5 Ways to Find Balance This Holiday Season

5 Ways to Find Balance This Holiday Season

The holidays are upon us, and that means your social calendar AND your to-do list are probably filling up quickly. Between work parties and holiday gatherings, shopping trips and making meals, it’s easy to feel stressed and overwhelmed. Holiday stress can have...
This Giving Tuesday, Give From the Heart

This Giving Tuesday, Give From the Heart

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Giving Tuesday, a celebration that started as a day to counter the spending of Black Friday and Cyber Monday by donating to charities in need of support and quickly made its way to 70+ countries. In 2021 alone, nonprofits...

How to Talk to Your Family about Heart Health History

Approaching your loved ones and asking them about heart conditions or other diseases may be difficult. Maybe they don’t have all of the information; perhaps you feel uncomfortable talking about illness, or maybe the whole topic feels taboo in your family. In some...

Inequities in Health Outcomes for Women of Color

You may be familiar with the effects of factors like age and gender on people’s health. But did you know that race and ethnicity can play a significant role in health outcomes? First, people of certain ethnicities experience disproportionately higher rates of certain...
The Link Between Mental Health and Heart Disease

The Link Between Mental Health and Heart Disease

Multiple studies have shown a direct link between heart disease and mental health conditions like depression. In fact, 20% to 40% of patients who’ve gone through a major heart event meet the criteria for major depressive disorder. The link goes both ways — emotional...