If you have recently been told that you have a mental-health malady such as depression or anxiety, you are far from alone. The rates at which these diagnoses are being made have exploded over the past few years.

Starting a regular practice doesn’t have to be hard — it can take as little as five minutes as soon as you wake up.

When you find yourself in a storytelling spiral, pause and remind yourself that you care about the person who has upset you, Real said. Then ask if it’s a good time to talk.

Plants are soothing. In one study, researchers asked people to repot a houseplant or complete a short computer-based task, and afterwards, they checked participants’ heart rate and blood pressure.

4 ways to find and build meaningful connections for mental health. Connect with your inner self and others; explore forms of spirituality; and set boundaries to deepen connections.

Why you feel grouchy on super hot days?
What we know — and what we don’t — about how heat affects mental health.

As with most of Phillips' writings, On Wanting to Change and On Getting Better do not argue or persuade points so much as lead the reader Socratically down a forking path of questions about our preoccupation with changing ourselves, how to do it, and the allure or a personal story built upon ideas of evolution and a trajectory of progress.

Is living too fast turning your life into a blur? How can you slow down to see things clearly and savor them more?

A Private War: Why PTSD Is Still Overlooked
Experts say millions of people are affected by trauma, which has become a buzzword and a meme. So why aren’t more of them being treated?

How would you define the differences between stress, worry and anxiety? Which do you think you’ve experienced, and what strategies have you used for coping?

Zach Gottlieb explores how wanting to know his donor led them to seeing the Fathers that were already present in his life.

Somatic therapy is surging, with the promise that true healing may reside in focusing on the physical rather than the mental.