The holiday season is often portrayed as a time of joy, togetherness, and celebration, but for many, it can bring feelings of stress, anxiety, and even sadness. Let’s talk about some reasons why the holidays aren’t always as happy as they seem, and how you can take care of your mental health during this challenging time.

Anxiety can be a challenging and overwhelming experience, but there are strategies you can use to manage it more effectively. Whether it’s the general stress of everyday life or more persistent anxiety disorders, finding ways to cope can make a big difference in how you feel day-to-day.

In our fast-paced world, it's easy to overlook the importance of mental health. Yet, just like physical health, it plays a crucial role in our overall well-being. One of the most effective—and often overlooked—ways to boost your mental health is through regular exercise. Let’s explore how breaking a sweat can help you feel better mentally and emotionally.

Just like sleep, nutrition is another lifestyle factor that impacts both physical and mental health. Over the last several years, more and more data has proven our common sense knowledge on a healthy diet as an important part of our overall wellness not just for things like cardiovascular health but also mental health.

Sleep greatly impacts both physical and mental health. Optimizing sleep is one way you can improve your mental health without medication OR improve how you feel on medications. There are numerous barriers to good sleep in modern life. Learn more about how some small changes can improve your sleep and your health.

While psychiatry definitely utilizes some medications to help patients deal with mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and OCD, there are other options that can be used instead of or in addition to medication. Things like nutrition, exercise, sleep, social connections, and stress reduction are the five pillars of lifestyle medicine which we apply in our practice to help patients get the best outcome.