Category: Mental Health

The transition into colder and darker months is a difficult transition for many. We are no longer offered the gift of long days and the warmth of consistent sunshine on our skin.  Seasonal affective disorder, also known as “seasonal depression,” affects up to 10% of the United States population and increases in prevalence as you get further from the equator.  We deserve to honor and nourish our cyclical natures and offer the fall and winter as times to slow down

Second to fatigue, the most common concern that my patients have is anxiety. While it may seem like everyone has anxiety (and I would argue to some extent that is true and normal), about 1 in 5 Americans meet the criteria to be considered diagnosable with an anxiety disorder.  While anxiety can present in different forms (generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, phobias, OCD, etc), there is a lot of similarities around the root cause(s) of anxiety.  From an evolutionary standpoint, anxiety