Month: March 2016
To everyone at this special time, remember to smile, notice this moment, count your blessings and love each other. Be kind to all and most of all be gentle and kind to yourself! All the best and as tiny Tim said “God bless us everyone!”
Read MoreMay is National Mental Health month. The focus this month is “Do more for 1 in 4” (referring to the estimated number of American adults who will have a diagnosable and treatable mental health condition each year) and the focus of “Healing Trauma’s Invisible Wounds” (with information on trauma and treatment). Visit http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/may for more…
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Stress Less During the Holidays Great Tips during the Holidays and for the rest of the year as well. Sunlight — Take a five minute outdoor break. Sunlight can help fight the low light wintertime “blues”. Take time — Take fifteen minutes a day just for you and guard that time carefully. Rest — Maintain routine…
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Resilience and Positive Psychology Hello everyone. This past September I was in Mississippi working as a mental health responder for the American Red Cross in Hurricane Katrina relief. This experience had a great impact on my life in ways I could not have foreseen. In thinking back, the people I met and their responses to…
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Marriage Check Up Here is an interesting idea I read recently in a psychology magazine: what if couples would go to see a marriage counselor for an annual marriage “check-up” similar to our annual physical exam? Do you think we would have more satisfying, stronger marriages if we went in regularly for a little “fine…
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The graduation hugs and well wishes are showered on young people as they head off into a new future and independent (semi?) life. Parents sit back, catch their breath and pat themselves on the back for a job well done. Somewhere in these moments, many parents realize that their active role as a parent is…
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS Increasingly, we hear about natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods. In the back of our minds there is also the possibility of man-made disasters, both accidental and perhaps unthinkable intentional ones. Would we be prepared? It is not healthy to live in constant fear, but knowledge can be empowering Proper…
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