How to Love Yourself (when struggling with mental illness)
Struggling with mental illness can be a destructive process. We pick ourselves apart, judge ourselves, over-analyze every move we make...
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8 Strategies to Show Yourself Some Love: Learning the Art of Self-Care as a Teenager
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Ways for Parents to Decrease Stress and Increase Positivity Amidst the Chaos of Covid-19
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Senior Year Sadness: Missing Anticipated Milestones of High School
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During These Scary Times, I Hope You’re Taking Care of Yourself: Coronavirus and Reducing Anxiety
According to The Depression Project, this is why the coronavirus is triggering mental health issues: Triggers feelings of hopelessness,...
Finding Peace When the World Around Us Feels Out of Control
Although most of us have never experienced a pandemic, you have no doubt experienced hardship. And the reality is that while we may...
Surviving Cabin Fever – You Don’t Have To Strangle Everyone While Being Safe
Being quarantined, whether self regulated or government mandated, is never fun. Since we are in Houston, we are used to hiding away for a...
How to Love Yourself (When Struggling with Mental Illness)
Struggling with mental illness can be a destructive process. We pick ourselves apart, judge ourselves, over-analyze every move we make...
Five TED Talks to Spark New Thoughts in the New Year
We are at the beginning of a new year! Full of time when many of us make resolutions about how we are going to improve our minds, our...
Redefining the Practice of Patience
Patience: I’m not usually one for inserting definitions into my posts, but this one is important. The literal definition of patience from...
Vicarious Trauma
While there are signs you or a person you know may be dealing with vicarious trauma, everyone copes differently. If you notice any of...
Caring for the Mess-Maker
That’s when it hit me. My heart was moved in that mundane moment. I care about the mess-maker. I want to work with him; to care for his...
Living My Best Life
One of today’s new popular sayings is, “I am living my best life.” Everyone has their own idea of what it means to live their best life....
The Silent Killer
Not convinced? Here are some results from research posted on the campaigns website: Loneliness likely increases your risk of death by...
Life Balance versus Giving 100%
Life Balance Imagine you have an empty cup and that you could fill it with five different kinds of juice to make a fancy juice blend....
Practicing Gratitude
Before we get to December 31st, it can feel like the year has been a major downer. Personally, 2017 was ridiculous. It felt like the year...
3 Common Myths of Christian Counseling
Some people might want to see a Christian Counselor because it resonates with their belief system, but what should you expect? Are we...
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