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5 Health Benefits of Pumpkins (You Likely Didn't Know)

5 Health Benefits of Pumpkins (You Likely Didn't Know)

National Pumpkin Day is October 26th, however we seem to celebrate the joys of pumpkin throughout the fall, particularly in October. Whether it be a pumpkin spiced-latte, pumpkin pie, pumpkin ice cream, there are so many options on the market throughout the fall. While we eat these because they taste good, and bring back positive feelings of fall, there are other benefits to eating pumpkin as well. Read about the amazing health benefits of pumpkin!


Skills for Managing Anxiety: Diaphragmatic Breathing

Skills for Managing Anxiety: Diaphragmatic Breathing

One of the best ways to reduce anxiety is using a tool all of us have in our tool belts of skills all of the time: breathing. However, while breathing is something we all do, every day, there are certain types of breathing that help reduce anxiety and the more you practice them, the easier it is to use in difficult moments. Diaphragmatic breathing is one technique that can be beneficial for reducing anxiety.

Managing Stress (And Not Avoiding It)

Managing Stress (And Not Avoiding It)

In the moment, it can feel much easier to avoid something that makes us stressed or uncomfortable, rather than tackling it head on. However, active coping that aims to address a problem head on, as a way to alleviate stress. Active coping can look like talking through problems to alleviate relationship stress, reframing a situation in order to view the positives of it, or budgeting to reduce financial stress amongst other ways of coping. No matter what active coping approach you take, the ongoing benefits lead to a happier and healthier sense of being.