The ABCs of Happiness, Meaning, and a “Good Life”

Today (March 20, 2024) is “International Day of Happiness” and earlier this morning, the United Nations released the World Happiness Report 2024, which you can read and download at = https://worldhappiness.report The biggest “take-aways” from the report and the “State of Happiness 2024 Conference” that launched this year’s report this morning, are that the USA

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How to Help Someone Who Is Stressed: My Top 5 Strategies

Are you concerned about a friend or loved one’s feelings of stress?You’re not alone.In today’s fast-paced world, stress is inevitable.And when you notice a friend or family member who is experiencing stress, it’s natural to want to do all you can to help and support them.There are traditional stress management techniques like diet, deep breathing,

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Leaky Gut Regimen

I’ve written and talked a lot about “Leaky Gut” – aka “impaired gut integrity” leading to “metabolic endotoxemia” and eventually to virtually every Auto-Immune System disease including: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS); Fibromyalgia; post-COVID Syndrome; Celiac disease (and gluten-sensitivity); Hashimoto’s thyroiditis; Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis); Multiple sclerosis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sjögren syndrome; Systemic lupus

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HAPPY is the new SEXY (t-shirts)!

100% of proceeds support raising awareness and educating teens about depression. https://secure.qgiv.com/event/2024teamresilience/account/1606759/ Erika’s Lighthouse is determined to make sure no young person feels alone in their depression. We are dedicated to creating a community of empathy and education. We create middle school and high school teen depression awareness programs so educators and teens can create safe

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Stress, Leaky Gut, Inflammation, and Depression

Chronic Social Stress Activates the Immune System and Causes Depression Stress levels around the world are surging, alongside the incidence of stress-related psychiatric disorders. Right alongside our increased stress levels, the human gut contains fewer bacterial species than ever before – with one important consequence being reduced stress resilience. Preclinical and clinical evidence has shown

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Five Ways to Help Someone With Depression: Dr. Shawn Talbott

Did you know that depression is a normal psychological mood state?Yep. And we will all experience it at different times in our lives.It doesn’t always involve an emotional crisis. The “disease” that some people struggle with is actually called “Major Depressive Disorder” (MDD) and is different from the normal day-to-day ups and downs that many

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Stress and Your Heart-Brain-Axis

A lot of people feel that stress is “inevitable” – we all experience it, it is all around us, and there is no way to avoid it. While our exposure to stressful events might be somewhat out of our control and “guaranteed” these days, our response to stress is very much under our control. I

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Gut Stress Webinar

Here is the webinar recording from the “Gut Stress” webinar that we did with the Certified Mental Wellness Coaches (CMWCs) – and the article with all the details. The audio transcript is pasted below so you can follow along with the discussion. 00:00:01.800 –> 00:00:17.629Dr. Shawn Talbott: Alright. There we get the recording going. Hey?

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Stress and Your Gut

We’ve known for a long time that mental stress is linked to gut problems and flare-ups of GI conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).  A new study (January 23, 2024) provides some additional details about the precise biochemical changes that stress causes in the gut – and suggests some clues to reducing gut stress at the

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Look Sexy and Do Good!

Support me as I challenge myself to raise awareness and educate teens about depression. https://secure.qgiv.com/event/2024teamresilience/account/1606759/ Erika’s Lighthouse is determined to make sure no young person feels alone in their depression. We are dedicated to creating a community of empathy and education. We create middle school and high school teen depression awareness programs so educators and teens

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