Stress Management

Ingredients for Resilience

February 15, 2026 by Rachel Goldsmith Turow - Reading Time: 8 minutes

The word resilience can be perplexing. Does it mean remaining calm when faced with stress? Bouncing back quickly? Growing from adversity? Is resilience an attitude, a character trait or a skill set? And can misperceptions about resilience hurt people, rather than help? To sum it up in a sentence: Resilience is the ability to manage […]

How Lifestyle, Mental Health and Stress Control Go Together

January 18, 2026 by Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian and Christelle Langley - Reading Time: 6 minutes

Our cognition and mental well-being are crucial factors for our quality of life and put us in a good position to contribute to society. Ultimately, it can be near impossible to achieve physical goals and demanding life challenges if our brain health is not optimal. Yet most of us appear to be more concerned with […]

Holiday Stress is Contagious in Relationships

December 11, 2025 by Rosie Shrout - Reading Time: 5 minutes

With the flurry of shopping, spending money and traveling to see family, stress can feel inevitable during the holidays. You might already know stress can affect your own health, but what you may not realize is that your stress – and how you manage it – is catching. Your stress can spread around, particularly to […]

How Do Male and Female Minds Diverge?

November 30, 2025 by Dr. Cesar Vasconcellos de Souza - Reading Time: 6 minutes

Years ago, I read an article in a scientific journal about female ambiguity, written by a gynecologist from Rio de Janeiro, Dr. Nelson Socou, with the following title: “A study on ambiguity in women.” Let’s reflect on this. Dr. Nelson explains in his article that although it is a difficult topic to explore, practical observation […]

Reversing Brain Damage of Chronic Stress

November 16, 2025 by Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, Christelle Langley and Muzaffer Kaser - Reading Time: 7 minutes

A bit of stress is a normal part of our daily lives, which can even be good for us. Overcoming stressful events can make us more resilient. But when the stress is severe or chronic – for example, caused by the breakdown of a marriage or partnership, death in the family, or bullying – it […]

The Entertainment Trap

October 19, 2025 by Vicki Griffin - Reading Time: 5 minutes

The Stats Tell the Story. Is it time to dial down how much time we spend with our smartphones? Constant media usage has plunged our attention span from 12 seconds in 2000 to just 8 seconds today. The attention span of a goldfish is 9 seconds. Many children and youth are “awash” in media, spending […]

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