Spring self-care
Embrace the new season with these refreshing self-care ideas for spring. Take care of your body and mind this season with simple tips for wellness.
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Setting an intention to love yourself.
Have you ever thought about setting intentions to love yourself? In a world that often encourages us to put others first, it’s easy to overlook the importance of self-love. But what if we made a conscious effort to acknowledge our feelings, set personal boundaries, be kind to ourselves, and celebrate our uniqueness?
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Bust Myths and Boost Your Mood on Blue Monday
Uncover the truth behind the saddest day of the year and find expert tips on stress relief, managing depression at work, and uplifting your mood every day. Get ready to conquer the January slump and beat Blue Monday.
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Brighten Your Winter Days with the Best Therapy Lamps for Seasonal Affective Disorder
Winter blues, or seasonal affective disorder (SAD), can be a real struggle for many people and often a lightbox also known as a therapy light is the first thing we try. The right light therapy lamp can make all the difference in managing symptoms and improving overall mood. But there are so many to choose from! No worries, after some extensive research I have summarised the best of the best therapy lamps on the market for you for the 2023/2023 SAD Season.
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How Seasonal Change Affects Your Sleep and What You Can Do About It: Understanding Seasonal Affective Disorder
Our bodies are naturally wired to work with nature, including our sleep patterns, which change with the seasons. Recently, people have become interested in using sleep to help fight SAD. By understanding how these changes affect our sleep and using strategies to align our sleep patterns with nature, we might be able to reduce the effects of SAD and improve our overall health.
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Using Your Lightbox: A 101 for Winter Blues
Most reputable manufacturers will include instructions for using your lightbox to minimize any side-effects. However if you have mislaid them then this article will cover the basics to using your lightbox, including some common mistakes to avoid.
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Optimizing Light Therapy for SAD: A Guide for First-Time Readers
If you’re just starting light therapy, you may be buzzing with questions about how it works and how to maximize its benefits. In this article, I will provide an overview of SAD, how light therapy works, and some tips for optimizing its effectiveness. I will also answer some frequently asked questions and provide some practical advice for getting the most out of this treatment.
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Is Permanent Daylight Time Really The Solution?
Whether it is called summer time, daylight time, or savings time, changing the clocks twice a year is annoying for everyone. But why are we talking about permanent daylight savings time? Is permanent summer time a good idea? What are some of the disadvantages of permanent daylight time.
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Socialize Your Way Out of S.A.D.
Are you feeling flat after the holidays? You are not alone.
Thankfully, there are a number of ways available to help manage these feelings and improve your quality of life. I’m going to look at how we can use use socialization to battle S.A.D. and get back to living life to the fullest. -
How to survive the time change (without losing your sanity)
Twice a year most of us have to change our clocks forward or back. We complain about it, we moan about it, some of us are trying to do away with it but it is still here. Those of us with SAD fall into 2 camps, those who prefer extra light in the morning and those who miss the light in the evenings.
So here are some of the tips that I use myself to survive the time change and a little history about why we do it in the first place.
