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Given how we use the words “sadness” and “depression” in everyday life and in pop culture, it can be hard to differentiate one from the other. Even though they might seem similar, they’re not. Experts say it’s like comparing a single star to a constellation. Understanding what separates sadness from depression is important, as it can help people know w hen to seek professional help and prevent needless suffering. Experts who spoke to TausiInsider described sadness as a normal emotional state that all people experience in their lives following a loss, disappointment, or other upsetting events. Depression, on the other hand, is a mental health condition characterized by a persistent sad mood or loss of enjoyment for most of the day and nearly every day for at least two weeks, according to Dr. Kathryn Gordon, a clinical psychologist and author of The Suicidal Thoughts Workbook . One of the biggest differences between sadness and depression is how long the person’s experience persist...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I don't like my neighbor. He is old, conservative and very loud at times when our kids are sleeping. There are many more reasons, but let's get into the real topic of this article. I eventually found ways to switch my anger and release it from my body. At some point, I just realized that it is not healthy for myself or for my family. The person who was most frustrated was me, and the other person even didn't know it. I just realized that this is not the role model that I want to be for my kids, so I started my own journey to fix this. Here are some ways you can do it, too: 1. Gratitude post of the week This became a real tradition for me! At the end of the week, I wrote a post on social media highlighting all the things that I am grateful for. Especially as entrepreneurs, we so often focus on and stress about things that need to be done, but this allowed me to focus on the real important ...

The most important part of a conversation may not be the actual conversation. It may be the stories in our mind that we bring to the conversation, hampering our contributions and understanding. “In our interactions, we aren’t transmitting and receiving data like TVs and radios – signal sent, signal received. Unlike radio antennas, our reception of others’ words is rarely straightforward because of our big, beautiful, filtering, sense making brain,” consultant and seasoned mediator Chuck Wisner writes in The Art of Conscious Conversations. Of course, the same thing is happening for our conversation partner. “What we say isn’t what someone else heard, and what someone else says isn’t what we hear,” he says. To have a healthy collaborative conversation, we need to hold our stories lightly and learn to ask questions. We need to seek to understand, not being afraid of the collaboration’s dynamic give and take. Conversations are with others, but we need to be aware of the conversation with...

For many of us, the holiday season brings added responsibilities, obligations, and the unspoken pressure of perfection. “The most wonderful time of the year” can be an especially anxious time for those with high-functioning anxiety. “High-functioning anxiety refers to someone who appears to be managing their life very well and have everything put together, however, they still suffer from excessive worry, stress, and at times obsessive thoughts,” Dr. Amelia Kelley , a trauma-informed therapist and co-author of What I Wish I Knew: Surviving and Thriving After an Abusive Relationship , explains to TausiInsider. “The holidays can worsen anxiety especially for those who appear high-functioning on the outside because of the amount of expectations and obligations that occur during the holidays [particularly when it comes to socializing and showing up for other people].” Additionally, financial pressure and the “intensified pressure and break from normalcy can also negatively impact our he...

Photo : Ground Picture ( Shutterstock ) You know when you are checking out at a department or drug store during the holiday season and you see those big, pre-made gift baskets filled with lotion and fuzzy socks? Those are fine. I usually get, like, two or three of those as gifts every year, and I have no real issue with fuzzy socks. But if you’re trying to buy a relaxing gift for someone who is always on the very edge of a breakdown (cough), you can do better. Here are a dozen gifts designed to help them relax, all of them more unique and less tacky than yet another pair of seasonal socks. https://www.tausiinsider.com/12-of-the-best-gifts-for-someone-who-just-needs-to-relax/?feed_id=328992&_unique_id=642aa31e8fc17

To master the world you must master yourself, advises Toronto-based executive coach Craig Dowden. And high on the list of what you must master are your mindset, emotions and strengths. Our mindset affects how we process information and affects our experiences. “Imagine you’re getting ready for an upcoming meeting and are thinking, ‘This is going to be torturous and a complete waste of time.’ Guess how the meeting turns out?” he writes in A Time to Lead . Mr. Dowden places great stock in having a “growth mindset,” in which we are energized about new opportunities, rather than a fixed mindset, in which we prefer tasks we already do well and don’t expect to make mistakes. A growth mindset allows us to handle challenges and setbacks better, because we have a more flexible approach. Indeed, for those with a growth mindset, a setback becomes a puzzle to figure out rather than a reason to give up. We are likely to put more effort into improving ourselves because we believe such change is p...

Photo : fizkes ( Shutterstock ) Staying focused in a world of nonstop work emails and social media notifications is a never-ending challenge. As much as we talk about the importance (and difficulty) of sustained, deep focus, there are other types of attention, all of which have their usefulness. There’s the creativity that springs from boredom; the comfort of engaging in a mindless, routine activity; and even the satisfaction that comes from powering through a tough— but dreaded— task. “Attention has typically been thought of as being in two states: focused and unfocused,” said Gloria Mark, a researcher and author of the book Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity . “As it turns out, it’s much more nuanced than that.” What are the four types of attention? As Mark and other researchers are discovering , attention has two components: challenge and engagement. Deep focus, which is what we usually think of in regards to attention,...

Image : Podcast logo On Ten Percent Happier’s More Than a Feeling , host Saleem Reshamwala explores emotions like rage, jealousy, and shame, and investigates the ways we all deal with them. Each episode dives into what these emotions really represent, as, through beautiful storytelling and interviews, the show attempts to uncover how people have gotten over fears, learned to be accepted, and experienced “distributed emotion” through music. (Speaking of music, the theme song slaps.) Recently, Saleem dropped a mini-workshop about dread—what it is, tangible things we can do to keep control the places in our lives where we experience it, and even how to hold a healthy grudge. This show takes you on a journey of emotions alongside neuroscientists, historians, philosophers, musicians, therapists, hairdressers, airplane pilots, and everyday people like you. https://www.tausiinsider.com/the-10-best-mental-health-podcasts-to-get-you-through-2023/?feed_id=325502&_unique_id=63f...