mental health

When Emotions Get Trapped: How Repressed Feelings Can Lead to Stomach Problems

When Emotions Get Trapped: How Repressed Feelings Can Lead to Stomach Problems

Most of us have heard the phrase “trust your gut.” But what happens when our gut is constantly in distress—tight, cramping, bloated, or unpredictable? The truth is, the connection between our emotions and our digestive system runs far deeper than we might think.

What IS Mental Health?

What IS Mental Health?

As you have probably seen by now, May is mental health month. There has been a lot of chatter about mental health since the pandemic began and it has been increasingly apparent that mental health should absolutely be considered just as much as our physical health. It is actually difficult to separate these two, mental and physical health, because they work so closely together and inevitably influence each other. So, we hear this umbrella term of “mental health”, but do we actually stop to consider what it means and everything that it encompasses? You might be surprised.