by Elizabeth Brokamp | Apr 18, 2020 | Depression Treatment, Health
Did you know that taking a probiotic (sometimes called a psychobiotic) to improve your gut health can lessen anxiety and depression? We’re used to thinking of the mind as the ultimate source of emotional health but it turns out that our bodies are more complex...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Apr 15, 2020 | CBT, Health
A weighted blanket can relieve anxiety and help you sleep. When I passed by a display of weighted blankets on sale in CVS back in January, I assumed they were part of a fad that was on its way out. Then the pandemic hit, leaving us more in need of self-soothing,...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Mar 23, 2020 | Anxiety Treatment, Blog, Health
When stress is high, it can impact sleep in a big way. Since Coronavirus entered the national consciousness, many of us have experienced elevated levels of stress and anxiety. Worries about jobs, the education of our kids, the health and protection of loved ones, and...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | May 31, 2015 | CBT, Health
Insomnia is no joke. Getting enough sleep helps keeps you healthy and happy. Did you know that an estimated 10% of adults in America suffer from chronic insomnia, with 30 – 35% of us experiencing brief symptoms of it? That’s an incredibly high...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Mar 1, 2015 | Counseling, Health
Are you 40+ and feeling like you haven’t quite achieved everything you wanted to by now? Feel like you missed out on opportunities that will never come again? Sure that you’re the only one of your contemporaries who feels this way? (Cheery, I...
