I entered the counseling world around the same time that old-school mental health phrases like “self-care,” “boundaries,” and “toxic relationships” were beginning to become available for widespread use in an almost trendy fashion.  Phrases only once heard from psychology professors or your personal therapist were suddenly plastered across Instagram and used widely by celebrities and […]

Do You Focus on #4Mind4Body? Mental health is essential to everyone’s overall health and well-being, and mental illnesses are common and treatable. So much of what we do physically impacts us mentally – it’s important to pay attention to both your physical health and your mental health, which can help you achieve overall wellness and […]

We live in a world that produces lots of stress. While stress can sometimes help motivate us to focus and act, a lot of stressful things are nonproductive and harmful. Stress might help motivate you to meet that new project’s deadline at work, but the anger a traffic jam causes you really has no benefit. […]