The connection between the ketogenic diet and the brain — Originally created in 1921 to help epilepsy treatment in children, the ketogenic diet has its origins in helping improve neurological health. Since its invention, scientists have found it helpful for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and many other neurological conditions. Since then, it has also become a fad diet among many health and…

How to help the pain, anxiety-depression cycle. — Approximately 20% of the U.S. population suffers from a chronic anxiety condition, about the same number of people struggle with some kind of chronic pain condition. I have struggled with anxiety and panic attacks as long as I can remember. I remember laying on the floor in fetal position wishing…

An often-ignored crisis. — Currently in America today, there are over 6 million men suffering from depression, 14.3% of men are struggling with some level of anxiety. The list goes on and the numbers are growing. …

Parenting through burnout — Burnout is a complex conundrum. I had never actually heard the term until this last year. This seems especially true for people who are experiencing caregiver burnout. The inability to escape the situation can be dauting. My husband and I needed to live apart for a time. He was working…

How doctors can create a bigger problem through hasty decisions — As a mother, watching your child suffer is one of the hardest things to do. When that suffering is coming from your child’s own mind, it makes it even worse. I have been down the road of parenting teens with mental health struggles before. I have been a teen suffering…

Somatic therapy a personal story — I have heard of somatic therapy and the idea of trauma remaining in the body for years. I have read The Body Keeps the Score, I have watched talks with Somatic therapists, and I have seen the effects of trauma on my own body. As a yoga teacher, I have…

What they never told me about me about having an eating disorder. — Body image is such a tricky thing. This is especially true in the lives of m young girls in our culture. Young girls are hyper-aware of their bodies and while I don’t know what a male experience would be during that time of life, I know that the added pressure…

What happened in the garden and can we learn from it? — 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27,N.I.V. In the beginning, on the sixth day, God created humanity. After every animal on the earth had been made, God took it upon himself to…

And I felt more lost than ever. — For years I worked on my writing. I joined Medium in 2019 the same year I wrote my first Ebook. The second I started writing I knew I found my passion. Then the algorithm on this app drastically changed. When before I had been making $25–50 a month on this…