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Five Ways In Which Your Skin Affects Your Mind

Psychodermatology

Five Ways In Which Your Skin Affects Your Mind

Psychodermatology is as much about what your skin means to your mind, as it is about your mind impacting your skin. Here are five facets of the lesser known half of Psychodermatology : How your skin affects your mind Better barrier - Less Inflammation

Move Your Body To Move Your Mind

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Move Your Body To Move Your Mind

Moving Your Body Triggers Changes In Your Nervous System Changes your emotions, thoughts and mood.

Three Easy, Embodied Ways to Contain Difficult Emotions

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Three Easy, Embodied Ways to Contain Difficult Emotions

Feelings can overwhelm. They can be draining. And sometimes, downright scary! Next time, don’t drown in difficult emotions. Experiment with one of these instead: Experience The Emotion In Your Body And Mind Explore the emotion through your bodily sensations. How do you feel it in your body? Where is

How we perceive and experience our inner and outer worlds; is both Top Down and Bottom Up.

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The Bottom-Up Brain Changes The Game of Mental Health

How we perceive and experience our inner and outer worlds; is both Top Down and Bottom Up. Your mind changes your body and vice-versa.

‘Don’t scratch that Itch’

Psychodermatology

‘Don’t scratch that Itch’

I used to tell this to my patients, friends, family, anyone I could get my hands on. I’d keep drilling it in. Repeating with the conviction that I truly felt. That is until my gentle, soft spoken husband snapped one day and said “An itch just has to be

A Treasure trove of Touch

A Treasure trove of Touch

The good : Tactile stimulation can improve cognitive function, circulation, immunity and boost our mood. The bad: Touch can keep disturbing us in the background, even when we’re unaware of it.