by Dr M Van Zyl | Apr 5, 2022 | What's New
CREDITS VeryWell Mind By Elizabeth Scott, PhD Stress can significantly impact your ability to maintain a healthy weight. It can also prevent you from losing weight. Whether it’s the result of high levels of the stress hormone cortisol, unhealthy stress-induced...
by Dr M Van Zyl | Mar 18, 2022 | What's New
CREDITS The Happiness Trap By Dr Russ Harris Extract from The Happiness Trap, written by Dr. Russ Harris To answer this question, we need to take a journey back in time. The modern human mind, with its amazing ability to analyse, plan, create and communicate, has...
by Dr M Van Zyl | Mar 16, 2022 | What's New
CREDITS I Don’t Know What to Do With My LifeBy Dr Russ Harris Has your mind ever hooked you with this question: “I don’t know what to do with my life?” Mine certainly has, and I can tell you: it’s a recipe for misery. The more you get hooked by this question, the more...
by Dr M Van Zyl | Mar 10, 2022 | What's New
CREDITS Healthline Medically reviewed by Timothy J. Legg, PhD, PsyD — Written by Crystal Raypole You’ve probably made a few references to your inner child before. “I’m channeling my inner child,” you might say, while jumping off swings at the park, chasing your...
by Dr M Van Zyl | Feb 28, 2022 | What's New
CREDITSEveryday HealthBy Madeline R. Vann, MPH Learning about mental health treatments we now know don’t work provides an important frame of reference for modern methods. From Darkness Emerge New Treatments Evidence abounds of inhumane treatment of the mentally ill...
by Dr M Van Zyl | Feb 25, 2022 | What's New
CREDITS MAYO CLINIC Overview Teen depression is a serious mental health problem that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in activities. It affects how your teenager thinks, feels and behaves, and it can cause emotional, functional and physical...