Ask yourself what you seek. Is it peak performance? Personal or spiritual transformation? Emotional or trauma healing? Or are you looking to explore the outer and inner limits, “psychonaut” style?

A woman with a tray full of various psychotropic candies wanders around looking for potential customers. Her occupation? Professional Mushroom Fairy.

By recognizing how depression manifests, we move closer to a future where treatment is not just a shot in the dark but a personalized path toward better mental health.

research revamps our understanding of dopamine from a pleasure hormone to a “motivation molecule” driving us toward goals and rewards.

This month...WIC hosts its 17th Annual Breastfeeding Health Fair and Walk on Aug. 9 at Watsonville Plaza.

Along with the original light chair, Deva combines treatments using near infrared technology and red and blue light therapy. Depending on the client’s needs, she uses different lights to treat a range of issues from anxiety and depression to acne and joint pain.

In Santa Cruz sempervirens are everywhere, thanks to a century-old land trust. Latin for “always living,” Sequoia sempervirens is the perfect name for the...

You’ve probably heard the advice to eat “multiple small meals for better digestion,”  the grab-and-go mantra food stores today thrive on...never too full and never too full and always just right?

Arana Gulch seems to be serotonin to the Santa Cruzan soul. Under a giant oak I meet two artists who have set up their easels to paint the golden meadow that dominates the preserve.

y path to becoming a death midwife was paved long before Susan's illness. Rooted in a deep-seated belief in conscious dying

Clearly our emotions affect our posture, but can posture affect emotions? This conversation with Rita Rivera was inspired by a recent article suggesting that yes, it can.

For those who have ever imagined themselves in a thrilling duel, or who simply crave a novel way to better health, the sword fighting disciplines of East and West are practiced for fun and fitness in downtown Santa Cruz