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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advan...
Michèle Phoenix
Are you a Missionaries' Kid (MK)? The parent of an MK? Do you work with MKs and would you benefit from some insight into their strengths and struggles?
Author and Speaker: Michèle Ph...
Pondering Purple
Michèle Phoenix, international speaker and writer on issues related to Third Culture Kids, highlights her most popular and helpful articles in a format you can consume on the go.
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Losing Touch: Another Drawback of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Affectionate touches tap into the nervous system’s rest and digest mode, reducing the release of stress hormones, bolstering the immune system, and stimulating brainwaves linked with relaxation.
Depression - Missionary Care
Dying to Leave, Trying to Live: My Depression Journey
Trigger warning: suicide, self-harm “I’m done living.” It was a few days after Christmas and I was sitting in a car outside our Central New York hotel, with heavy snow swiftly obscuring the world o...
What Missionaries Need to Know About Burnout and Depression
Isolation, burnout, and depression are reality factors for people everywhere. They may be aggravated by the stresses of living overseas. This book should be a help to all who read it -- espec...
When Depression Doesn’t Look Like Depression
Fatigue. Feelings of worthlessness. Loss of interest. We recognize these as classic signs of depression. But according to Terry Real, MSW, LICSW, these symptoms aren’t always the way men experience...
Depression (Major Depressive Disorder) - Symptoms and Causes - Mayo Clinic
An overview of major depressive disorder, its symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment.
By: Mayo Clinic
New study links phone use and mental health issues in teens
A new study in the journal Child Development shows nighttime usage of a cell phone can increase anxiety and depression in teenagers and reduce self-esteem. This is the first study that shows a dire...
Signs Of High Functioning Depression You Shouldn't Ignore | BetterHelp
High Functioning Depression is also known as Dysthymia and it differs from Depression. While Depression is a severe mental illness that impacts a person’s quality of life to the point where they ca...
Behaviors in men that could be signs of depression
Depression in men may be masked by unhealthy coping behaviors, so it often goes undiagnosed and can have devastating consequences when untreated.