EDUCATIONAL ARTICLES
Browse through our stream of original educational articles that cover a variety of topics including mental health, psychology, wellness, therapy, self care, and current events. Make sure you check back as we are always working to produce new content!

3 Powerful Ways To Stop Anxiety Now
Let’s Get Started. Anxiety affects everyone on planet Earth, everywhere from San Jose, California to San Jose, Costa Rica. It’s a part of being alive. It’s part of the human experience. But, it doesn't have to be. At least, not to the extent it plagues most...
3 Powerful Ways To Stop Anxiety Now
Let’s Get Started. Anxiety affects everyone on planet Earth, everywhere from San Jose, California to San Jose, Costa Rica. It’s a part of being alive. It’s part of the human experience. But, it...
Welcoming Change
Unexpected change can be difficult for the human psyche to fully embrace at first. It overwhelms our emotional and cognitive freedom, so to be able to work with it, we have to understand its inevitability and the silent transformative power that lies within us....
Food Can Make You Happy! Or Sad…
Food can make you happy. Physical health and mental health are so closely connected. When we think of physical health, we often think of physical fitness, but food and nutrition are just as important. Eating certain foods will have long-term effects on our health,...
Red Flags in a Therapist
It has always been my belief that the world would be a better place if everyone got therapy, somewhat regularly, including therapists. Whether your goal is to resolve past trauma, change behavior, get rid of certain thoughts, cope with emotion or with a mental...
“Model Minority” – The Asian Stereotype Explained & Answered- by 2 Asian Americans in mental health
You may or may not have heard of the term, “Model Minority.” I myself remember first learning about this term in college, in my journalism class, about the way Asians were represented (or rather, severely under-represented) in the media, and then later learning about...
Food Can Make You Happy!
Physical health and mental health are so closely connected. When we think of physical health, we often think of physical fitness, but food and nutrition are just as important. Eating certain foods will have long-term effects on our health, which is why it is essential...
What Is Self Love?
When you look up the words self love on google, you find almost three billion results. Three billion results telling you to go for a run or meditate every day, learn to love your body, or enjoy every day like it’s your last. And, while that’s all great advice, what...
5 Psychology Tricks to Keep Your New Years Resolutions!
The New Year is here! One of the most common practices that almost everyone participates in is creating New Year’s resolutions. But often, people find that these resolutions fade away after a couple months into the new year. Throughout this article, we will go through...
How to Mentally Handle “The New Normal”
It is no surprise that the virus has taken over the world by now, and every one of us is feeling anxious about the uncertainty it has caused in our lives. One of the many changes it has brought in our lives is the way we work. We are all grieving the loss of...
Racism is a Psychological Bias
As an organization that is actively Breaking Taboo around psychological health, we found it difficult to ignore the issue of racism, as racism itself is a psychological bias. In light of the recent racist attacks that have been occurring due to the COVID-19 epidemic,...
When Seasons Change, Emotions Change
Going into March, the start of springtime, we at Breaking Taboo would love to talk about how the changing seasons can affect our mental health. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is characterized as bouts of depression that occur when the season changes, typically...
How Does Mental Health Affect the Heart? Heart Health and Mental Health
February is American Heart Month, it is a time to raise awareness about heart health and urge those around you to prevent heart disease [1]. Here at Breaking Taboo, we would like to take a moment and discuss the connection between mental health and heart health....
Tips for Being Single And Happy on Valentines Day! Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue….
Toward the end of the winter holidays, I remember running to my local grocery story to grab some last moment holiday baking items and I remember being surprised to see pink and red holiday candy and décor already out. February was still two months away, yet people...