Emotional stress

Pushing the limits 13 times

Erez Yitzhaki going on a journey for wounded and disabled IDF veterans

Erez Yitzhaki plans to complete 13 full Ironman-distance triathlons in a year
Forest therapy

New study: This simple thing may reduce stress, anxiety and depression

The path back to ourselves.

Healing overloaded minds: How Israel's prolonged war is affecting memory, concentration

What happens to the gut when a child experiences stress?

The surprising connection between your childhood and the stomach aches you suffer from today


Renting rather than owning your own is home linked to faster ‘biological ageing’

The correlation holds even when controlling for educational level and socioeconomic status.

 AGING OUT? (Illustrative)

How parents can help their kids navigate the war - opinion

As the violence continues, being overwhelmed will make it more difficult for us to help our children process and manage their feelings.

Israeli citizens show their love and give donations to IDF soldiers in northern Israel, October 10, 2023

Feeling stress? It could seriously harm your health

What we learn from the scientific community is that the way we manage our stress levels plays a vital role in our health.

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‘Emotional support alligator’ expelled from baseball game

Wally was turned away from the stadium, despite having been invited to the game.

Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer) recovered from a poacher, and given by the police to the director of the crocodile hatchery, rest inside a plastic bag before being released into nature at Zapata Swamp, Cienaga de Zapata, Cuba, August 24, 2022. Illegal hunting and hybridization with American

What do music's chills reveal about your brain?

What causes over 55% of people to experience chills while listening to music? Let's delve into the scientific explanation behind this fascinating phenomenon.

 55% of the population experienced a sensation while listening to music

Stress makes vaccines less effective - Israeli study

TAU’s groundbreaking study shows that tension enhances antibody quantity and quality but impairs immunological memory.

 Person getting vaccinated.

Can practicing mindfulness support daily emotional processing? – study

“Mindfulness benefits individuals’ present experience, and might directly promote higher-level processing of emotions," the researchers wrote in their study.

 An illustrative image of mindfulness meditation.

Tips to better your emotional intelligence and become a better person

Emotional intelligence is essential for self-improvement and bettering your health and social relationships. Here are four basic principles from an 80-year study that can help.

 FOCUS ON the positive in others.

Stressed? Here's 17 quick ways to calm yourself down

You can't completely avoid stress in life, but you can learn to manage it better. There is no doubt that we'd be more satisfied living lives full of peace and calm instead of pressure and stress.

 Stress (illustrative).

How can you help your child when you don't know what's wrong?

When kids are in a certain mood, a parent's role is first of all to give tools to deal with what their feeling, and not necessarily to solve all their problems.

 Child chewing gum.