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  beverlyworth 12:48 am on July 15, 2019 Permalink | Reply  

  Talkspace blog 

  The Talkspace blog is associated with the Talkspace app. The Talkspace blog includes several articles on the topics of mental health and psychology. Some articles are more academic, such as “What is Attachment theory?” and others are more practical, such as “How to Exercise Your Way to Mental Health”. Other categories on the blog include Depression, Domestic Violence, Eating Disorders, Sex, Social Media Use, and several more. Specifically, there is a Stress category that includes articles focused on teens, self care, and relationship stress.

  From the articles in the Stress category, I learned that a specific benefit of exercise as it relates to stress is sweating. The act of sweating is noted to remove toxins from the body. Another piece of information I found significant was the importance of experiencing stress rather than ignoring it. In order for stress to release from the body, it needs to be felt or dealt with, rather than swept under the rug.

  This blog relates to my guiding questions as it contains multiple articles that delve into the topic of stress and its effects on the body. Additionally, there are articles that are specifically focused on the relationship between stress and exercise.

  

  (2019). talkspace.com/blog. [Blog] Talkspace Blog. Available at: talkspace.com/blog.

   

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  beverlyworth 8:34 am on July 6, 2019 Permalink | Reply  

  Thrive & Be Whole 

  Thrive & Be Whole is a website/blog run by Ayana Labossiere Burke, a former Bay Area teacher. After experiencing teacher burnout, Labossiere Burke created this source to assist teachers and other professionals going through the same thing. She has multiple blog posts about managing a healthy work/life balance, self-care, healthy self-talk, shame, and maintaining sanity during high-stress times. Labossiere Burke promotes a “chronically healthy lifestyle” to combat stress. In regards to exercise, she argues that “physical stress is hard on your body, and that makes your body work less efficiently”.

  

  Labossiere Burke suggests mental methods of dealing with stress. While many of my other sources cite exercise and external self care as means of stress management, Labossiere Burke argues that an effective method to dealing with a stressor would be to change your relationship with that stressor. For example, if work is your main stressor, you may find that your perception of the stressor changes once you attempt to find a positive or spiritual connection with your job. Similar to Sapolsky, Labossiere Burke suggests social support and meaningful relationships with others as a method to approaching stress management. Thrive and Be Whole is relevant to my research as it addresses the effects of stress (specifically workplace stress) an individual’s mental health and sanity.

  Labossiere Burke, A. (2019). thriveandbewhole.com. [Blog] Thrive & Be Whole. Available at: thriveandbewhole.com
   
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  beverlyworth 7:30 am on July 6, 2019 Permalink | Reply  

  yogamaris Blog 

  Maris Degener’s blog yogamaris focuses on yoga, self care, and mental health. All of her blog entries focus on searching within ones self, deep reflection, and acceptance. In regards to “fixing” mental health-related conditions such as disordered eating and drug abuse, Degener states that “if we address what’s truly going on, then the path becomes clearer. If we’re able to begin to work through and fully confront the things that manifested our disorder or dependency in the first place, like trauma or lack of control or struggles with identity, then the symptoms begin to heal in a more long-lasting and tangible way.” Degener argues that an effective method of stress management is to do the work in deconstructing the root of the problem, rather than treating symptoms superficially.

  Degener discusses self-care as an act of non-violence. Rather than the go-to thought of restraining from physical altercation, she cites healthy self-talk as a way of managing internal stress. She also discusses accepting ourselves and moving forward. If we have been a “shitty person”, acknowledge it and move forward rather than succumbing to further negative self-talk. The yogamaris blog relates to my guiding questions as it focuses on mental health and taking care of your body.

  

  Degener, M. (2019). yogamaris.net. [Blog] yogamaris. Available at: http://yogamaris.net