Doing Something Meaningful Together in Norfolk
Exercise and Mental Health in Norfolk: Reducing Stress Naturally
We all can benefit from reducing or managing stress. Exercise can be a key tool in our mental health toolbox. Here are some ways we can reduce our stress naturally through exercise.
Nutrition and Mental Health in Norfolk: A Word About Alcohol It’s up to you to know how alcohol affects you. If you can have a drink or two and really enjoy it, do that. If you can’t drink one without drinking ten, then don’t start.
More on nutrition and mental health in Norfolk – we chat about how research studies have shown improved brain function and memory associated with low carb, high fat diets. We have certainly found that to be the case.
More on nutrition and mental health in Norfolk – we chat about avoiding foods that cause anxiety, and replacing them with foods that help manage anxiety.
Nutrition and Mental Health: Eating to Reduce Inflammation in Norfolk. One of the best tools that we’ve found to help with managing Post Traumatic Stress and improving mental health is our nutrition. So let’s talk about the foods that cause or increase inflammation, and what foods can help keep inflammation at bay.
Norfolk: Failure and a Growth Mindset – the Role of Failure in Successful PTSD Recovery. An essential aspect of recovery is moving forward. Quitting means you’re giving up, failure means you’re still trying.
Norfolk: The Nature and Power of Thoughts-The single most productive thing I have learned in my recovery journey is how to take a thought captive–how not allow it to rule or ruin a moment, a day, an opportunity. In this quick video Dr. John A. King discusses something that is at the very heart of his book #dealwithit – living well with PTSD.
I wrote this piece ‘Do You See Him?’ after touring with a documentary on human trafficking that featured my story called Stopping Traffic. It discusses the impact of sexual abuse on men in Norfolk.
Overcoming a victim mentality in Norfolk is a matter of perception. If you allow someone to make your world for you, they will always make it too small.
The Importance of Resilience in Overcoming Trauma in Norfolk. In an interview with Chris Lengyel of Help Me PTSD, Melissa and I discuss the importance of resilience in sustainable trauma or PTSD recovery.
