When you think about someone experiencing trauma, incidents such as a violent or sexual assault or a terrible car accident might come to mind. But there are other, subtler forms of trauma that can negatively affect our lives and hinder our relationships. Emotional trauma is often overlooked and minimized, and we may think we’ve “gotten […]
Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children and Adolescents
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder that results in repetitive behaviors, social interaction and communication challenges, as well as challenges with sensory processing. The word “spectrum” is aptly used to reflect that symptoms can vary greatly, from mild to severe, across different individuals. In a study by the Centers for Disease Control and […]
Helping your kids stay calm amid the COVID-19 pandemic
While our world is facing uncertainty during this time, we can help our children remain calm by teaching mindfulness skills at home. Mindfulness can be incorporated into our daily lives to help reduce stress and anxiety. Children who practice mindfulness see improvements in their level of happiness. It improves mental well being, combats anxiety, helps […]
Are You Willing to Fall…?
Are you willing to be afraid…to fall…to struggle…if it means learning, growing, getting stronger, and getting better? Healing, overcoming, and recovering from any hard thing in life is much like my recent efforts learning to ski. It is flippin’ hard! You fall more than you stay up at first. It is scary. You finally get […]
Follow Us On Social Media
Hey there! We so appreciate you following our blog. We are passionate about providing education and encouragement from a mental wellness mindset. If you enjoy what we share then social media is where it is at right now. Head over to our Facebook and Instagram pages for daily tips and bits of education that can […]
Resilience is one of your super powers…
• If you are reading this then you have survived 💯% of your worst days. •re·sil·ience• /rəˈzilyəns/ noun 1. the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. 2. the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity. If your “elasticity” is feeling stretched to the max and you want to move from […]
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Mental Health Awareness
Thursday, October 10th of this year was marked as World Mental Health Awareness Day. The goal of the World Federation of Mental Health in establishing this day was to spread awareness about mental health and work to end the stigma faced by people seeking help with mental illness. Recent statistics have suggested that one in […]
Myth#4: Mental illness is the result of lacking faith.
Our final mental health myth is a big one. Please hear this as this particular myth carries a lot of shame baggage with it for many people…..YOU DO NOT HAVE DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, PTSD, etc. BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FAITH! When I am helping people I make it a great priority to honor people’s […]
Myth#3: I am ___ (fill in a struggle or illness).
Hello, my name is Jessica and I am a perfectionist. FALSE! Have you ever said those words? Or perhaps, the blank was filled differently: I am an alcoholic, I am just an anxious person, I am worthless, I am bipolar, I am a drug addict, I have depression and it will always be like that. […]
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