Hydration, mood, and stress are connected because the brain and body need adequate fluid to function at their best. Your heart is beating faster. You feel lightheaded, tired, irritable, or unable to concentrate. Your first thought may be, “My anxiety is getting worse.” But sometimes the body may be signaling that it needs something much more basic: water. Dehydration does not explain every anxious feeling, and drinking water is not a treatment for an anxiety disorder. However

Some conversations end, but your body keeps reacting. Your shoulders remain tense. Your mind replays the exchange. You feel tired in a way that has little to do with physical effort. Nothing especially dramatic may have happened. There was no argument, crisis, or obvious conflict. Yet you leave feeling heavier than you did before. Other people have the opposite effect. Their presence helps us feel calmer, encouraged, understood, or simply more like ourselves. They may not sol

What if spending just five to ten minutes writing each day could help reduce stress, improve self-awareness, and better manage anxiety? Would you give it a try? It may sound too simple to make a real difference, but decades of research have shown that expressive writing can help reduce stress, improve emotional well-being, and support the processing of difficult experiences. By putting thoughts and emotions into words, many people find it easier to organize what they are feel

One of the most common questions I hear from clients who are considering EMDR or Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is: "How can moving my eyes back and forth possibly help me heal?" It's a fair question. At first glance, it can seem strange that something as simple as following a light, a therapist's fingers, or alternating taps could help reduce the impact of painful memories. Yet many people are surprised by how powerful these approaches can be. While researchers continu