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The Psychology of Self Harm

Most people do whatever they can to avoid injury and pain. This makes it difficulty to understand the psychology behind...

Endorphins and the Secret of Runner’s High

Sedentary people often have a hard time understanding how intense physical activity can make them feel good. They see...

How Long Before Zoloft Kicks In?

As with many antidepressants, a few weeks of regular use will be required before an individual begins to experience the...

How a 5-Minute Meditation Can Change Your Life

The disease that takes over the lives of drug addicts and alcoholics can make them cynical and unreceptive to new...

Martial Arts and Mastering Recovery

Addiction recovery counselors almost universally recommend that recovering addicts and alcoholics adopt a physical...

10 Tips for Beating Addiction

Whether you have committed to beating drug addiction or alcoholism, or if you are only toying with the idea, chances...

Welcome to Emotional Sobriety

Genuine recovery from alcoholism or drug addiction involves more than just not using alcohol and drugs. It requires an...

Science Confirms that Laughter is Good For You

Professional comedians have long relied on the release that accompanies laughter when they set up tension in a joke,...

Exercise and Depression

Marathon runners and other distance athletes are familiar with the concept of a “runner’s high”. Yoga practitioners...

Healing a Broken Heart

Broken hearts are not just the province of poets and love-sick teenagers. Modern psychotherapy has recognized the...

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