by Holly Higgins | Mar 6, 2016 | Depression, Mental Health, Nutrition for Mental Health
This post originally appeared on Pills to Paleo, my former website. I’ve talked to a lot of people with anxiety and depression, and nearly all of them have experienced some type of trauma: they grew up in abusive or neglectful families, they endured a major loss, they...
by Holly Higgins | Aug 12, 2015 | Antidepressant Withdrawal, Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Psychiatry
This post originally appeared on Pills to Paleo, my former website. I was listening to the Born Primal podcast today, and the host mentioned her concern about “medication shaming” in paleo and natural health circles. Essentially, medication shaming is the when someone...
by Holly Higgins | Aug 9, 2015 | Antidepressant Withdrawal, Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Psychiatry
This post originally appeared on Pills to Paleo, my former website. Two years ago, I would have peed my pants if something like this existed. The Mental Wellness Summit features more than 30 speakers on different topics regarding holistic mental health. Many of them...
by Holly Higgins | Dec 26, 2014 | Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Paleo, Whole30
This post originally appeared on Pills to Paleo, my former website. Since June of this year, I’ve completed two successful Whole30s, and I’m about to embark on another starting January 1st. Because I’m still trying to lose weight, and because I love...
by Holly Higgins | Dec 8, 2014 | Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Mindset, Psychiatry
This post originally appeared on Pills to Paleo, my former website. In July 2012, I walked out of a psychiatrist’s office with a laundry list of diagnoses: bipolar type II disorder, social anxiety, agoraphobia, and avoidant personality disorder. I was simultaneously...
