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How to Get a Better Handle on Your Anger
Not surprisingly, many folks that face mental health challenges also have trouble with anger management. Having an inability to properly cope with strong emotions is a common symptom of conditions such as depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. Our brains are not...
It’s Ok to Not Be Ok.
From Addie, a mental health and recovery advocate: The road to recovery is never the same for every single person. Sure, we may have some commonalities between us, but each story is unique in its own way. It has taken me a long time to accept the bits and pieces of my...
Mindful Social Media? Romanticizing the Small Stuff Might Just Help.
From an avid social media user: I spend a decent amount of time looking at influencer profiles on social media and I’ve noticed that they all seem to make their lives look and feel incredible. They immerse you in their everyday routines and activities and they make it...
When You Should Start Taking Your Own Advice
I am sure we all have experience in giving advice or sharing our thoughts with people in our lives. We have friends that come to us when they are experiencing relationship troubles or stress from a job. We have family members that lean on us when going through tough...
Mental Health Problems vs. Mental Health Conditions vs. Mental Illness
Mental health is an important issue that often gets overlooked. But it's important to remember that our mental health is just as important as our physical health. Just like we need to take care of our bodies, we need to take care of our minds (which are part of our...
A Note on Intersectionality
If you are unfamiliar with intersectionality, it is the overlap of social categorizations and how that can relate to disparities, discrimination, illness, and many other facets of oppression. In recent years, the term "intersectionality" has become increasingly...
How Trauma-Informed Practices Can Be Multi-Disciplinary
Trauma-informed care has become more and more prevalent over the years and is incredibly important for treating patients as a whole person and not just their most immediate and obvious medical concerns. When it comes to trauma-informed care, it’s important to...
Mindful Social Media? Romanticizing the Small Stuff Might Just Help.
From an avid social media user: I spend a decent amount of time looking at influencer profiles on social media and I’ve noticed that they all seem to make their lives look and feel incredible. They immerse you in their everyday routines and activities and they make it...
Taking Steps to Improve Your Mental Health
There are a lot of things that we can do to improve our mental health, and everyone is going to be a little different when it comes to what works and what doesn’t. As we strive to improve our well-being, it is critical that we keep in mind that it might take some...
Getting Your Confidence Back in Eating Disorder Recovery
When in eating disorder recovery there are many steps you have to take to heal. However, one of the biggest things you have to regain is your confidence. Regaining confidence is difficult, but in the end will be so rewarding. You may think your eating disorder causes...