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Take advantage of summer energy while you have it

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Halfway through the summer and I feel like I’m still skipping down the boardwalk by the beach, squinting into the sun. My energy is high, focused and endless. With plentiful sunshine I have wide latitude – I can eat pretty much what I want without going into a carb coma, exercising doesn’t feel like moving [...]

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Happy Solstice | Welcome Summer SAD

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Summer relief? Many people breathed a silent sigh of relief yesterday with the official start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. “Finally. I made it through winter again.” Ironically, just when we feel it’s really, truly safe to go outside and we can bask in the warmth of the sun, the daily minutes of sunshine [...]

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Fighting the Warm Weather Blues

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Caught by the Calendar Most of the articles you read on Seasonal Affective Disorder confidently state that SAD disappears with the onset of spring. And what if it doesn’t? It is now mid June in Michigan and I’m not sure I can say I’ve shaken off all of the spring depression I had this season. [...]

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Surprise of Spring Depression

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We Can’t Trust the Calendar Springtime is not an automatically light-filled and easy season for many people. The official start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere was March 20. But based on the Google searches that are finding this blog, lots of people are still struggling with seasonal depression and the whack to their body [...]

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How to Recover from Daylight Savings Time

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Don’t Mess With My Mornings Oh joy. Spring forward. Daylight savings time is here. For years I have resented the spring and fall time changes and now I understand why: Dark-again mornings throw my body clock and circadian rhythm out of whack just as my system is returning to normal after the long winter.

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How to Make Tough Decisions When You’re Overwhelmed by Winter

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The Sinister Effects of SAD It can be difficult to see the debilitating effects of the winter blues and seasonal depression when we’re in their grip. Recently a friend helped me realize how hard it can be to make a decision when you’re caught in a winter low point. Jane (not her real name) put [...]

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January is the worst time to make resolutions

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I ‘ll be  the contrarian today. Don’t make any New Year resolutions or set any goals. Wait. Wait until spring, when the natural rhythms and cycles are in your favor with the fresh energy of growth and change. If you’re struggling with seasonal depression or the winter blues, making New Year resolutions is a sure [...]

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White, Blue, Green? Which light is best?

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This is the sixth article in the Bright Light series. If you’re confused about the differences between bright white light therapy, blue LED light and low-intensity green light therapy, you’re in the right place. Give me a minute. Lots of research into light therapy That’s good news. Researchers are learning more all the time about [...]

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6 tips for determining the light box you need

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This is the fifth article in the Bright Light series. If you’ve searched online for light therapy lamps or light boxes, you’re likely confused by the variety of products. Overwhelming. In this post I’ll walk you out of the maze with my criteria for selecting a light box. When you’re ready to select a light [...]

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Why You Need a Daily Hit of Bright Light

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This is the third article in the Bright Light series. So light therapy is sounding more and more like something you’d like to try. Of course, you have more questions. If light therapy is going to work for you, here’s the key and I can’t stress this point enough: You need your daily hit of [...]

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Cloudy With a Chance of Depression

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This is the first article in the Bright Light series. You know what if feels like, even if you don’t know the medical name for it. The clouds roll in to stay about the beginning of September or October, depending where you live, and your energy curls up in a corner and refuses to come [...]

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SAD Stories: When the Antidepressant Doesn’t Work

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Caught in a vicious energy cycle I know what it feels like to pull myself out of bed every morning, long after the alarm has gone off repeatedly, feeling like I’d drunk a half bottle of wine the night before when I hadn’t had any alcohol at all. I know what it’s like when winter [...]

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