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We've been told for decades a straight-up lie: depression is caused by a "chemical imbalance" in the brain—a low level of serotonin....

Based on Michael Alexiuk’s Power Therapy In the last post, I said it like it is: If you want strong mental health, stop coping. Start...

(Based on Michael Alexiuk’s Book - Power Therapy) I discovered this book almost 30 years ago and it completely changed my life. It also...

Does mental health medication work? For most people, the answer is NO! Certainly not in the way we have been told they do. Let’s get one...

We all have a "shadow"—the desires, feelings, and memories we'd rather cram in a back closet than admit to ourselves. First described by...

The vagus nerve is the body’s long, wandering superhighway from the brainstem to the gut. When it’s firing well (“high vagal tone”), your...

Anxiety is something most of us feel at some point in our lives. It’s that racing heart before a big meeting, the tight chest when...

Depression Isn’t Just in Your Head — It’s in Your Life: What Johann Hari Gets Right We’re often told that depression is a chemical...

Let’s stop pretending. Let’s stop nodding along with the lie that antidepressants are the magic bullet for depression. Because they’re...

Please don’t beat the shit out of yourself for being anxious sometimes. It’s perfectly normal. Life is goddamned scary as f*ck.  Just...

As long as I can remember I go through periods – daily, weekly – where I feel horribly “ off ”. I’m bored, irritable, anxious, sad,...