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Loving Words, and Words for Love
Think about your favorite story. What do you love about it? What was your emotional experience the first time you read it or watched it? What do you feel every time you remember it? How would you describe it to someone else? What makes your favorite story different...
Suicide Awareness and Prevention: Risk Factors and Resources for Help
Today, September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. Suicide affects everyone: most directly the family and friends of the deceased, but many of us are impacted and saddened by the loss of life and the reality that it is possible to be so overwhelmed by circumstances....
Career and Wellness Planning Along the Life Stages
May is Mental Health Wellness Month! This blog's May 2019 topic is: Career and Wellness Planning Along the Life Stages When I was in 4th grade, about 9yrs old, I had a school assignment to write about what I career I wanted to have when I grew up. I remember...
When Love is in the Air: How Do You Celebrate It?
It turns out that love is really what you make of it. The word “love,” according to the dictionary, can be both a noun and a verb. As a noun, it can mean “an intense feeling of deep affection” and “a great interest and pleasure in something” within oneself. As a verb,...
15 Things To Do When You’re Alone During The Holidays
There are many reasons for people to be alone or feel alone during the holidays. If you are in the US, holidays are happening pretty much back-to-back at this time of year (November through January) during the most bad weather months too. This is a long stretch of...
I’m Seeing Someone and I Really Want This Relationship to Last. How Do I Know If I’ve Finally Found The One?
Truthfully we never have any guarantees about whether we made the right choice, but we can definitely increase our chances and confidence that we did. Finding a partner has become easier thanks to technology, but finding compatible partners for long-term relationships...
Depression Screenings & Suicide Risk Assessment: What School Counselors Need to Know
Recently the American Academy of Pediatrics issued updated guidelines that call for universal screening for depression for everyone 12 years old and up, in an effort to increase identification, interventions for children and their families, and suicide prevention for...
How Much Do You Know About How Your Diet Affects Your Migraines?
I have to admit, it turns out that before I looked into this I didn’t know very much about migraines at all. What I did know was that a migraine typically lasts from 4 to 72 hours, and physical symptoms include: Pain on one side or both sides of your head Pain that...
Service Professionals and Supportive Friends, Do You Know When It’s Time to Refer Someone to a Mental Health Therapist and How to Help?
If we each stop and think about it, most of the people we come in contact with on a daily basis are usually from our school or work where we spend most of our time. Many of us can even name several people that we often interact with who are or appear to be...
How Tracking Logs and Medical History Timelines Can Help Manage Your Health and Improve Your Daily Living
When did these symptoms start? How did you manage these symptoms when they occur? Are you taking your medications as prescribed? What are your diet and exercise regimens like? What else was happening around you when you felt this way? Can you please give me as many...