Tag: mental-health
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Soft Is Not Weak: Why Vulnerability Is the Real Strength You’ve Been Avoiding
The author reflects on the importance of vulnerability, asserting it is a strength rather than a weakness. Despite societal pressures, especially on women, to suppress emotions, embracing vulnerability fosters growth and genuine connections. Practical strategies are offered for practicing vulnerability safely, emphasizing that emotional bravery is essential for everyone.
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The Energy of Anxiety: Understanding and Managing a Constant Companion
6 minutes read time Let’s talk about what anxiety is for many people. Humans are unique, and every person’s experience of anxiety is different, but there are certainly commonalities. Anxiety is more than occasional worry—it’s an energy in our lives that can feel all-consuming, persistent, and physically exhausting. One question that comes up often is…
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The Dance of Self-Worth and Self-Esteem: Finding The Beat
Ah, the age-old quest for self-worth and self-esteem. It’s like trying to untangle a pair of earbuds that have been sitting in your bag for a week—frustrating but entirely possible! But first, let’s break down these two concepts. Self-worth and self-esteem might seem like identical twins, but they’re more like cousins who share a family…
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Sun, Sand, and Sanity: Mental Health Care During the Summer Months
Ah, summer! The season of beach trips, cookouts, and blissful days where the sun shines as brightly as our Instagram filters. It’s the time of year when we swap our leggings and long sleeves for tank tops and our rigorous self-care routines for, well, an extra scoop of ice cream. But before you dive headfirst…
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The Power of Secrets
What is a secret? Why do we keep secrets? Are secrets always bad? Do you have an answer to these questions? According to Merriam-Webster, a secret is something that is kept from knowledge of view, working with hidden aims or methods, revealed only to the initiated, kept from the knowledge of others and shared confidentially…
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Sleep: The Restorative Power of a Good Night’s Rest
Sleep. How many of us get enough of it? For many, it’s a rare and elusive ghost, skulking around the dark corners of the mind. Those who are unable to sleep find themselves stumbling through life with bags under their eyes, coffee in hand, and a permanent state of exhaustion. For others, it’s a welcome…
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Quiet
How often are you quiet? How often do you just sit with yourself and allow yourself to think and feel? Do you find that you do something else to distract your own quiet? What would happen if you only allowed the silence to be uninterrupted? It can be scary to sit in stillness, to sit…
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The Possibility of Forgiveness
The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.
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Going Out on a Limb
Are you giving more to life than it is giving to you? Have compassion for yourself.
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