emotional health

While smokers may be known for “lighting up,” the phrase may not hold true for their emotional health. This is according to a new survey from Gallup and Healthways researchers, which found that smokers have worse emotional wellness than…

Do you ever feel your heart beat faster when you’re stressed or angry? It’s natural for a strong emotion to elicit a physiological response, but some new research is showing how connected emotional and cardiovascular health can be. A study…

Throughout life, everyone learns, grows and evolve. There’s nothing quite like overcoming a challenge or achieving a goal. Sometimes, however, your self-improvement efforts go too far and the search for positive change turns into a…

If you don’t believe this, picture the scene when you last felt totally at peace... lying in the sun on the beach; curled up with a good book; strolling hand in hand through the park with the person you love... Are you there, completely, in…

Natural sunlight contains all colours of the spectrum: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. It bathes us in a sea of colour, although this is only obvious when light is split to create a rainbow. Colour therapy, which dates…

The experience of having a stroke is one of the most feared occurrences of our later years. It is a disturbing event that can have devastating effects on the sufferer’s health and wellbeing. The trials of physical disability and loss of…