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How to Take Your Teaching Career to the Next Level

Your job may be to teach your students about the world, but that doesn’t mean that your role as a learner is over. As a teacher, like the children, teens, or even adults in your classes, you still have the capacity to grow. More to the point, you still have the ability to take yourself…

How risky is sodium valproate for pregnant women?

Sodium valproate is a common and usually highly effective medication used to treat epilepsy. While it is generally considered safe for the person taking the medication, sodium valproate can pose significant risks to unborn children if their mother takes the drug during pregnancy. It has been found that physical birth defects are up to 5…

Four Forms of Exercise that are Good for Mental Health

You may have heard that your physical state has a direct correlation with your mental health, and the benefits of exercise to your mental well-being is well documented. No matter what our physical condition is like, there are exercises we can all do to improve how we feel. Whether active or living a sedentary lifestyle,…

What It Means to Care for Your Mental Health

How often do you think about the state of your mental wellbeing? When you first wake up in the morning, before you even get out of bed, what are some of the first emotions that you feel? Are you happy with your life and the people that surround you? You can sometimes be placed in…

How to Stay Physically and Mentally Well After an Injury

The road to keeping your mind and body healthy is a difficult one. Often, obstacles like injuries can crop up, which can prohibit you from leading a healthy life in more ways than one. Sometimes, such injuries can lead to mental health issues and a decline in your physical health, so it’s best to commit…

How Physical Health Affects Your Mental Health

There is more to good health than a healthy weight and an active lifestyle. It also doesn’t simply mean being disease-free. Good health is about both your mind and body. Many people make the mistake of believing physical and mental health are separate from one another. However, one affects the other, which is why it…

Pass with Flying Colors: How to Boost Your Brain Power at College

Knowledge is power, especially when attempting to earn a degree. If you want to learn at a faster rate, improve your memory, sharpen up your thinking skills, and solve complex problems with ease, you need to work on improving your brain power. While you might think this is easier said than done, it doesn’t need…

Tips for Mind and Body Wellness

There’s perhaps a little too much emphasis in today’s world on the wellness of the body, with the mind sidelined in terms of our general healthy living rituals. Many people go to the gym daily, go for frequent jogs, and eat a healthy diet free from harmful ingredients. But far fewer observe mindfulness techniques, take…

The Best Ways to De-Stress

Stress does not help anyone live their best lives. Still, it’s something that inevitably happens once in a while, as much as someone may do their best to avoid it. It is a part of life. However, you can’t let yourself become consumed with negative and anxious thoughts or else your health and everything else…

Your Mind and Body: The Two Truly Are Connected!

Ever have those days where you wake up on the wrong side of the bed and have an unshakeable dark cloud hanging over you for hours and hours? When these down days occur, it’s usually a combination of good food, good company and distracting activity that shakes off the funk. Rarely will a headache tablet,…