It is winter yet again. The beautiful colors of the autumn leaves have disappeared and have been replaced by barren tree limbs and icicles sharp and brittle. The harsh winds…
adminFebruary 15, 2017
Social Anxiety When people think of social anxiety, many imagine a shy introvert who doesn’t go out and doesn’t say much. While this version of social anxiety exists, living with…
adminFebruary 6, 2017
Growing up, most of us aren’t taught to look out for signs of depression. So if you’re experiencing it, especially as a teenager, it’s easy to think there’s just something wrong…
adminFebruary 6, 2017
If my life was written as a book or acted out in a play or movie, The Mighty’s My Mighty Month Challenge would probably be the climax or most important…
adminFebruary 6, 2017
When you hear people talk about how to feel better when you have clinical depression and anxiety, the suggestions are enumerable: Go take a walk. Go do something fun. Call…
adminFebruary 6, 2017
You’re allowed to be scared. Finding out you have a disease that has no cure is scary. Finding out that you will be living with this for the rest of…
adminFebruary 5, 2017
You might call it a silent epidemic. Up to one in five kids living in the U.S. shows signs or symptoms of a mental health disorder in a given year.…
adminSeptember 15, 2016
It was about a dozen years ago and I was going through a rough bout of depression. I convinced myself there must be some ready cure I could find, and…
adminMay 17, 2016
My name is Katie Buckingham and at the age of ten, I developed a series of anxiety disorders. These caused problems for me for many years and because of the…
adminMay 17, 2016
If it feels like a lesson, children won’t be interested. If it’s a game, they’ll love it. That’s what Alfred James says about mindfulness for kids. The author of Pocket…
adminMay 17, 2016
As a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with a degree in Exercise Physiology and twenty years’ experience in the fitness industry, I have learned one very important lesson; consistency and motivation…
adminDecember 21, 2015
