Preparing for Back to School
These words bring forth excitement and dread for me each school year. I work in education, and I love what I do but as the long hot days...
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Stephen Killen
May 19, 20235 min
Facing Fear
I take a deep breath and prepare to do the impossible. Even in planning for this moment it seemed like it would never get here. I’m...
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Michelle Essary
Apr 27, 20232 min
Autism and The Brain
The definition of Autism has grown over the years to cover a broad spectrum of issues. Someone diagnosed in this spectrum can range high...
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Michelle Essary
Apr 11, 20232 min
What about sexual assault?
One in four women and one in six men report experiences of sexual assault according to recent research by the Centers for Disease...
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Stephen Killen
Feb 3, 20234 min
What is Love? Maybe Don't Hurt Me?
“All you need is love.” “Love is friendship on fire.” “Love is like pi – natural, irrational, and very important.” “The need for love...
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Gabrielle Bowen
Jan 27, 20232 min
How to be Kind to Ourselves When “New Year, New You” Doesn’t Go as Planned:
If you’re like the majority of people who make New Year’s resolutions, you may already be struggling to keep up with your goals (and you...
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Stephen Killen
Jan 3, 20235 min
Staying Sharp on Self-Care in 2023
January is, in many ways, a time to start over. Not just for the calendar, but for people as well. Starting fresh in the new year, making...
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Michelle Essary
Dec 16, 20223 min
5 Tips for Thriving, not just Surviving, this Holiday Season
There are a lot of reasons the Holiday season, and the end of the year in general, take it out of us. Family, money, busy or empty social...
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Stephen Killen
Dec 2, 20225 min
The Bittersweet Taste of Sadness During the Holidays
"That’s my child” my mom cheers as I pour myself a glass of half tea and half lemonade (an Arnold Palmer, I’m told it’s more commonly...
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Dr. Margaret Smith
Nov 11, 20223 min
Service Members & Self Compassion
“Could have been worse.” That and maybe the clench of a jaw has ended more than a few stories I’ve heard from service members over the...
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Lindsay Bean
Nov 8, 20223 min
World Kindness Day: Practicing Self Kindness
It seems like there is a day for everything. I am constantly seeing posts celebrating some type of food or beverage. Here are a few I...
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Stephen Killen
Oct 6, 20224 min
Depression: Stormclouds and Silverscreens
I’ve had someone describe depression to me as like waking up in the ocean and swimming leagues before you’re able to reach the shore only...
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Gabrielle Bowen
Sep 9, 20223 min
Suicide: Check On Your Friends (And Not Just During Suicide Prevention Month)
In the United States, we lose on of our neighbors, our coworkers, our family or our friends to suicide every 11 minutes.
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Michelle Essary
Aug 12, 20224 min
What Can I Do For My Mental Health?
Do you struggle to escape from symptoms of anxiety, depression or other mental health challenges? Sometimes it can feel like you don't...
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Dr. Margaret Smith
Jul 1, 20225 min
Trauma & Yoga?
One definition of trauma is that trauma occurs when people are bereft of agency—when they are forced into situations in which they are...
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Michelle Essary
Jun 14, 20222 min
Leading through Authentic Connection
A few years ago I was talking with a friend whose opinion I valued about how I respected a person I was tasked to lead. I was, however, ...
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Michelle Essary
May 27, 20222 min
5 Tips for Calming Anxiety
When our nervous system becomes or remains escalated, we experience what we know as ANXIETY. Biology, environment, habits, trauma and...
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Michelle Essary
May 25, 20223 min
Coping With Tragedy
This is an excerpt from my own personal story three years ago. I was feeling a little raw after being present and experiencing the trauma...
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Millie Dawson-Hardy
May 25, 20222 min
How to talk with kids about the trauma in the world today
The shooting in Texas and in New York have again shaken the foundation of our society. The littlest of us, our children, are affected by...
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