What do you imagine when I ask you to think about clinical depression? For example, does your mind conjure up thoughts or images of emotional suffering? Severe sadness? Perhaps even suicidal thoughts and behaviors? If so, all are common and correct responses. Now how about this: during this clinical depression exercise, did you give any thought at all to your skeleton? After reading this blog, you may join the 1% of people who do.

The purpose of this post — drawing on more than 30-years of research — is to level up your mindset about the vastly underappreciated bone-brain relationship. More than knowledge alone, however, you'll also come away with practical insights about the bone-brain connection that will unlock new strategies for optimizing your mental health through daily health choices, such as physical movement, sleep, stress management, and nutrition. The goal here........

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