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5 Mantras to Comfort You When You’re Feeling Lonely

By Megan Bruneau — 2015

Loneliness used to terrify me. I think I feared that if I felt lonely, I’d lose my mind and develop an attachment to an inanimate object or something, like Tom Hanks in Cast Away.

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Why It Matters that More Athletes Are Talking about Their Mental Health

Experts I spoke with for this story pointed to a couple of reasons professional athletes are particularly susceptible to mental health issues.

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A New Prescription for Depression: Join a Team and Get Sweaty

Research shows exercise can ease things like panic attacks or mood and sleep disorders, and a recent study in the journal Lancet Psychiatry found that popular team sports may have a slight edge over the other forms of physical activity.

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Simone Biles and the Power of ‘No’

By withdrawing from competition citing concerns over her mental health, Biles showed that resisting expectations can be more powerful than persisting through them.

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‘When You Get Home It’s Really Lonely’: New Research Shows How Athletes Cope with Post-Olympic Life

With the Olympics drawing to a close, many athletes will begin to turn their attention to a crucial yet daunting question: what’s next?

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How Olympians Are Fighting to Put Athletes’ Mental Health First

More athletes are reporting mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, psychiatric conditions and eating disorders.

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Alice Park
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3 Ways Leaders Can Prevent Emotional Drain

When it comes to supporting employees to thrive despite the emotional fallout of the pandemic, leaders (and mindfulness) have a critical role to play.

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Experimental Treatments Changed the Course of the AIDS Epidemic; We Need the Same Approach to Mental Illness Today | Commentary

Demand from patients seeking help for their mental illnesses has led to underground use in a way that parallels black markets in the AIDS pandemic. This underground use has been most perilous for people of color, who face greater stigma and legal risks due to the War on Drugs.

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5 Ways to Befriend Yourself in Meditation

You may not consider how to befriend yourself in meditation, but when you shift your mindset, you can develop a friendly and compassionate approach to the practice. Try the following five practices and approaches to meditation.

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Lorin Roche
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Stress Makes Us Strong: How Meditation Helps

Stressing the body makes you stronger—as long as you have time to rest and recover.

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