Ximena Araya-Fischel

1 month ago | forbes.com | Ximena Araya-Fischel

Recent studies show what many daters already feel: swiping through endless profiles can sap your mental health. Despite promising smarter, faster connections, dating apps are fueling rising levels of stress, self-doubt and emotional fatigue. While the technology keeps evolving, the human brain hasn't—leaving many users caught in a loop of micro-rejections, dopamine highs and quiet burnout.

2 months ago | mindbodygreen.com | Ximena Araya-Fischel

Image by mbg Creative / iStockApril 28, 2025We carefully vet all products and services featured on mindbodygreen using our commerce guidelines. Our selections are never influenced by the commissions earned from our links. Seeds have played a pretty big role in the history of human nutrition. Seeds have been a life-sustaining food since ancient hunter-gatherer times, offering varying degrees of fat, protein, vitamins, minerals, and fiber, depending on the plant species.

2 months ago | forbesjapan.com | Ximena Araya-Fischel

医療の世界で静かな危機が進行している。一般に睡眠薬や抗不安薬として知られるベンゾジアゼピン受容体作動薬の過剰処方問題だ。特に女性に処方されることが多く、この問題は何十年もの間放置されてきた。これは単に個人的な乱用の問題ではなく、医療体系全体の欠陥だ。 ベンゾジアゼピン系薬剤による依存症や離脱症状、認知障害のリスクが立証されているにもかかわらず、医師は特に女性に対して驚くほど高い割合でこの薬を処方し続けている。女性の心身に対する懸念に対処するには、ベンゾジアゼピン系薬剤の処方慣行を再考し、心療内科系治療の枠組みを抜本的に変革するとともに、現在の傾向を引き起こしている可能性のある偏見を批判的に見直すことが重要だ。 持続的な支えより即効性のある治療が好まれる現代の医療...

2 months ago | forbes.com | Ximena Araya-Fischel

It turns out your mind isn’t only shaped by your thoughts. It’s shaped by your surroundings, too. And increasingly, science suggests that the more natural those surroundings are, the better your brain performs. Welcome to the era of biophilic design—a growing architectural and psychological movement that is subtly, yet powerfully, reshaping how we work, live, feel and experience the surrounding world.

2 months ago | forbes.com | Ximena Araya-Fischel

Brief, intentional movement, known as exercise snacks or mindful motion, can dramatically improve posture, focus, stress resilience, productivity and mental well-being. However, framing movement as both medicine and a powerful tool for professional growth is a decisive step toward an optimal, innovative and consciously crafted way of living and thriving.