Category: Blog
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When Your Brain Hits the Panic Button: Why You Can’t Think Straight Under Stress
You know the feeling. Your heart pounds. Your breath shortens. Your thoughts spiral but never land. Maybe your boss drops an impossible deadline on your desk, or your toddler has a meltdown in the middle of the grocery store. In that moment, your calm, logical self seems to vanish. You might snap, freeze, or rush…
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Your Gut, Your Body Type, and Your Brain: The Surprising Trio Shaping Your Health
For decades, we’ve sorted human bodies into three neat biotypology (study of human types based on morphological, physiological, and psychological characteristics) categories: the lean ectomorph, the muscular mesomorph, and the softer endomorph (Martinez-Mirelles et al., 2025). In parallel, psychology has explored the link between our physical constitution and our temperament, a concept known as somatopsychology.…
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Neurocounseling: Therapy That Works With Your Brain
Mental health care is changing fast. One of the most exciting new approaches is neurocounseling, a way of blending talk therapy with modern brain science (Lorelle&Michele, 2017). Instead of only focusing on thoughts and feelings, neurocounseling looks at how the brain itself changes during therapy and uses that knowledge to make treatment more effective. This approach is grounded…