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Modern Day Depression
As depression rates surge, one in four Americans suffer from severe depression at some stage in their lives. Where has our society gone wrong?
Dr Steve Ilardi, a professor of clinical psychology and author of The Depression Cure gives an insightful talk reminding us that we were never designed for the sleep-deprived, badly nourished, fast pace of modern civilization. With such radical changes to our environment in the last two hundred years, we have not had time to adapt genetically to living in considerably more stressful conditions.
His six principals to curing depression naturally are
- Exercise
- Omega 3 Fatty Acids
- Sunlight
- Healthy Sleep
- Anti-ruminative activity
- Social connection
Unfortunately, these seemingly simple actions that were once a simple way of living, are not always quite as easy for many people to sustain in this modern day. As we increasingly replace face time with screen time, it’s important that we make a conscious effort to take things back to basics and incorporate natural remedies like turmeric, good nutrition and self care and regulation.
Watch the video here..
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The dark side of emotion
Depression is a harsh condition. We can’t just persuade someone to feel better and lighten up. It doesn’t work this way. Here are some useful steps to consider when faced with deep emotion.
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Hawking on Depression
Depression is affecting 1 in 3 people. It’s widespread and frightening for adults and children. Here’s a cosmic take on the condition.
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How success screws with you
Why is happiness elusive to so many? Stress has become one of our major killers. What do we need to do to get some positive changes?
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12 step road to happiness
Here’s a list of 12 areas that come up as being the best things we can do to get on the road to happiness fast.
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Less stress, more living
I’m talking at Wilderness Festival for Huff Post on Modern Living: Less stress.
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‘Get real’ they told me…
I did a BBC interview with Steve Wright for Radio 2 on happiness and tips on how to run your mind.
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Exercise out of the gym and into nature
A new form of physical fitness which involves dumping the gym and using intuitive forms of exercise outdoors.