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Dr. L.'s Healthy Practices' Podcast
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367 episodes
6 Reasons Personal Growth Is The Most Exciting Journey You Can Take
Personal growth entails understanding and improving your behavior, actions, habits, and attitude. It can lead you to reach your full potential in life. Personal growth is a journey; it’s an ongoing, lifelong process that can sometimes be painfu...
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7 Most Dangerous Phrases You Can Say To Yourself Today.
Have you ever thought, “I always have bad luck.”, or “I’ll never find a job.”? If so, this is known as negative self-talk; you are not alone. Many people experience that inner voice that criticizes them. It limits faith in yourself, is s...
6 Of The Most Rewarding Aspects Of Personal Growth.
Making personal growth a daily practice can enrich your life. By taking care of your mental, emotional, and physical needs, you’ll encompass every aspect of your health. It’s work but focusing on what you need at this point in...
7 Ways You Are Your Own Worst Enemy And What You Can Do
Do you have a certain health issue that prohibits you from eating sugary foods? Yet, you do it anyway. Or maybe you have to turn in a project by the end of the week, though you keep dragging your feet.How about when you know you have to ...
How to Improve Your Coping Skills and Turn Stress into Calm.
Stress is something we all have in common and one thing we’re all vulnerable to, no matter how much planning and preparation we make at every turn. The simple fact that we’re not in control of everything in our lives makes us prone to experienc...
7 Guiding Principles Of Personal Growth
Personal growth is a journey of self-discovery we can all benefit from. If you’re looking for a place to start, this blog is for you. We’ll discuss strategies like self-awareness and practicing mindfulness. But first, what is ...
Coping Strategies to Deal with Bullying.
Bullying is something that needs to stop. But first, we need to recognize that it is an ever-present reality in schools, offices, and sometimes even in toxic homes. Anyone can be bullied, from children to adults. However, the experience tends t...
Coping Strategies for Dealing with Grief and Loss.
One of the most deeply personal realities we all have to face at some point is losing someone we love. As long as we love people, and as long as their presence holds meaning to us, losing them is a possibility that will cause us to experience g...
The Importance of Developing Healthy Coping Skills
Discussing why we need coping skills is not a topic that’s greatly talked about. Normally, it tends to arise when we’re reflecting on our own challenges or musing on other people’s struggles, and it comes as essential learning from all that we ...
Coping Strategies to Manage Chronic Pain
Having to live with chronic pain means experiencing pain that lasts for longer than six months. Due to this long-term and indefinite period of suffering, it can cause tremendous physical discomfort along with some mental anguish and emotional s...
Coping Techniques to Deal with Negative Emotions.
Wouldn’t life be a lot simpler if we didn’t have so many difficult emotions to deal with? Emotions certainly can get the best of us. A person can be the smartest, most sensible person in the room until they get stricken by negative ...
Unhealthy Coping Strategies Don’t Help Any Situation.
Life is a series of ups and downs, and with it comes stressful situations that we cannot completely avoid. Having to deal with whatever comes our way is inevitable. There is no amount of planning nor preparation which will ever spare us from ha...
Different Types of Coping Strategies
One of the things that we cannot completely avoid is stress. Stress is a part of life and something that needs to be managed, so it doesn’t kill us. The truth is that stress is not completely bad. It can be further classified as positive or neg...
Coping Strategies to Improve Your Mental Health
A healthy lifestyle is more than just about maintaining good physical health. Holistic wellness encompasses even the aspects of life that we do not readily see. Just because someone looks happy, is smiling, or can be very humorous, doesn’t alwa...
Ways to Stay Calm During Highly Stressful Situations
It’s not easy to be surrounded by so much stress. Even if you’re not working in a highly-competitive and stressful job nor have a toxic family life at home, stress can still catch you in your most unguarded moments. Stress can caus...
Why The Change We Seek May Often Be The Change We Fear
If there is one constant in life, it's that change is inevitable. Change can trigger growth, it ushers in new opportunities and welcomes transformation. The tricky thing about change is even when actively seeking it out, it is often the change ...
Friendships Are Important For Good Mental Health
Throughout history, humans have learned the importance of cultivating friendships with others. Having friends who positively influence us is powerful and can be life-changing. More than just having fun with them, friends can also help us become...
6 Lessons Learned on the Personal Growth Journey
Does the journey of personal growth really ever come to an end? Though challenges can be overcome, the road to self-discovery is am ongoing journey that people engage in for their entire lives. Just as life changes, we must adapt and change too...
Can Too Much Worrying and Overthinking Cause Anxiety?
When it comes to being healthy, we often believe that taking care of our physical health is enough. However, our mental health is also an essential aspect of personal wellness. Much like our physical health, we also need to take care of m...
The Power Of Overcoming
If you have been struggling lately with troubles or challenges, you’re not alone. This is a completely normal part of life. In fact, if everything always worked out in your favor, that would be the anomaly. But just because you have had a lot o...
What is the relationship between stress and Alzheimer?
There is ongoing research examining the relationship between stress and Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. While the exact mechanisms are not yet fully understood, here are some key points regarding the potential link:
Dr. L.'s 3-Step I-R-M Approach to Stress Management
Dr. Livingston's (or Dr. Ls) 3-Step I-R-M Approach to Stress Management, is a comprehensive framework that can help individuals effectively address and manage stress in their lives. Each of the 3 steps is discussed in more detail. I = ide...
Activities that Help Boost Your Mental Health
When it comes to being healthy, we often believe that taking care of our physical health is enough. However, our mental health is also an essential aspect of personal wellness. Much like our physical health, we also need to take care of mental ...
Characteristics of Good Mental Health
Characteristics of Good Mental HealthNot too long ago, the concept of discussing personal mental health issues with others was almost a non-event. No one liked talking about their mental health problems or even the possibility of the...