Mental Health Begins in Childhood It’s National Children's Mental Health Awareness Week! If you’ve ever been to counseling before, you have probably learned that your childhood experiences have a significant impact on the way you are as an adult. Trauma, family interactions, genetics, etc. in ...
Riding an Old Bike in A New Way
Keep Pedaling and Look Forward I recently heard someone in working on their recovery ask, “Why is that I seem to get about a month’s sobriety and then relapse? I can’t figure it out?”. Many of you can relate to this person’s question, for it is a common frustration in the experience on the ...
Stress: That Thing We All Experience From Time to Time
April 1st – April 30th is “Stress Awareness Month”. What is stress? The dictionary defines stress as a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances. Most people know what stress is and usually have unique ways of describing their stress. I ...
Top 5 Things to Know about Self-Harm
Top 5 Things to Know about Self-Harm This week, we are raising awareness on a subject that can be incredibly distressing and confusiong – self-harm. If you or someone you know has struggled with self-harm, you will know that it comes in different forms and can stem from a multitude of emotional ...
Getting a Good Night’s Rest Sleep Hygiene: the Importance of Sleep and Mental Health
Getting a Good Night’s Rest Sleep Hygiene: the Importance of Sleep and Mental Health March 2nd thru March 9th is National Sleep Awareness Week. Sleep problems have become a major concern within the medical and mental health communities: America is sleep-deprived, to say the least. It is ...