Why Sleep May Be the Most Important Thing You Do

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Want to feel better than you’ve ever felt?Every year, millions of us make New Year’s resolutions with the hope of improving our lives. Common goals include losing weight, getting in shape, reducing stress, and improving overall health. While winning the lottery might remain a distant dream, achieving the other four is entirely within our reach.Imagine feeling more

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Level Up

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Ancient Remedies for Modern Performance (Nootropics – Adaptogens – Psychobiotics) The Elusive Nature of Human Performance The desire to perform at our best and achieve our goals is inherent in human nature. Improving how we feel, how we look, and how we perform is an on-going quest that many of us strive for. Unfortunately, while

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How to Help Someone with Anxiety: 5 All-Natural Strategies

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Is someone in your life struggling with anxiety?Experiencing anxiety is a normal psychological mood state. This is important to understand because there is a difference  between the disease (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) and the everyday, common feeling of anxiety that we all experience at different points in our lives. While professional help from mental health professionals is

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How to Go to Sleep Naturally: Holistic Tips for Deep, Restorative Rest

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Are you or someone in your life having a hard time sleeping?Sleep issues are, without exaggeration, at epidemic levels right now. Everyone is tired, and everyone is tired of being tired. But this doesn’t have to be you. And it doesn’t have to be your loved ones.There are natural, proven ways to get a better night’s rest

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How to Help Someone Who Is Stressed: My Top 5 Strategies

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Are you concerned about a friend or loved one’s feelings of stress?You’re not alone.In today’s fast-paced world, stress is inevitable.And when you notice a friend or family member who is experiencing stress, it’s natural to want to do all you can to help and support them.There are traditional stress management techniques like diet, deep breathing,

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Stress, Leaky Gut, Inflammation, and Depression

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Chronic Social Stress Activates the Immune System and Causes Depression Stress levels around the world are surging, alongside the incidence of stress-related psychiatric disorders. Right alongside our increased stress levels, the human gut contains fewer bacterial species than ever before – with one important consequence being reduced stress resilience. Preclinical and clinical evidence has shown

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Gut Stress Webinar

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Here is the webinar recording from the “Gut Stress” webinar that we did with the Certified Mental Wellness Coaches (CMWCs) – and the article with all the details. The audio transcript is pasted below so you can follow along with the discussion. 00:00:01.800 –> 00:00:17.629Dr. Shawn Talbott: Alright. There we get the recording going. Hey?

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Stress and Your Gut

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We’ve known for a long time that mental stress is linked to gut problems and flare-ups of GI conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).  A new study (January 23, 2024) provides some additional details about the precise biochemical changes that stress causes in the gut – and suggests some clues to reducing gut stress at the

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It’s “Quit” Day – How is Your 2024 Resolution Going?

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Today is January 17 – the “middle” of January – and “approximately” the day that most people decide to throw in the towel on their New Years Resolutions. The good news is that the gym will be less crowded next week. The bad news is that a lot of those “quitters” (which I say tongue-in-cheek)

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