Healthy Living & Mental Health
Boundaries: Part Two
Last week’s blog explored boundaries. We discussed the difference between healthy and unhealthy boundaries and how to establish healthy habits. This week, we will continue …
Newsweek Spotlights Ketamine as a Promising Treatment for Adolescent Depression
Newsweek recently ran a Tech & Science story titled “Ketamine Shows Promise as Treatment For Adolescents With Depression“, highlighting findings from a University of Minnesota …
Boundaries: Part One
There is a lot of talk about having health boundaries in relationships, but what exactly is a boundary and what is the difference between a …
Discovering Gratitude
Gratitude is a simple, yet powerful technique that can be used anytime or anywhere. Research has shown that gratitude can improve your physical and psychological …
Are They Rude or Are They Depressed?
Co-workers have invited Sherry to several social gatherings over the past few months. She says yes to each invitation, but at the last minute cancels …
Finding Peace in an Age of Dissent
If you read the headlines, or listen to the news, you might think we were at war. Not with some foreign country or entity, but …
A Teacher’s Insight On Winding Down for the Summer
Guest blogger Behind the Smile, a mom, wife, and teacher discusses her take on the Summer as an educator. More than ever, teacher school days …
Keeping Hope Alive
For many people who have struggled with years and years of depression, pain and anxiety, it is hard to keep having hope. Here are 4 strategies to keeping up hope when failure seems to always be at your door
Could Your Medications Be Making You Depressed?
A recent study reported the frequency of depression as a possible “side-effect” for a number of medications. These included commonly used drugs including protein pump …
The Stigma of Mental Illness
No one wants to be labeled with or struggle with a chronic disease, whether the expression is in body or mind. But the fact is 45%, almost half, the population struggles with a chronic illness. So why is mental illness thought about differently from diabetes, hypertension and many other chronic conditions?