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Dr. L.'s Healthy Practices' Podcast
Episodes
367 episodes
Symptoms of Depression: When To Get Help
Sadness, loneliness, and occasional depression are normal parts of life that can be experienced by anyone at some point in their lives. Feeling sad or depressed can occur as a result of a break-up, work stress, financial problems, general strug...
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How Music Can Heal Your Depression
Music can be a powerful tool when dealing with depression. There may be one or many a distinctive song that will make you feel happy again.If you are dealing with an emotionally trying issue, music can help you cry to release pent up fe...
Avoiding Stress That Can Lead to Depression
Positive stress can be good for you, but when stress becomes chronic and does not go away, it can cause some chemical changes in the body-mind that can eventually develop into major depression. Everybody will experience some stressful events th...
What Are the Causes of Depression?
Depression is a medical condition affecting general outlook and mood. Sometimes, depression is called the “blues.” It is seen as feeling sad and down or losing interest in activities. Even as most people feel this way for a few weeks at a time,...
Why Personal Growth Matters
How much time have you dedicated to your personal development in the past year? Six months? Week?Unfortunately, society trains us to put other things first, like education and careers. We’re not downplaying their value in life. We just w...
The Value of Contentment
Finding contentment in your life offers a ton of value and benefit. When you are contented your overall wellbeing and health with substantially improve. Six benefits on contentment are presented in this narrative.
Dealing With Pandemic Fears
Pandemic fears are becoming more and more common. Yet, it can be overwhelming, challenging, and scary.Finding ways to take care of yourself and your loved ones is the best way to get through this difficult time. But it’s also just as im...
Five Activities That Promote Inner Peace
Carrying around negative feelings, such as guilt, resentment, and sadness is exhausting. Unfortunately, they can disrupt our lives and make it difficult to do even the simplest tasks.What’s worse is they affect not only us but those aro...
Five Fun Things To Do To Get You and Your Family’s Mind Off Your Troubles
Five Fun Things To Do To Get You and Your Family’s Mind Off Your TroublesThere are a lot of troubles facing the world today. With Covid and pandemic anxiety causing upheaval in our lives we can easily get lost in all the fear and ne...
Five Ways to Be a Calmer Person
Five Ways to Become a Calmer Person We hear a lot about how to be calm and why calmness is essential. But why?! What does “calm” really do for someone? If you’re feeling like being calm gets in the way of your motivation an...
Six Signs of a Positive Self-Identity
Six Signs of a Positive Self-IdentityDo you find yourself wondering who you are? Do you feel at a loss sometimes when your opinions are put into question?We’re part of a society that plays a large role in how we see ourselv...
How to Make Memories Last
How To Make Memories LastYour memories are part of who you are. Old memories define what you know and what you’ve done in your life. Making new memories adds knowledge and helps keep your brain active. How can you make...
Is Your Brain Burned Out?
Burnout is something that you likely have experienced or will at some point. It is common to feel burnt out. Helpguide.org describes it like this, “Burn...
Guided Meditations Can Help You Heal Within
When we experience something difficult or traumatic in our lives, we often are subject to remnants of the event that stay lodged in our mind and body. These experiences create conditioned responses that can affect the way we make decisions and ...
How Guided Meditations Can Hel[p You Heal From Within
When we experience something difficult or traumatic in our lives, we often are subject to remnants of the event that stay lodged in our mind and body. These experiences create conditioned responses that can affect the way we make decisions and ...
Can You Meditate Lying Down?
Meditation is a powerful tool that can help us achieve overall wellness. The practice of meditation can help clear our brain, relax our senses, and refresh our bodies without exerting much time and effort. Millions of people around the world be...
20 Change Negative Behaviors Affirmations
While you may have some negative behaviors that you want to get rid off, one way is to listen to these twenty positive affirmations that can help with these needed changes. You can do it and overcome these negative behaviors that may be plaguin...
Five Tips for Better Problem Solving
As humans, we are prone to many different unhealthy stimulants during our day. It might be as simple as a wrong coffee at your favorite spot or as major as losing a job. For the majority, we can move on from the moment. However, there are...
The Power of Positive Affirmations
The Power Of Positive AffirmationsUsing positive affirmations is a brain training tool that can help people change subconscious beliefs and behaviors. In other words, positive affirmations are phrases or statements that we repeat t...
Six Key reasons To Use Guided Meditation
Guided Meditation is led by the voice of another—either in-person or through a video or audio recording. Typically, guided meditation is best for individuals who are new to meditation because an instructor is able to lead them through the basic...
5 Steps To Work On Your Character Defects
Everybody has at least one character defect. It is how you go about it and how you choose to mitigate or change your bad habits, that define you as a person. Life is non- linear and non- stagnant, and nobody is perfect. Keeping that in mi...
The Critical Importance of Human Support During Global Times of fear and Uncertainty
Most of us have that one person we can always count on. You call them up when you’re nervous about a job interview, frustrated with a family member, or even grieving the loss of a loved one. They always seem to know the right thing to say...
The Mental Trauma of COVID and 6 Steps You can Take to Protect Yourself
According to the Washington Post, “Nearly half of Americans report the coronavirus crisis is harming their mental health, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll. A federal emergency hotline for people in emotional distress registere...
CBD Oil for Anxiety and Depression
Depression is a mental health illness classified as a common but very serious condition that can lead to life-threatening problems. Anxiety, although a natural reaction to stress, can lead to a disorder that can debilitate a person with fear an...
