Tax season creates a unique psychological burden. Unlike most stressors, it combines financial anxiety, administrative overwhelm, deadline pressure, and for many, shame about their financial situation. Research shows 64% of Americans report tax-related stress, with procrastination and avoidance ...
On the second Sunday of March, clocks spring forward one hour. It seems minor — just sixty minutes. But research reveals significant health consequences: an 11% increase in depression diagnoses, a 24% spike in heart attacks the following Monday, and a 6% rise in fatal car accidents during the ...
Cultural narratives promise that spring brings renewal—longer days lift mood, warmth returns, and winter's heaviness fades. For many, this happens. But for others, spring arrives and the expected improvement doesn't come. Worse, everyone else seems energized while you're still ...
We’re coming up on Eating Disorders Awareness Week, which will be Feb. 23 through March 1. Why is this week set aside each year to raise awareness? Every 52 minutes, one person dies as a direct consequence of an eating disorder. Eating disorders have the second-highest mortality rate of any ...
Family lawyers call January through March "Divorce Season." Filings spike 33% above baseline, with March historically seeing the highest rates. This isn't coincidence — it's the predictable result of holiday stress, financial strain, and couples who decided to "get through one more holiday" ...
A recent study found a high correlation between wearing hearing aids and reducing dementia risks, and a local audiologist says she’s seen the connection in her own work. The study, published in JAMA Neurology last year, found that hearing-aid wearers younger than 70 reduce their dementia ...
A day will come when everyone will have to face themselves at a point where no more running is possible. Being creatures of our own fate and choice, quitting is never an option for the things that matter most to us, our heart and spirit. Once we desire something for our life and bring it forth ...
Contrary to common belief, seasonal depression doesn't peak when winter begins — it peaks in late January through February. After months of reduced sunlight, accumulated sleep disruption, and limited outdoor activity, the body's reserves are depleted. This is when Seasonal Affective Disorder ...
When tragedy looms, not if it does but when it does, where are you going to turn to when there is only yourself to lean on? Outside support offers temporary relief, but to subside what ails us requires courage of a different sort. Yes, asking for help is an act of bravery, and a first step, but ...
Valentine's Day creates a peculiar form of psychological pressure: a single day that amplifies whatever relationship situation you're in. For singles, it spotlights aloneness. For couples, it creates performance anxiety around romance. For those in struggling relationships, it forces ...
