Suicide Awareness

By: Carol Briggs, Clinical InternSeptember is suicide prevention month. Suicide doesn’t just impact individuals, its effects stretch to families, schools, and communities. With all of life’s added stressors and traumas, we’ve seen suicide rates rise. We must all play...

Managing Holiday Stress – Part 2

Managing home, work, and social lives can be hard enough without adding in the hustle and bustle of the holidays. Tension levels are often at their highest during the holidays which can increase the physical and emotional symptoms of stress, depression, and anxiety....

Redirecting Thoughts

I don’t know about you, but my mornings usually go something like this: ughhh. Snooze. Do I have to get out of bed today? Snooze. Crap. I really do have to get up now. Snooze. Oh, shoot I’m late!! I finally roll (or shoot out of bed depending on how many times I...

Slowing Down

                                                          In our fast-paced, productive-oriented culture it can be really challenging to take a break or slow down. Maybe there are feelings of guilt in the form of a nagging voice in your head saying, “you should be...

Connections

Sometimes we say things like, “This is probably for the best” when something is going wrong in our lives. I am here to tell you that you do not have to accept that what is happening in this moment is for the best. You just have to accept that it is...

Raise Your Vibe

Sometimes we say things like, “This is probably for the best” when something is going wrong in our lives. I am here to tell you that you do not have to accept that what is happening in this moment is for the best. You just have to accept that it is...