“It’s a dopamine yoyo driven by anxiety and feelings of being completely alone.” Facebook Depression – It’s Real! In today’s show, we discuss the occurrence of depressive symptoms seen in active Facebook users. While we believe that social media, in general, has caused broad negative effects on society, Facebook users are particularly at increased susceptibility […]
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Positive Health Psychology
Depression and Weight Gain (The Insidious Connection)
“My depressive episodes are always followed by significant weight gain.” What The Research Indicates The literature is clear! Depression and weight are connected. Significant depressive episodes are frequently followed by substantial increases in weight. This is true for adults and adolescents alike (Wurtmann JJ, 1993; Felton J, 2014). This cycle reinforces itself with synergy: The […]
MBTI Profile: INFJ Depression (Is It Real?)
“There really is something wrong in Denmark folks!” INFJs, an MBTI personality profile consisting of approximately 1% of the population, are frequently misunderstood as detached, moody, silently angry, and even depressed. Some INFJs self-identify as depressed by making a direct connection between their personalty type and experienced dysphoria. We tackle this assumption by going back […]
Clinical Depression – Knowing When to See The Doctor
“The self-help obsessed have a propensity towards isolation. “All By Myself, Don’t Want To Be…” So, you felt confident that you could go it alone. Now you find yourself at the end of an insidious decline into the perpetual darkness of clinical depression. The warning signs were posted along the way. You thought you had the […]
Goal Setting Mastery – Six Simple Steps (With Evernote)
“The outcome will only be as good as the quality of the goals we set.” Positive Health Psychology has lots to say about how to set achievable goals! Let’s face it, setting goals is tricky, especially when we create benchmarks too far down the road. That’s why we brought all our best folks together to […]
Transformation Through Fitness
Mood Benefits of Intensive Cardio Activity (Your Getting Started Guide)
“Best feeling ever: Looking back and knowing that what you just completed has changed you.” The Fitness – Mood Connection The connection between physical fitness and mental health, is commonly sited by seasoned athletes and others in the first few weeks of new exercise program. In fact, it goes well beyond anecdotal accounts. The literature […]
10 Power Walking Tips To Launch Your Summer Fitness Program
“If you want to feel amazing, step back into the 80s with power walking!” Meeting Your Summer Fitness Goals Having a strategy for meeting athletic goals, increases the likelihood of long range success. Power walking is an effective way of incorporating exercise into your fitness focused lifestyle, whether you are preparing for an upcoming race, […]
Nutrition and Wellness
When Diet Becomes Disorder (10 Warning Signs)
“Dieting for weight loss alone, destroys our relationship with food.” Why Diet is a Difficult Topic Discussions in Positive Health Psychology involve accounting for the bio-psycho-social and spiritual nature of problems we face. Diet is the most challenging category to discuss, especially when diet becomes disorder. Our relationship with food is deeply tied into biological […]
8 Myths Piers Morgan is Promoting With Body Positive Hate Comments
“No matter how you colour your disgust, it’s still hate!” For fat shaming individuals visiting this article, beware! This is a no hate zone designed to challenge the vitriol you drag with you. For the curious or already converted, we hope to provide deeper insights into the world of the body positive movement. Before We […]
Addiction and Substance Misuse
Controlled Drinking Checklist (The Moderate Consumption Guide)
“Abstinence for some is an impossible venture.” What Is Controlled Drinking? Controlled drinking is a harm reduction approach for problematic alcohol use. The method significantly deviates from Alcoholics Anonymous, a traditional model focusing on abstinence. Evidence indicates that controlled drinking is an effective approach that reduces the physical harms associated with regular alcohol use. While […]
Canadian Alcoholism – The Forgotten Crisis
“One crisis is manageable. A concurrent second feels impossible.” While the country is increasing financial resources focused on deaths related to opioid overdose, examination of alcohol caused fatalities reveals increased harm and morbidity. We examine the challenges facing health authorities as they grapple with this often under resourced population. Defining The Concurrent State The current […]
