With the last week of February into the first week of March being Eating Disorder Awareness week, it’s important to raise awareness about...

How To Set Goals For Your Year: 3 Simple Steps

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...

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...

The definition of Autism has grown over the years to cover a broad spectrum of issues. Someone diagnosed in this spectrum can range high...

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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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...

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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“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...

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...

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...

In the United States, we lose on of our neighbors, our coworkers, our family or our friends to suicide every 11 minutes.

Do you struggle to escape from symptoms of anxiety, depression or other mental health challenges? Sometimes it can feel like you don't...

One definition of trauma is that trauma occurs when people are bereft of agency—when they are forced into situations in which they are...

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, ...

When our nervous system becomes or remains escalated, we experience what we know as ANXIETY. Biology, environment, habits, trauma and...

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...