Emotional First Aid
By taking action when you’re lonely, by changing your responses to failure, by protecting your self-esteem, by battling negative thinking, you won’t just heal your psychological wounds, you will build emotional resilience, you...
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A kind word
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn...
Trust Somebody
Now when you’re outta your mind Working that blind To turn it around you better trust somebody Look at yourself you like what you see If you want something else you better trust somebody...
Making Yourself a Priority
“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” –Vincent van Gogh How do you make your mental health a priority...
Breathe with Me
Breathe in, Breathe out, slowly, deeply. Click on the image to have the gif help you pattern your breath. Lot’s of things can trigger anxiety, having something visual to focus your breathing on can...
The Science of Happiness
Dan Gilbert, author of “Stumbling on Happiness,” challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t...
Being Prepared for a Doctor’s Office Visit
The US Department of Health and Human Services has an Office of Adolescent Health that currently has a Think, Act, Grow program. One of the links they provide is for how to prepare for...
Let your light shine
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who...
More Than Saddness
Depression is more than sadness. It is more than not being able to get out of bed. Depression means many things to many people. It can be hard to talk about or even get...
