NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Lucy McBride, doctor of internal medicine and podcast host, about managing election anxiety.

From self-soothing gua sha practices to essential oil therapy, discover the best ways to best the blues this season. Gua sha, a traditional Chinese healing technique, uses a smooth stone tool to ...

Self-soothing is an important life skill that can ... but dentists warn it can become a problem if the behavior continues too long. Dr. Shira Tor, an orthodontist with Weiss and Tor in Orange ...

Learn how to recognize hair-pulling, skin-picking, and nail-biting in young children, why they occur, and how caregivers can address these behaviors when they arise.

The goal is to reduce the fear response to different triggers and help replace it with self-soothing behavior. The first steps typically involve learning relaxation techniques, such as breathing ...

“Smoking, like all addictions, is a self-soothing behavior,” says Javed-Payne. “The brain and body become habituated to using a substance to regulate emotions and stress. Self-soothing is core to our ...