Blog Archive

It’s normal to feel sad from time to time, but you can start to feel drained if you often feel this way. Take a moment to learn some coping strategies and how therapy can help to navigate tough emotions like sadness.

Vitamin B12 is an essential nutrient that does a lot of things for your overall health and wellness. Take a moment as we review how a lack of B12 can disrupt the function of your brain.

Are you ready to attend couples therapy, but you can’t quite get your partner on board? Here are four things to keep in mind as you gently try to persuade them to go with you.

Have you heard of Internal Family Systems (IFS)? This therapeutic approach can help you gain a better understanding of your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs, leading to greater self-empowerment. Find out more IFS, how it works, and the benefits it offers.

Taking anti-depressants is a common method for managing the effects of depression, but is it your only option? We share three non-medication strategies that may help you reduce your depression symptoms.

The idea of couples therapy can seem scary or uncomfortable, especially if you’re not sure what to talk about when you get there. We offer 10 suggestions for topics here.

Eating a healthy diet isn’t always easy, especially if you lead a really busy life. But ignoring nutrition comes at a big cost to your health. Here’s why optimizing nutrition is so important — and how we can help.

Integrative Mental Health - Empowered Mind-body Therapy

It might not be a concept we’re familiar with nor might we know what sorts of things might soothe us, but at times when we feel particularly anxious or distressed, self-soothing can be a useful part of our mental health toolkit.

How many times have you heard this advice about dealing with painful emotions? "Stop being so sensitive. Suck it up and move on."

I often find underlying hormonal imbalances in my anxiety patients during different times of their cycle, but especially before menstruation, imbalances between estrogen metabolites, progesterone, and cortisol—which can all fuel anxiety during this time.

In my functional medicine practice, I've talked to countless people over the years from all different backgrounds and places, whose story is the same: They wake up feeling like "a train hit them," no matter how much they sleep.

Your thyroid is the queen of all hormones, commanding control of every cell of your body. It helps regulate everything from your brain, heart, hair, nails, and sex drive to your metabolism and digestion. No other hormone can claim that power.

Your body is brilliantly complex. It contains more than 60,000 miles of blood vessels and creates 25 million new cells every second.

Your body is made up of trillions of cells, each containing your genes — the specific instructions that make you who you are. Genes are sections of DNA, your body's master manual.