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How to Get to Sleep and Stay Asleep

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Did you know that people with depression also commonly experience insomnia?

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New Year, New Brain

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There are therapies that can help rewire the brain…

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Grief at the Holidays

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Why does grief come knocking during the holidays?

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The Human Condition

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How to move through the human condition …

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Mental Health in Kids

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6 Ways to Support Mental Health in Kids …

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10 Ways to Move Forward

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Small, strong, steps forward …

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Physical Recovery

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Has the past year taken a toll on your body?

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Process and Grieve

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Shifting gears and feeling like yourself again …

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Long-Term COVID Effects

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Natural support for long term effects …

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Immediate Calm

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Fast stress relief …

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Resilience: Spiritual Health

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Guidance and evolution of faith …

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Resilience: Mental Health

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Adapt, grow, heal …

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Building Resilience

Healing and change …

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Beyond Fear, Finding Growth

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Calm fears, reduce anxiety …

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Lonely in a Crowd

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Support for those feeling lonely …

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Winter Blues and Seasonal Depression

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Low adrenal function can make you cold …

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3 Alternatives to Antidepressants

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Learn how these 3 can help …

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Feeling Unmotivated and Tired?

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Tired all.the.time? There’s a reason and we can help.

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When Relationships Change

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Steps to take when your relationships feel … off …

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Sit and Watch the Sunset

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Are you addicted to busy and feeling guilty if you’re not? This blog’s for you …

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Adolescent Mental Health

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Normalizing mental health care for our kids. Here’s how …

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Swimsuit Anxiety

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Embrace your body, beyond looks, and jump into swimsuit season …

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Holistic Approach to Midlife Happiness

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Here are 3 tips to help you as you redefine yourself …

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The Dangers of Chronic Anxiety

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Stress is a part of life. But what happens when it becomes a large part of your life? Learn more about the dangers of chronic stress and chronic anxiety …

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Sexual Health: Natural Libido Boost

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Valentine’s Day is a great reminder that our sexual health may be on the back burner. Dr. Graves offers some libido boosting ideas in this week’s blog.

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A Naturopathic’s Guide To Grief: Holidays, Anniversaries, …

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Feeling numb during the holiday season or dreading it? Grief can show up in a variety of mental and physical ways during the holidays and throughout the year.

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A Naturopathic’s Guide to Grief

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Dr. Graves suffered a personal loss that gave him the opportunity to transform not only his life, but also the lives of his patients. Grief and loss are types of stress that cause a substantial impact to our health on many levels. Learn more in today’s blog …

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Ashwagandha: The Super Herb for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression

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Feeling burned out? Ashwagandha helps the mind and body adjust to stress, fights depression, and fights anxiety. Learn more about this amazing adaptogen herb …

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Mood, Hormones, & Everything in Between: Natural Teen Care

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Why teens are under so much pressure and how naturopathic medicine and therapies can help. Mentally and physically, teens need support now more than ever.

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Art Therapy: Helping Children and Adolescents

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It’s tough to be a kid. Not only are today’s pressures—from school to sports to friends—difficult for kids, but traumas, abuses, bullying, and even the Internet can lead to anxiety, depression, and self-harm. Whether these fears and worries stem from

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Anxiety & Acupuncture – Help or Hype?

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The best way for me to describe it is as though I was acutely aware of all of the bad things that could happen and it all kept racing through my mind most minutes of the day.  I was always

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3 Tips for Grief at the Holidays

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For me, it’s like being in a fog between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. I go through the motions, but there is no authentic joy. I cringe at most Christmas songs, I don’t have the energy or urge to decorate, and

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