Home for the Holidays? Practicing New Skills in an Old Environment

Heading home for the holidays can conjure the warm fuzzies of nostalgia and anxiety of old patterns or family conflict. Whether heading home from college, returning to your childhood home with your own family in tow, or hosting family yourself, spending time...

Kindness Breeds Kindness

To some degree, every single one of us is experiencing change right now. Maybe it is related to the election, the anticipation of the holidays, loved ones coming and going, a personal victory or obstacle, a broken heart. Perhaps you are experiencing heightened anxiety...

Stress and the holidays

As the holiday season is coming upon us, it is time to be mindful of ourselves, our mental and physical health.  As much as this is a time of giving to others, it is a time to give to ourselves, as well.  By being aware of the amount of stress that can occur...

Holiday Recipe for Success

Planning a fabulous and fun holiday season is much like planning a wonderful meal. We must plan our menu, know our recipes, collect our ingredients and then prepare, in order to be able to enjoy. Much the same can go into planning for our mental health during the...

Celebrating Differently this Season

  While the typical signs of Christmas are all around us-from the festive decorations to TV holiday ads, the way we celebrate will be different this year. With Covid-19 concerns, the usual traditions that bring us together around the holidays from church services...