During her time at CNET, Kim Wong-Shing loved demystifying the world of wellness to make it accessible to any reader. She was also passionate about exploring the intersections of health, history and ...

Feeling sleepy after a big meal is often normal. But here’s how to know if an underlying condition is causing your fatigue. Feeling fatigued after a meal — medically known as postprandial somnolence — ...

Anxiety and depression each create their own self-talk. Your anxious brain says, Be careful, stay in your comfort zone, look ahead, anticipate the worst; your depression says, You’re trapped, it isn’t ...

When an emotion arises, how do you usually respond? For many, suppression and analysis are the default, but truly processing emotions is key to healing and stronger connections. Most of us were never ...

When someone asks you how old you are now, do you have to stop and think before you answer? Perhaps you automatically come up with a number that is a year or two (or more) less than your chronological ...

Note: What follows is a modified excerpt from the book Our Polyvagal World: How Safety and Trauma Change Us, by behavioral neuroscientist Stephen Porges, Ph.D. (who first proposed the Polyvagal Theory ...