Well Being Guide

When Erin teaches a yoga class, she is the picture of grounded. She speaks gently as she wanders through the room, making subtle but supportive adjustments to an array of bodies. What’s less obvious is that for many years, Erin, 24, suffered from debilitating depression and anxiety. For almost eight years she was on and […]

The sampler plastic package has a big, yellow happy face on it, with the predictable expression in one corner: “Don’t Worry, Be Happy!” It’s 100-percent vegetarian 5-Hydroxytryptophan, a serotonin building block. According to the label, it’s something to take to help with “PMS, mood and sleep,” amongst other things. It’s but one of a number […]

Immortal Scofield could be considered a goth dreamboat. He is tall with long, flowing raven-coloured hair, a goatee and broad shoulders. He’s gregarious and popular, enjoys moshing and being funny. He is in the bands Gorgoroth and Type O Negative and sometimes stumbles around drunk—having a good time and entertaining people. Immortal’s sister Allatu is […]

Mental block: Psychiatric drugs are quick fixes—prescribed too quickly and without talk therapy. The world is divided when it comes to drugs to treat mental illness—from anxiety to depression to obsessive compulsive disorder and more. While the debate has as many folds and factors as the brain itself, the best entry point into the debate […]