Erin McKelle
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Erin McKelle Articles
Although it’s only been in the past year or so that I’ve developed a burning passion for psychology, I’ve always been fascinated by
Read...A Study Has Finally Proven What Women Have Said For Years: Birth Control Pills Mess With Your Health
We’ve been telling researchers, doctors, and anyone who will listen that we’re not satisfied with the birth control pill because of its side effects for years, but maybe this latest study from Sweden will make them actually listen.
Read...Self-care has become a huge buzzword in the wellness industry.
Read...This year I’m going into the holiday season with a self-care game plan, so that I’ll be ready when the holiday blues come around. I think that probably more people get the holiday blues than you would think, since this isn’t an issue that’s often talked about openly.
Read...I am a recovering serial dater who is now single and actually enjoying it.
Read...I’m adopted. It’s one of those things that has been a major force in shaping my identity, but that’s hard to talk about authentically almost anywhere.
Read...Staying in the present moment has been shown to have many positive benefits for your health and well-being, so it's no surprise that mindfulness has become such a popular practice.
Read...I decided to stop searching for an MMA platform that was going against these norms, since one did not exist, and create it myself.
Read...I began to see my mental health go completely downhill. This led me to seek out a psychiatrist, who raised an interesting concern: she thought my birth control was messing with my depression. It’s not like I hadn’t been aware of the link between hormonal contraception and depression before, but it never occurred to me that these two personal realities could be connected.
Read...Even though I've suffered from clinical depression ever since I was 15 years old, my depressive episodes have a lot more at stake as I’ve gotten older, especially since I’m dependent on my own productivity in order to survive.
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