Articles by Joel Helmes

One of the common phenomenons I see in relationship counselling is the link between stress, emotionality, and safety in the home. In short, stressed people are generally more emotional (Fight or Flight response triggered for […]

A new study has made some quite interesting findings regarding cannabis use among adolescents. It was found, adolescents are over three times more vulnerable to developing a cannabis addiction than adults, but may not be […]

Getting up early and keeping active throughout the day have been found as the two most important behaviours in helping us stay healthy in our later years. A new study out of the University of […]

I must admit, I do admire people who can play the piano, it’s a skill I would have liked to have learned, though I haven’t gone down that road in my own life yet. But, […]

It’s been long established that a healthy gut leads to a healthy mind, now the benefits of a couple of different food options have been found to be helpful in helping keep your tummy happy. […]

I remember watching a fascinating counselling training presentation video from renowned trauma researcher, Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk. The psychiatrist, author, researcher, and educator changed his thinking about how trauma affects us when he read […]

Quite often, the way we breathe says a lot about how our life is going, and luckily better breathing is something you can probably start doing right now. Of course, some people do have particular […]

New research has found adopting the core precepts of Buddhism can potentially help reduce the effects of depression. The results were published last month in the open-access journal PLOS ONE with the team from Chiang […]