holistic psychiatry

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Open your Creativity and Let it Fly / Seven Days of Gratitude

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Open your Creativity and Let it Fly / Seven Days of Gratitude

Today, I'm grateful for creativity. It feels GOOD to be creative in any form of expression and creativity provides a host of benefits that are particularly helpful in our current global moment. Did you know, pursuing creative activities can help to reduce stress and anxiety, spark healing, bring a sense of purpose and accomplishment, AND improve your mood? With our lives and routines uprooted and isolation being a way of life for the time being, creativity can be an important key in managing change and thriving through challenging times. Professionally, as a psychiatrist and analyst, I encourage creativity as a part of the therapeutic process, as it's been proven to be a powerful avenue for healing. Personally, I enjoy creative writing

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Coping with Coronavirus

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Coping with Coronavirus

The outbreak of Coronavirus can be stressful. Fear about an invisible enemy can cause fear, anxiety, and panic. Coping with stress makes you stronger and helps those around you to be calmer. Those with preexisting mental health conditions need to continue their medication and treatment. Be aware of new or worsening symptoms. We are all in this together, and if we look at the positive, it will bring us closer and more connected. Here are 10 tips to reduce stress and anxiety:

4 Surprising Benefits of Regular Exercise

4 Surprising Benefits of Regular Exercise

Most people associate exercise and its necessity with physical well-being and maintaining a healthy weight.  And while that’s true, there’s also great benefit for mental health through exercise. I have many patients who I have encouraged to exercise regularly and change their diet which has reduced their depression, stress, anxiety, as well as alleviate high blood pressure, diabetes and high blood cholesterol. 

Greater mental health awaits.