There are many mental health benefits of talking to yourself. It allows us to slow our thoughts and encourages us to process how we feel before acting.
Stress, Self-Care, & Your Kids
Practicing self care as a family supports the relational bond and is a constructive way to model healthy and effective skills to manage future stressors.
Stressed Out: The Busyness Phenomenon
The primary gain of being busy seems to be productivity. However, some of us use busyness to avoid reflecting on deeper issues in our lives.
Self-Care: Am I Just Being Selfish?
Self-care begins with taking care of your basic needs including eating, sleeping, bathing, and medical needs.
Self-care also includes activities to help you relax and de-stress. It is also maintaining relationships and finding balance between work life and personal life. Failure to attend to these needs could result in exhaustion, burnout, illness, and even possible hospitalization.
Walking For Your Mental Health
Studies have shown that walking can be great for sleep quality, stress reduction, anxiety and depression. It can be very restful!
A Closer Look at Your Inner Dialogue
What you think can affect your health to a greater degree than you might realize. So, let’s take a closer look at your inner dialogue. “Negativity can actually change your brain chemistry,” says Loretta Graziano Breuning, PhD, author of “Habits of a Happy Brain.” She notes that when people default … Read More
Where to Start with Self-Care
Self-care is significant to your mental health, but you may not know where to start. Here are some ideas and questions to get you started.
Vacation and Your Mental Health
Vacations help to alleviate stress. When someone is under chronic stress, it begins to take a toll his or her physical and mental health. Taking a vacation has the ability to break the cycle of chronic stress.
Self-Care vs Zoning Out
What is the difference between self-care and zoning out? One leaves us feeling energized and refreshed. The other…not so much.
Self-Care: What Exactly Does It Mean?
Ultimately, self-care is more than just taking one hour for yourself when you have a slow day at work. It’s the self-awareness of knowing what things in life are life-giving to you, and fiercely protecting time in your schedule for those things.