Mental Health Awareness Month
Since 1949, May has been designated as “Mental Health Awareness Month” here in the US. The designation was originally passed by Congress to help improve public awareness of conditions such as...
View ArticleMindfulness Meditation: A Quick Guide
As Mental Health Awareness Month continues, the Your Mind, Your Body blog by the American Psychological Association is hosting a mental health blogging day today to continue to raise awareness of...
View ArticleStress Management for Busy Moms
As mental health awareness month continues, I had the opportunity this week to be a guest poster on the Little Mama Jama blog, by Kristin Novotny. Kristin is a local mom who blogs about her adventures...
View ArticleDepression Awareness Month
Here in the US, the month of October has been designated as Depression Awareness Month. Although the month is quickly drawing to a close, ongoing attention to this significant mental health challenge...
View ArticleBenefits of Yoga
As many can likely attest, I am a big fan of promoting yoga as a practice that can boost wellness, decrease anxiety, and have an overall benefit for your health. I regularly encourage folks to give...
View ArticleThe Silver Lining of Stress
When I first saw the title of this video, I had to pause in puzzlement for a moment. It reads: “How to make stress your friend.” My friend? I was pretty sure that stress is rarely my friend. It’s...
View ArticleAutism Awareness – Know the Signs
Each year, the month of April has been designated as Autism Awareness Month, with April 2 specifically designated as World Autism Awareness Day. Each year, individuals and organizations worldwide...
View ArticleBeat the Therapy Stigma! – Mental Health Blog Day
If I asked you to stop and make a list of the top problems in your life right now, what would they be? Would any of these problems make your list? Feeling overwhelmed and unable to manage everything...
View ArticleChildren’s Mental Health Awareness Day – Fight the Stigma!
Today is National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day – the 10th anniversary of this awareness day, in fact. It’s part of an overall push in the month of May to boost awareness of mental health...
View ArticleMental Health Blog Day – Creating Change
Today is Mental Health Blog Day, part of the overall Mental Health Awareness Month for the month of May here in the United States. In honor of this awareness month and today’s blog day, I really felt...
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