30th October 2014 By Andy Whiteley Co-Founder of Wake Up World Do you have anxiety or feel stressed and overwhelmed? Do you get panic attacks? Or feel awkward or uncomfortable in social...
Category - Depression, Anxiety & Mental Health
Wake Up World’s articles covering depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and mental health, including natural solutions to help you overcome them.
From Stress to Joy: Practicing the Sense of “Enough”
By Judy Zehr Guest writer for Wake Up World What drives our anxious mind? One of the keys can be found in our “default circuits” or the neural circuits — the thoughts...
8 Emotional Patterns That Can Disturb Our Inner Peace
By Phillip J. Watt Guest writer for Wake Up World At some stage of our lives we all experience emotional dysfunction to some degree, especially when we’re maturing. In some cases it may just...
How Microbes in the Gut Influence Anxiety and Depression
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World We may not give much thought to the 100 trillion microbes living within our guts, but new discoveries within psychiatry have found that...
PBDEs Decrease IQs in Children
10th October 2014 By Dr. Edward F. Group Contributing Writer for Wake Up World PBDE is a chemical flame retardant that was widely used in a number of common consumer products, including...
Lion’s Mane: a Smart Mushroom Choice for Memory, Mood and Clarity
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Easily grown at home, and a relatively inexpensive therapeutic food, lion’s mane is a beautiful mushroom with cascading spines...
Vitamin C for Taming Tension, Burning Fat, and Much More
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World If you have undesirable fat around your midsection or would like to support cardiovascular health or reduce diabetic symptoms, vitamin C...
How to Deal with Your Inner Critic
By Lissa Rankin MD Guest Writer for Wake Up World Recenty, Martha Beck and I co-taught the first of eight classes in our Coming Home to Your Spirit class. We were very excited about...
Multiple Meds? How to Protect Your Brain from the Perils of Polypharmacy
By Deane Alban Contributing writer for Wake Up World Prescription drugs cause over 100,000 deaths per year and cause another 1.5 million people to experience side effects so severe they must be...
Brain Inflammation: When the Fire Within is Out of Control
By Deane Alban Contributing Writer for Wake Up World You’ve certainly experienced the acute inflammation that occurs when an injured body part turns red, hot, and swollen. Inflammation...
The Truth About Insomnia, Depression and Anxiety
By Dr. Michelle Kmiec Contributing Writer for Wake Up World In today’s fast-paced society, it isn’t any wonder that so many people suffer from depression. But is the answer...
Feed Your Brain What it Needs
By Jacob Scharf Guest Writer for Wake Up World In my previous article, Enhancing Neurotransmitter Production Naturally, I discussed the issue of supplemental ‘mood elevators’ as...