Longtime South Floridians know the August daytime drill: Move as quickly as possible from the air-conditioned comfort of the indoors to the air-conditioned comfort of your car. On most 90-plus-degree ...

Telling someone with a mental health issue to "spend more time outside" is often viewed as inherently unhelpful. But it turns out there is some truth to the retort. Ecotherapy is being used as a ...

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As many as one in six adults experience mental health problems like depression or anxiety every week. And not only is mental ill-health one of the most common causes of disease worldwide — it’s also ...

“Join me on a dog walk,” I said to my kids one afternoon. They sighed as if I had suggested they spend the day memorizing the library’s card catalog system. But their moods lightened once we were ...

It is time to (carefully) celebrate some of our restrictions being lifted due to our care and attention with social distancing. Over the last few days, there have been many more people out enjoying ...

DALLAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) – May is Mental Health Awareness Month and today is CBS' Mental Health Action Day. So what does that mean? We're looking for ways to take charge of our own do the same. One ...

Backpacking, biking, soil-touching, meditating on nature, standing in a garden in the rain: The list of simple acts deemed to help restore essential balance among body, mind and environment is long.

Therapy on the hiking trail couldn’t fix the new normal of Oregon wildfire season, but could it help me grapple with it? New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming running events, and ...

IN RECENT YEARS, Western researchers have become aware of a powerful new kind of therapy which might be as effective against depression as traditional psychotherapy or medication. What’s remarkable is ...

We’re experiencing disastrous climatic events because we treat the land – metaphorically speaking – like dirt. Nature’s ecosystems regulate climate. In turn, the well-being of all nature, ourselves ...