[3] Movement & Mental Health: Uncovering the connection between stress and physical activity

In today's episode, Aubrey and Courtney discuss the impact that movement has on stress and the subfields of anxiety & depression.  If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at [email protected] or on Instagram @structuresofself. We'd love to connect! If you like what you heard, please tell your friends, rate us and subscribe! Your glial cells will thank you. Resources: What are Glial cells: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glia Neuroplasticity and Depression: The brain changes throughout adult life...a process of plasticity By David Hellerstein, Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/heal-your-brain/201107/neuroplasticity-and-depression Binge alcohol alters exercise-driven neuroplasticity lEmily A.BartonaYanbinLubMuradMegjhanibMark E.MaynardaPrathamesh M.KulkarnibBadrinathRoysambJ. LeighLeasureac Responses of glial cells to stress and glucocorticoids BY: F. Jauregui-Huerta,1 Y. Ruvalcaba-Delgadillo,2 R. Gonzalez-Castañeda,1 J. Garcia-Estrada,1,3O. Gonzalez-Perez,1 and S. Luquin1 Stress: the Silent Killer By Christian Amondson Stress: The Killer Disease: Stress and inflammation leave us vulnerable to depression. By Emily Deans (Psychology today)  All About Catecholamines in the Stress Response Fight-or-Flight Chemical Messengers by Elizabeth Scott  The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk  How Your Mental Health Reaps the Benefits of Exercise by Sarah Gingell (Psychology Today)  Analyzing the role of diet and exercise in myelin production, Mayo Clinic https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/playContent/1-s2.0-S2215036618302918 An examination of serotonin and psychological variables in the relationship between exercise and mental health  Can You Be Blissfully Unaware of Your Own Stress? By Cari Romm https://jamesclear.com/exercise-and-depression https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061025085513.htm https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/what-works-and-why/201803/how-your-mental-health-reaps-the-benefits-exercise https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/exercise-is-an-all-natural-treatment-to-fight-depression https://www.apa.org/topics/anxiety/