8 Happiness Traps to Avoid: A Psychiatrist’s Insight

8 Happiness Traps to Avoid: A Psychiatrist’s Insight

by Florina Lungu | Jan 21, 2023 | Anxiety and Depression, Brain Health Problems, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Mindset

What does it mean to be happy? … It’s a very big question for such small words. It is a question that philosophers, artists, and many others have long sought the answer to. It is a question that creates a need for mental health professionals like myself. Yes, we have...
Making the Most of 2023: Refocusing Priorities for a Better Future

Making the Most of 2023: Refocusing Priorities for a Better Future

by Florina Lungu | Jan 7, 2023 | Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Mind and Body Health, Mindset

Happy 2023 my friends! Into the new year we bravely venture, looking back only to reminisce and reflect for the benefit of the future… This time of year brings with it so much talk of goals and ambitions. Very naturally the passing on of the old year and birth of the...
6 brain-boosting spices to keep you sharp this winter

6 brain-boosting spices to keep you sharp this winter

by Florina Lungu | Dec 17, 2022 | Anxiety and Depression, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Mind and Body Health, Mindset

What do you wake up to? Maybe you have heard the old saying: “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” It means that you should focus your daily intake on the first meal of your day – how you rise determines whether or not you will...
Be wary of “muddy”​ thoughts

Be wary of “muddy”​ thoughts

by Florina Lungu | Nov 12, 2022 | Anxiety and Depression, Health and Wellbeing, Mind and Body Health, Mindset, Stress and PTSD

What do you think your life would be like if you spent every day in a muddy hole in the ground? Each day you would wake up in the mud. You would do your work in the mud and eat your meals in the mud. When work was done, you would rest in the mud. And then, at the end...
How All-or-Nothing thinking cripples so many’s brains and mental health. Do you think like this?

How All-or-Nothing thinking cripples so many’s brains and mental health. Do you think like this?

by Florina Lungu | Oct 15, 2022 | Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Mind and Body Health, Mindset

Does a small mistake ruin your whole day? Do you feel best about yourself when you’ve been making all the right choices? Would you call yourself a perfectionist, obsessing over tiny details to get them all, each and every one, just right? This kind of thinking is...
“Why”​ matters more than “what”​

“Why”​ matters more than “what”​

by Florina Lungu | Oct 8, 2022 | Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Mind and Body Health, Mindset

Let’s do a quick exercise that will offer you some important insight… Take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything you’ve eaten today – meals, snacks, and even beverages, too – from the time you woke up to now. If you’re reading this in the morning,...
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