Steel & Flora Wellness
Points of Interest & Miscellany
A collection of musings and resources on relevant topics.
Posts authored by founder unless otherwise noted.
Bright Light Therapy For Winter Seasonal Affective Disorder
Your brain cares about how much total light your eyeballs see and the time of day they see it.
So. When it’s 8am, still barely dawn, and modern society doesn’t allow you to hibernate, you might need to supplement.
Troubleshooting medication problems.
A few ideas on what to do when you can’t reach your psychiatric prescriber (and it’s not a life-threatening issue).
Mental Health Benefits of Exercise for Gender Diverse People
When people from marginalized communities care for themselves, it’s like giving a big middle finger to the world.
Resources for Sanity
An ever-developing list of things that might make life feel just a little bit easier. Open to suggestions!
Things it can help to know about taking psychiatric medications for the first time.
You’re still you. Maybe a you with a better quality of life, who is better able to put goodness back into the world.
Tiny Habits for Nutrition: Small Steps for Eating Healthier
We talk a lot in health care about small steps to eating healthier, but we bypass this important idea: Why were those old habits there to begin with?
Dog Training Resources
List of resources for training a dog like we should be training ourselves.
HAES in Health Care
Even if size was the problem, telling people to lose weight just because they walk into your office and sneeze isn’t a path to inspiration.
An ever-developing list of things that might make life feel just a little bit easier. Open to suggestions!