Feeling Overwhelmed? Take Back Your Wellbeing
Feeling overwhelmed? You're not alone. Life, as wonderful as it often is, can also be quite stressful. Demands and deadlines can stretch people to their limit. Many different things can cause us to feel overwhelmed. The stressors of daily life…
Does Sitting on the Couch at an Athletic Club Count as Going to the Gym?
Right now I have a wonderful room with a view. Seated on a smooth leather couch with deep, soft cushions, I can see calm blue water through the picture window in front of me. If I get hungry or thirsty,…
Action: Create Wellbeing, Do Your Life
Action. It's activity. It's taking charge and doing. It's creating great moments every single day rather than waiting for them to finally come into your life. Action means not having a good day or good moments but making a good day and good…
Mindfully Appreciate Beauty to Nurture Your Wellbeing
It can be hard to mindfully appreciate beauty when life is far from perfect, and it's easy to feel overwhelmed and overpowered by stress, struggles, and negativity. When facing a mental health challenge, whether it's a bad day, a tough…
To Be Happy, DO Happy: Three Tips for Wellbeing
Be happy or do happy? In the English language, the idea of happiness is often conceptualized as a passive thing. We ask, "Are you happy?" which implies that one either is or is not happy. This suggests that happiness is…
Learn How People Chip and Confuse: Teen DV Awareness
Chip and confuse is a subtle, sneaky tactic that toxic people use to trap and control others. Perhaps surprisingly, teen dating violence and abusive behavior in toxic relationships can be hard to spot not only from the outside but from…
Purpose and Action: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Knowing the greater purpose for your holiday can help you take action to make it a positive one despite stress and problems. The traditional holiday song tells us, "Have yourself a merry little Christmas." It makes it sound easy, as…
6 Ways Reading Enhances Mental Health and Wellbeing
Reading is an activity that enhances our mental health and wellbeing. Settling in with a good book is a very nice thing we can do for ourselves. Our mental health and wellbeing are much more than the mere absence of…
Teen Dating Violence Awareness: Watch the Love
Teen dating violence awareness is vital. It's fitting that Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month is February, a month earmarked to celebrate love. Love is an experience that, because it's such a basic part of being human, isn't always discussed. It's…
Dissociative Identity Disorder: Being a Stranger to Yourself
Dissociative identity disorder (DID), a mental illness formerly known as multiple personality disorder, can be a confusing, frustrating, even frightening disorder that makes someone feel like a stranger: a stranger in the world and a stranger within his or her…