Is Your Diet Making Your Mental Health Worse?

Written by Rye Barker You know how after Thanksgiving dinner when everyone’s all sleepy? Or when kids are crazy after eating some candy? These are examples of food affecting your mood. All foods do this, some more noticeable than others, but each thing you eat has an effect on how you feel. While not the sole cure or cause, your diet can affect your mental health! Studying the nutritional influences on mental health is a subset of health psychology, unsurprisingly known as nutritional psychology. This mainly sees which nutrients affect...
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10 Best Book Series to Read If You Are an Avid Reader

Written by Mahayla Palachuk Ah, books. The smell of the pages as you crack open a new book and the feel of the pages between your fingers as you get lost in a new tale are just a few of my favorite things about reading. And if you’re anything like...
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welcome to the forest

Written by Grace Brown welcome to the forest. yes, the sky seems dark and grey and the animals scurry with worry as you walk along the way.   the trees surround and trap you. your eyes they start to fall as the darkness of the forest engulfs you in it...
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Balancing Mental Health and School

Written by Rye Barker Sometimes, we all struggle with mental health. Whether it’s simply stress, a more serious illness, or a tough point in our lives. Everyone struggles mentally. And during these times, it can be difficult to balance out school or work, and taking care of yourself. Because school...
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Tips for New Online Learners

Written by Kenya Sykes This pandemic has caused us all to adjust to some changes. Whether you were an online learner before this pandemic or not, everyone has had to get used to the change. I have seen many teenagers discuss how online learning has been difficult for them, and...
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Introducing 2020-2021 Student Bloggers

Please welcome this year’s bloggers at ASU Prep Digital!  The Student Blog was founded by recent-graduate Hannah Stewart as a place where students can showcase their writing. Here, students can share their personal experiences either in school or out of school, write stories or articles of their choice, or even...
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How to Hack Your Mind into Being Motivated (and Not Hating School)

When it comes to success, there’s one quality that can make or break any effort... Motivation. With enough motivation, anyone can do just about anything. And yet motivation is one of the biggest struggles these days… Especially when it comes to everyday things such as schoolwork. A lack of motivation...
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