Mental & Emotional HealthEarly to Bed = Greater Happiness By thirdAGE articleResearchers Jacob Nota and Meredith Coles of Binghamton University in New York have linked late evenings to repetitive negative thoughts. … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional HealthThe Brain and "Social Pain" By thirdAGE articleWhen it comes to physical vs. emotional pain, the brain seems to have a separate area to process each, new … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional HealthThe Best Gift of All By thirdAGE articleEditor’s note: In the middle of the holiday season – a season of gift-giving that can be expensive, stressful and … Read More→
Mental & Emotional Health6 Tips for Improving Your “Lines of Gratification” By thirdAGE articleNow that we are in the year’s final quarter, Dr. Robert J. Cerfolio, a world-renowned cardiothoracic surgeon, says it’s never … Read More→
Mental & Emotional HealthWhy “I’m So Happy I Could Cry” Makes Sense By thirdAGE articleThe phrase “tears of joy” never made much sense to Yale psychologist Oriana Aragon. But after conducting a series of … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional HealthThe Brain's Dilemma: Fear or Reward? By thirdAGE articleWhen it comes to learning tricky tasks, it seems we’re motivated more by avoiding punishment than by getting a reward. … Read More→
_ Exercise Mental & Emotional HealthWalking During Work Helps Your Body and Your Mind By thirdAGE article“Walking workstations,” or desks that are attached to a treadmill, can improve mental as well as physical health during the … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health5 Top Tips on Regrouping Your Psyche By thirdAGE articleLet’s be sure to give time to our mental health this fall! There are times in all our lives that … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional HealthHappy Walking Could Help with Depression By Jane Farrell articleWant to improve your mood? It can help to walk as if you’re happy, according to new research. A study … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional HealthDepression: Supporting a Family Member or Friend By Jane Farrell articleHelping someone with depression can be a challenge. If someone in your life has depression, you may feel helpless and … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional HealthNature Group Walks Improve Mental Health By Jane Farrell articleGroup nature walks are linked with significantly lower depression, less perceived stress, and enhanced mental health and well-being, according to … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional HealthRaising Awareness About Suicide Is Key to Prevention By Jane Farrell articleSeptember is National Suicide Prevention Month. As it comes to a close in 2014, Mark Kaplan of the University of … Read More→
Mental & Emotional HealthSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Recovery at Midlife: If Not Now, When? By articleSeptember is not just the month school starts again. It is the 25th Annual National Recovery Month. The mission is … Read More→
_ Anxiety (Panic Disorders, Phobias) Mental & Emotional HealthWatch: Taking the Steps to Control Anxiety Disorder By Sondra Forsyth articleHere’s another addition to our ThirdAge Video Collection. Press play to start learning!
Mental & Emotional HealthTake Off Your Mask of Depression By articleThe tragic death of Robin Williams has stirred up so much conversation about depression, a difficult topic but one that … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional HealthWatch: Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness By Sondra Forsyth articleHere’s another addition to our ThirdAge Video Collection. Press play to start learning!
_ Mental & Emotional Health7 Tips to Maintain Class and Control Through Any Life Challenge By Sondra Forsyth articleBy Sherrie Campbell PhD We all have moments when we don't love how we responded to a situation or how we acted. When you are grounded in who you are, you have a certain essence where people can feel that not much can shake you. To be elegant essentially means that you know who you are and are grounded and comfortable in that person. Many of us are emotionally out of control, lacking presence of mind, allowing life to take us on an emotional roller coaster where we feel crazy and at the mercy of our life situations, people, and emotions.
_ Mental & Emotional HealthBad Memories Turned Good By Sondra Forsyth articleRecalling an emotional experience, even years later, can bring back the same intense feelings. Researchers from the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics n Japan have revealed the brain pathway that links external events to the internal emotional state, forming one memory by engaging different brain areas. The study published in August 2014 the journal Nature also demonstrates that the positive or negative emotional valence of memory can be reversed during later memory recall.