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Grounding Techniques: Staying Present to Ease Psychological Distress

When anxiety, trauma, or emotional overwhelm strike, our minds can spiral into past fears or future worries. In those moments, grounding techniques offer a lifeline—bringing us back to the present and helping to ease psychological distress. These simple, practical strategies focus on reconnecting with the body and environment, reducing the power of intrusive thoughts and […]

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Breaking Free from Negative Self-Talk: How Therapy Can Help

Elysium Psychology / Aneka Srinivasan

Negative self-talk can be a relentless inner critic, convincing us that we’re not good enough, smart enough, or worthy of happiness. These automatic, self-defeating thoughts can fuel anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem, making it difficult to move forward in life. Fortunately, therapy provides effective strategies to challenge and reframe these thoughts, fostering self-compassion and a

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Gut Health and Autism: What is the Connection?

Elysium Psychology / Elysium Psychology

By Jackie Chapman Did you know that our gut, often called our “second brain,” might play an important role in autism? Scientists are finding out that the tiny organisms living in our gut can affect our brain and behaviour. Let us explore how this works and what it means for autistic people. The Gut-Brain Axis Our gut

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