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Trailtalk® launches new location in Salt Lake City.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Join Trailtalk®, the leaders in taking therapy off the couch and onto the trail for the grand opening of its Salt Lake City location.

Trailtalk® Salt Lake City, owned by Morgan Gonzales is hosting an event January 24, 2020 at Hopkins Brewing Company (1048 E 2100 S) from 4:00-8:00pm.

Come on by and See, Hear, Feel, Smell and Taste the excitement of this novel style of mental health care Trailtalk® is growing across Utah.

In 2010, Trailtalk® opened the doors of the traditional therapy office and shed light on the shame and stigma of mental health care access for active functional folks. We’ve been walking and talking in the great outdoors ever since.

Trailtalk®SLC meets you where you are, on or off the trail. We travel all over the Wasatch Front using nature as our office. Meet us at a park or path near your home, or workplace for what we call signature walk and talks.

Trailtalk® offers active, functional folks Emotional Tune-Ups for those times in life when talking to a friend, or family member isn’t enough. When we get sick, we seek medical attention. It doesn’t mean we are terminally ill; we just need some intervention to get us back to our healthy norm. Same with our emotional selves. Sometimes life hits us hard, and we need support. It doesn’t mean we are mentally ill and nonfunctional. It just means we need to call our closest Trailtalk® trailhead™ (AKA for office) and schedule a walk and talk with a professionally trained therapist.

Move your body, Clear your mind. ®

The Winter inversion extending across the Wasatch Front and Back is a mood killer. Rise above the bad air for your next therapy session.

We have trailheads™ in the Salt Lake, Park City, Heber Valley, and Provo. Call us at 435-513-2715 or go to our website trailtalk.com and request an appointment.

Better Emotional Health Starts with One Step. ®

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For more information and inquiries, please contact morgan@trailtalkslc.com.

Why some practitioners of walk-and-talk therapy think it is especially helpful for teens

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“(Patients) welcome the humanizing effect of taking therapy outdoors and are typically hoping to multitask by incorporating their therapy session with exercise. “The power dynamic shifts in a walking session versus an office setting,” Udler said. “If you’re the client and you’re coming in to see me in my office, it’s my space. It’s my chair. You have your chair. It’s my decorations. It’s my family photos. Outside, it’s our space.”

It’s going to be another beautiful day!

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Give me more Serotonin! 

Serotonin helps maintain our mood. Winnie the Pooh is a perfect example of a person (or bear) with just the right amount of Serotonin floating around in his furry body. He’s never too down and never too high. We do many things to regulate our mood throughout the day. One method is counting our blessings and being grateful. Recording what we are thankful for actually releases some additional serotonin into our systems.

Here’s a Tip from the Trail:

Keep a journal and pen at your bedside. Before you jump to your TODO list, take a few minutes and write down three things for which you are grateful.

For example:

  • “Thank you for another day! I’m alive!”
  • “Thank you for my family.”
  • “Thank you for a good night’s sleep.”

I like to use a dry erase marker and write my three grateful thoughts on my bathroom mirror. Do the same thing during your sleep hygiene routine.  A Harvard Health Publication elaborates on the benefits of showing gratitude each day, and how expressing this praise may be the simplest way to feel better. 

Keep writing your words of gratitude on the mirror until you can no longer see your reflection. Take a photo, so you don’t forget. Erase and repeat. Those words represent the condition of your heart. Gratefulness is the new cardio.

“Let’s not forget we’re alive; it’s going to be a beautiful day.” ~ Joshua Radin

Happy Trails,

Allison

Lack Of Sunshine In Winter Can Trigger Potentially Dangerous Mental Health Issues, Doctors Say

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The lack of sunshine in the winter increases the risk for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) — a form of depression.

“In the winter and fall months, some people are prone to have depression,” psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Okpaku said.

While the exact causes of SAD is unknown, the reduction in sunlight in winter can throw your biological clock out of whack and reduce levels of serotonin — a brain chemical that influences mood — and melatonin — a chemical which regulates sleep and mood.

“The further you are away from the equator, the more likely you’re going to have Seasonal Affective Disorder,” Dr. Okpaku said.

Symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder are:

  • feeling blue or depressed
  • fatigue, low energy
  • Trouble concentrating
  • appetite, weight changes
  • lack of interest

Scottish Doctors Are Now Issuing Prescriptions to Go Hiking

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BY JUSTIN HOUSMAN | OCTOBER 22, 2018

It just so happens that doctors are increasingly starting to realize time spent outdoors can be an excellent treatment for chronic health issues. So doctors in the Shetlands are now issuing “nature prescriptions” as part of an initiative to address health issues without drugs if you can imagine that.

For everything from high blood pressure to diabetes, anxiety, and depression, the medical community is learning (though lots of us have always known) that many ailments and diseases can be treated with activities like birdwatching, maybe a little kayaking, perhaps combing a beach for shells, even skipping pebbles across a slow-moving stream. Even just sitting silently in a forest, meditating (see: Japan, forest bathing).

Book an appointment or questions

435-513-2715

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