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Spring Reset: Reviving Forgotten Resolutions

“Spring adds new life and new beauty to all that is.” ~ Jessica Harrelson DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH I love this season. It is such a hopeful time of year. Springtime is like a new beginning in a lot of ways–flowers bloom, trees blossom, birds chirp… it feels like the beginning as the earth is reborn.

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reviving spring resolutions

Spring Reset: Reviving Forgotten Resolutions

“Spring adds new life and new beauty to all that is.” ~ Jessica Harrelson DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH I love this season. It is such a hopeful time of year. Springtime is like a new beginning in a lot of ways–flowers bloom, trees blossom, birds chirp… it feels like the beginning as the earth is reborn.

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Mental Health

The Swinging Pendulum of Bipolar Disorder

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH What do Sinead O’Conner, Demi Lovato, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and the late Carrie Fisher all have in common?  They are some of the 5.7 million American adults who suffer from bipolar disorder.  This is not a rare condition; 2.6% of our population experiences the markedly different mood swings that characterize this disorder–the prolonged

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Self-Care

The Cure for Loneliness

DESIGNED BY FREEPIK Americans are lonelier than ever. According to Public Radio International, about 50.2 percent or 124.6 million American adults are single today. In the 1950s, that number was around 22 percent! What has caused this great rise in isolation? In a recent article, featured both in Forbes and Psychology Today, author Caroline Beaton

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Trauma

Are You a Secondary Survivor?

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH I read an article last week about a young woman, barely 18, who was accosted and raped as she walked to the beach near her house one night. She wrote about her journey to finding self-worth and peace after that traumatic incident. Her story, and all those like hers, strikes a chord

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Mental Health

The Key to Slowing Down in a Fast-Paced World

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH We are busy people leading crazy lives. Our days are full of dishes to wash, mounds of laundry to fold, incessantly buzzing phones, and people demanding our attention. Some days it may even get to the point that we wonder if we can actually squeeze everything in. How do you reconcile your

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Mental Health

The Early Indicators of Mental Illness

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH Just as with other medical illnesses, early intervention can make a crucial difference in preventing what could become a serious illness.  Learning about the developing symptoms of mental illness can lead to possible mitigation or prevention of a mental illness altogether. Earlier this year, I could feel a cold coming on. My

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Relationships

The Not-So-Secret Recipe to a Successful Relationship

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH Successful relationships don’t just happen on their own; they emerge when two people invest great time and effort in them. These seven tips are tried and true in improving and prolonging meaningful relationships! We all have those couples we admire. For me, it is Gordon and Marjorie; I have watched this couple

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