When considering mental well-being, it is very common to focus on external factors such as stress, relationships, or sleep. However, research suggests that mental health is also closely related to something a little more unexpected, gut health. Also known as the gut-brain connection, this relationship highlights how the digestive system can play a large role
Month: February 2025
The Psychological Impact of Academic Burnout
In our present fast-paced academic world, many high school students are under large amounts of pressure, whether it is from their own expectations or ours, to succeed between balancing, rigorous coursework, deadlines, extracurriculars, and jobs several experience a state of exhaustion, called academic burnout. Differing from everyday stress, burnout is more than just feeling overwhelmed,