brain is equipped with the means to uncover it.
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Anxiety
Compassion: Brain Food for Happiness
Our brain is equipped to uncover happiness, says Elisha Goldstein. One way we can do that is to tap into a deeper source of meaning and purpose: connection with others.
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Anxiety
4 Simple Questions to Uncovering Happiness
Elisha Goldstein offers a short practice for building positive thoughts and dealing with negative ones.
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Anxiety
The Power of a Simple Hug as a Natural Antidepressant
Can a hug have antidepressant properties? Science shows there is biological power in the simple act of a hug, from melting away the stress from a day to repairing emotional wounds.
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Anxiety
Depression “Tweaks” Disappointment Circuit in Brain
"People with depression process information more negatively than healthy people." Scientific American reports on new research exploring the brain circuitry underlying this imbalance.
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Anxiety
Why We’re Not Wired to Pay Attention to the Good Things in Life
We're wired to pay attention to what's negative—great for survival, not so great for everyday life. Elisha Goldstein explores how mindfulness undercuts our negativity bias.
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