Mental Health Matters

Understanding the Importance of Mental Health Awareness Month Mental Health Awareness Month plays a vital role in eradicating the stigma surrounding mental health and encouraging open discussions about these topics. It provides an opportunity to educate and inform us about the prevalence of mental health issues and the available resources for seeking support. Although Mental Health Awareness Month leans toward promoting more understanding about the many diagnosed mental health issues, it can also focus on upleveling our “everyday” mental well being. Stress and anxiety, ever so prevalent in our current culture, play a huge role…

More Tips for Holiday Ease

  Continuing on from last week’s Tips for Keeping Your Sanity and more over the Holidays! If you celebrate Christmas, it’s only 2-3 days away…and you may at this time find yourself either in a tizzy with still a lot on your to do list, or possibly wondering how all the get togethers will go…or maybe you are simply exhausted from all you’ve already done and wish you could have some down time. Whatever is happening for you…I have a couple of tips, in addition to the one you received a week ago, to help…

You can make this Holiday Season easier!

Many of us find ourselves in the hustle and bustle craziness that comes along with this part of the year: The Holidays! The workshop program I offered at the beginning of the month, delved deeply into tools and strategies for an easier more peaceful holiday season. As there is still time to change things up, I want to offer you a few easy tips over the next couple of e-newsletters to support you in Keeping Your Sanity this Holiday Season and enjoying this last part of the year. Quick and Simple: Tip #1–Stop and take…

It Was An Amazing Journey!

“It always seems impossible until it is done.” Nelson Mandela.   My husband and I recently returned from an amazing 6 week journey! (More about that shortly.) And, we returned to basically summer weather. That’s is more unusual here in the Pacific Northwest in October, than it is common. I must admit, it was nice to feel the warm air and see the sun when we’re used to having more cooler temps in October and if not downright rain-at least some drizzly days. But then shortly after arriving, we realized the sun was trying to…

The Antidote to the Killer of Motivation!

Has this ever happened to you? You feel excited about starting something new, perhaps a new food and exercise plan. You’re doing well with what you planned for yourself for several weeks-maybe even a couple of months-and then BOOM! It hits you! The “I don’t want to do that today/anymore/right now” syndrome. It happens to all of us at one time or another-or perhaps for some too many times… And, when it does, it doesn’t feel good. It provokes unhelpful thoughts and feelings of I’m a failure, I’m not good enough, why can’t I feel…

Motivation & Summertime Mode-Can they go together?

“When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble is too difficult to overcome.” — Wilma Rudolph Personal Note: Summertime! It can give us that feeling of anything is possible as we seem to have more freedom, more daylight and more time to play. I’ve been a fan of what I call “summertime mode” for a long time. And, yet, summertime mode can backfire on us. Be sure to keep reading to see what I’m talking about! But first, I’d like to share what I’ve been up to…

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