PTSD and Grief: How to Reconnect With Your Emotions

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Why is it important for survivors of abuse to grieve? Can PTSD be healed in the grief process? PTSD and grief are connected because grieving allows you to feel and move through complex feelings of loss, anger, and sadness. There are distinct steps that you can follow to progress through the grieving process, separate from the well-known emotional stages of grief. Keep reading for more on grief, trauma, and healing your emotional life.

CRISPR Gene-Editing Technology Delivers Breakthroughs

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How is CRISPR revolutionizing medicine and agriculture? What obstacles and ethical debates stand in the way of its widespread use? CRISPR gene-editing technology is facilitating groundbreaking treatments for genetic diseases and it’s promoting global food security. Continued improvement of CRISPR technology could drive personalized medicine, provide new treatments, and revolutionize agriculture and industrial biotechnology. Here’s a look at the potential uses of CRISPR technology, and the obstacles and implications that come with it.

How to Spend Your Last Years of Life: Insights From Sadhguru

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How should you spend your last years of life? What environments and activities will give you a healthy perspective? In his book Death: An Inside Story, spiritual teacher Sadhguru shares advice on how to overcome the fear of death, how to prepare for death, and how to die well. One aspect of this is the way you spend the last years leading up to your death. Read more for Sadhguru’s insights that might cause you to reevaluate your plans.

Recovering From CPTSD by Embracing the Adequate

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How can a survivor of trauma recover from CPTSD? What does it mean to embrace the adequate, and how can that help? Recovering from CPTSD is possible when you embrace the adequate, meaning that you see yourself as good enough and let go of perfectionism. You can apply the “good enough” mindset to other areas of your life, too. Continue on to see how changing your mindset can help you recover.

Cases of “Brain Fog” Increase After Covid-19 Pandemic

Cases of “Brain Fog” Increase After Covid-19 Pandemic

How common is brain fog after Covid-19? What are some other causes of the increase in cognitive impairment? More Americans are reporting that they’re having trouble with attention, memory, and focus. Many use the term “brain fog” to describe what they’re experiencing. Some experts think it could be linked to Covid-19. Keep reading to learn why many are struggling with brain fog after the pandemic.

Fast Like a Girl by Mindy Pelz: Book Overview & Takeaways

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Is fasting a safe way to diet? Why is fasting for women different than men? How can mistimed fasting affect a woman’s hormones? In Fast Like a Girl, Mindy Pelz says that fasting won’t work for women if they don’t cater their diets to their hormonal cycles. The solution is to align fasting schedules and hormonal cycles. Read below for an overview of Fast Like a Girl.

How to Fast Safely: 2 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Diet

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Do you know how to fast safely? How do you maximize the benefits of fasting? While fasting doesn’t seem complicated, Mindy Pelz has a couple of tips for maximizing the benefits of fasting. These are incorporating different-length fasts into your routine, and paying attention to the foods you eat when you’re not fasting. Let’s explore these two tips in detail.