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Social Media and Mental Health
Habits I do not know the number of times I pick up my phone and scroll through my social media platforms, out of habit. I…
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Ways to Keep Moving Forward When Life Gets Hard
On a scale from 1 to 10.. How upset do you get when someone tells you to “think positively” or “be grateful for what you…
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How it Really Feels to be Postpartum
What is Postpartum? The dictionary states that the word postpartum comes from a Latin phrase which means “after childbirth”. The postpartum period begins immediately after…
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Does Money Control Your Mood?
Money is not the root of happiness, matter of fact it can rain havoc on your happiness and control your life if you don’t use…
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Positive Effects of Music Therapy
Mental Health and Music Mental health is a major theme in a lot of art today, particularly music. Music For Mental Health is dedicated to…
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The Impact of Social Media on Our Health
Is Social Media Bad for Our Mental Health? Social media is a technology with a lot of wonderful benefits. It allows people to share and…
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Beating Those Valentine’s Day Blues
Valentines Day For decades Valentine’s Day has been marked by sweethearts exchanging the traditional gifts of flowers, candies and cards. Date nights get penciled in,…
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Random Acts of Kindness
February 17th is National Random act of kindness day. Kindness is a virtue that can transform lives. It is described as the act of being…
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When We Die, Life Still Happens
I feared my entire life of dying. Fear of leaving this Earth, and leaving behind my daughters, my sisters, my family and MY LIFE. I…
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What I Wish I Knew at 21
Throughout our lifetime we are challenged to learn and to grow. However, sometimes we tend to grow faster than we learn. ((hmmm something to think…
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The Power of a Hug
“Sometimes, you just need a hug” This may be one of the most repeated sayings of popular wisdom, but in fact, science shows that there…
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Achieving Mental Clarity
Mental Clarity When life gets you down what do you do? When life gets hard, people often believe that they could have done something different…
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and How it Affects You
Obsessive compulsive disorder more commonly called OCD affects many Americans. The National Institute of Mental Health provides an overview of the prevalence rate of OCD:…
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Dry January
I must have been living under a rock when it came to knowing that “Dry January” was even a thing and what it was all…
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How To Release Trauma
How to Release Trauma Trapped in Your Body Because trauma is any unprocessed thought or emotion that gets stuck in your nervous system. And whether…
