Calming And Healing The Fear Brain
Our fear brain, the amygdala, processes information about a situation four times faster than our thinking brain. This can result in rather difficult behavioral...
Dr. Kate TruittMental Health and Wellbeing
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“No” Is A Complete Sentence – And Other Steps To Self-Care
Join Lynn Rossy as she explores three important self-care components for balanced life and wellbeing: resting, saying no and letting go of perfectionism.
Lynn Rossy
Science Behind the Inner Child: Understanding the Left and Right Side of Your Brain
The inner child is the part of our psyche that produces impulses, seemingly irrational reactions, outside our conscious control, often contrary to our long...
Josh Korda
How To Build Your Own Mental Gym
Building your own mental gym is less about downloading a brain training game, and more about designing your life to support healthy cognitive function....
Isabelle Pikörn
Can Meditation Help You Catch Up On Sleep?
Is meditation the remedy for sleep loss? This article explores how and if we can catch up on sleep and what part meditation plays...
Insight Timer Editorial Team
Trauma-Informed Workplaces Post-COVID-19
In this article, Megan shares four strategies for trauma-informed practices to consider, reflect upon and expand or add to as you think about what...
Megan Kirk Chang
Coming To Attention: Mindfulness, Crisis, And Resilience
Who wants to focus more on reality when things are a mess? The idea of paying more attention during difficult times may feel somewhere...
Mark Bertin
How to Stop Ruminating Thoughts with Meditation
We’ve all experienced the cyclical, repetitive thinking of rumination. Rumination can be as benign as briefly replaying a conversation with our co-worker, wondering if...
Isabelle Pikörn
What Rest Do You Need?
For many people in current times, rest and relaxation might look like binge-watching a series or indulging in any number of unhealthy habits that...
Insight Timer
This Is Your Brain On Quarantine… And How To Cope
"Why do I feel so anxious all the time when I'm just safe in my home? Other people have it so much worse. I...
Dr. Kathryn Soule, PhD, LPC