How Keeping a Consistent Prayer Routine Helps My Mental Health
In the past year, I’ve experienced mental health challenges like never before — and I know I’m not alone in that. Throughout 2020, both my…
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What Grief Taught Me About Balancing My Mental and Physical Health
My relationship with mental health and exercise has evolved over the last five years, particularly after my friend’s death by suicide. In the wake of…
Post-it Planning: How To Stay Productive and Present This Week
A current highlight of my life is that I’m in the middle of completing one of my bucket list items: I’m participating in a research…
How Connecting With Nature Is Giving Me Strength During the Pandemic
In the early spring of 2020, it became obvious that the COVID-19 pandemic had vastly impacted the lives of most people, including mine. And since…
4 Ways to Forgive and Make Peace With Yourself
For almost half of my life, I had a bad habit that made me genuinely dislike my own behavior. No matter where I was, I…
Perfectionist in a Pandemic: How I Learned to Let Go and Be Present
I always like to have a plan, and I always like when my plans work out exactly how I thought they would. However, I, along…
How to Be a Good Friend to Someone with Depression
Depression is a disease of isolation. I make this claim because depressed people spend a lot of time in their head, with their own thoughts.…
Confidence Through Chords: Learning To Play the Banjo Helped Me Challenge My Inner-Critic
As far back as I can remember, I have struggled with anxiety and depression. My father, who suffered from Schizophrenia, took his own life when…
7 Steps to a Healthy Relationship With the News
On the first of September last year, I woke up to my alarm and immediately started to scroll through Twitter. Before I knew it, I…
How I Knew It Was Time for Therapy
I’ve spent my whole life learning about mental health. My first counseling experience was as a child during my parents’ divorce, and I continued therapy…
