Being healthy means dealing with the changes in your body - and your mind. Relationships, body image, families, emotions ... sort it all out in this section.

Being Your Best Self

• 3 Ways to Increase Positive Emotions
• 3 Ways to Practice Gratitude
• 5 Ways to Know Your Feelings Better
• Apologizing
• Assertiveness
• Choosing Your Mood
• Confidence
• Emotional Intelligence
• Gratitude
• Gratitude: A Worksheet
• How to Live a Happy Life
• How's Your Self-Esteem? (Quiz)
• Managing Your Emotional Reactions
• Optimism
• Positive Emotions: A Worksheet
• Rejection and How to Handle It
• Rejection: How Well Do You Cope? (Quiz)
• Relaxation Exercise: Loving Kindness Meditation
• Relaxation Exercises: Breathing Basics
• The Power of Positive Emotions
• Understanding Other People
• Understanding Your Emotions

Body Image

• Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
• Body Image and Self-Esteem
• Dealing With Feelings When You're Overweight
• Plastic Surgery
• Vitiligo

Feelings & Emotions

• 10 Ways to Manage Everyday Stress
• 3 Ways to Increase Positive Emotions
• 3 Ways to Practice Gratitude
• 5 Ways to Cope With Anxiety
• 5 Ways to Know Your Feelings Better
• 5 Ways to Shake Shyness
• Being Happier
• Choosing Your Mood
• Disasters: How to Help
• Emotional Eating
• Emotional Intelligence
• Gratitude
• Gratitude: A Worksheet
• Grief
• Having a Healthy Pregnancy
• How Can I Improve My Self-Esteem?
• Optimism
• Rejection and How to Handle It
• Rejection: How Well Do You Cope? (Quiz)
• Shyness
• Stress & Coping Center
• Stress Less Over Tests
• Test Anxiety
• The Power of Positive Emotions
• Understanding Your Emotions
• What Is Stress?
• Yoga: Meditation and Breathing

Families

• 5 Ways to (Respectfully) Disagree
• Abuse: What You Need to Know
• Apologizing
• Assertiveness
• Coming Out
• Coping When a Parent Has an Alcohol or Drug Problem
• Managing Your Emotional Reactions
• Talking to Parents About Depression
• Talking to Your Parents or Other Adults
• Understanding Other People
• Welcome Home Yoga (Video)
• Why Do I Fight With My Parents So Much?

Feeling Sad

• 5 Ways to Cope When a Loved One Dies
• 5 Ways to Help Yourself Through Depression
• Cutting & Self-Injury
• Depression: What You Need to Know
• Going to a Therapist
• Grief
• How Can I Get Help in a Crisis?
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Suicide
• Talking to Parents About Depression
• When Depression Is Severe
• Why Do People Get Depressed?

Friends

• A Friend Keeps Asking Me to Do Sexual Stuff. How Do I Make Him Stop?
• ADHD: Tips to Try
• Apologizing
• Asking for Help: Getting Past Obstacles
• Assertiveness
• Coming Out
• Coping With Cliques
• Dealing With Addiction
• How Can I Help a Friend Who Cuts?
• Managing Your Emotional Reactions
• My Friend Has Diabetes. How Can I Help?
• My Friend Has Sickle Cell Disease. How Can I Help?
• My Friend Has a Food Allergy. How Can I Help?
• My Friend Is Talking About Running Away: What Should I Do?
• My Friend Is Talking About Suicide. What Should I Do?
• Peer Pressure
• Understanding Other People
• What Can I Say to a Friend Who's Having Unprotected Sex?
• What Should I Do if My Friend Is Having an Asthma Flare-Up?

Mental Health

• Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorders
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder
• Cutting & Self-Injury
• Depression: What You Need to Know
• Eating Disorders
• Fears and Phobias
• Going to a Therapist
• How Can I Get Help in a Crisis?
• How Can I Improve My Self-Esteem?
• How Can I Stop Cutting?
• I Think I Have a Mental Health Problem. Who Can I Talk To?
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Social Phobia
• Suicide
• Therapy for ADHD
• Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling)
• What Should I Do if I Think I Have Bipolar Disorder?
• When Depression Is Severe
• Why Do People Get Depressed?

Parents

• Talking to Parents About Depression
• Talking to Your Parents or Other Adults
• Why Do I Fight With My Parents So Much?

Dealing With Problems

• 10 Ways to Manage Everyday Stress
• 5 Ways to (Respectfully) Disagree
• 5 Ways to Beat Pre-performance Nerves
• 5 Ways to Cope When a Loved One Dies
• 5 Ways to Cope With Anxiety
• 5 Ways to Help Yourself Through Depression
• 5 Ways to Shake Shyness
• ADHD: Tips to Try
• Anxiety Disorders
• Asking for Help: Getting Past Obstacles
• Coping With Cliques
• Dealing With Addiction
• Dealing With Bullying
• Dealing With Feelings When You're Overweight
• Dwarfism: Emily's Story (Video)
• How Can I Get Help in a Crisis?
• How Can I Stop Cutting?
• How to Break Up Respectfully
• I Started Cutting Again. How Can I Stop?
• I Think I Have a Mental Health Problem. Who Can I Talk To?
• Mindfulness
• Mindfulness Exercises
• Peer Pressure
• Rape
• Rejection and How to Handle It
• Rejection: How Well Do You Cope? (Quiz)
• School Counselors
• School Violence: What Students Can Do
• Sexual Harassment and Sexual Bullying
• Stress Less Over Tests
• Talking to Parents About Depression
• Teens Talk About Cutting
• Test Anxiety
• Therapy and Weight Management
• Yoga for Stress Relief
• Yoga: Meditation and Breathing

Relationships

• Abusive Relationships
• Am I in a Healthy Relationship?
• Apologizing
• Assertiveness
• Coming Out
• Getting Along With Your Teachers
• Gratitude
• How to Break Up Respectfully
• Managing Your Emotional Reactions
• Protecting Your Online Identity and Reputation
• Sexual Attraction and Orientation
• Understanding Other People

Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.

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