When the COVID-19 virus hit in US in mid-March 2020, millions of people around the world were forced to work remotely. It’s estimated that around 62% of employees are still working at home, according to a Gallup survey. Whether we like it or not, home offices are the...
In these days of uncertainty with COVID, seasonal wild fires and an upcoming election, it’s more important than ever to keep your spirits elevated. When your mental state is happy, then your physical system follows suit and stays healthy. There are tried and true...
“Freedom is about being so truly, madly and deeply attached to your own soul that you can’t bear – if only for a moment – a life that doesn’t honor it.” – Andrea Balt Most of us in the Bay Area live with a great deal of freedom in our day. We...
The mind is a busy with thoughts and we are either repeating thinking patterns throughout the day or on auto-pilot. As we know, the mind affects the body. If you are stressed in your mind, then that tension probably will be adversely transferred to the body. One of...
Adapted from Steve Rubinstein from the San Francisco Chronicle Six therapeutic llamas came on Friday to bring therapy to UC Berkeley in the fourth llama confab in campus history. A therapeutic llama may look like an ordinary llama. It isn’t. It’s been specially...
The stresses of everyday life may start taking a toll on the brain in relatively early middle age, new research shows. A study of more than 2,000 people, most of them in their 40s, found those with the highest levels of the stress-related hormone cortisol performed...
