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Nutrition and wellbeing

Building healthy Habits Of the many responsibilities of parenthood, I was least prepared for feeding my family well. I can still remember my dread around 4:30 on school nights trying to decide what to make for dinner. My husband was a picky eater, the kitchen was...

Mental Health Recovery (Part 2)

The vision Can you imagine a community where having a serious mental illness does not have to mean loneliness, isolation, or poverty? This is the vision of mental health recovery– the “next steps” of helping adults living with chronic mental illness...
Mental Health Recovery

Mental Health Recovery

Mental Health Awareness began this month and the NamiWalk is fast approaching on Saturday, May 20. This is my first of two installments in addressing the the concept of mental health recovery. According to NAMI over 65% of people living with chronic mental health...
Bringing Anxiety to the Yoga Mat

Bringing Anxiety to the Yoga Mat

Don’t be shy about bringing anxiety to the yoga mat. Poses, breath, and meditation are great skills you will learn in yoga to help manage anxiety. Photo credit Надя Кисільова /Unsplash Anxiety in America As many as 40 million Americans are living with an...
The Gap and The Gain

The Gap and The Gain

The Gap and The Gain. Take a mindful pause in the gain Photo Credit: Kristopher Roller/Unsplash Wellness Book Review About my recommendation The Gap and the Gain: The High Achiever’s Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success is a great read to address the...
Keep it simple

Keep it simple

Keep it Simple Sunset Rohan Gupta/Unsplash Does your life feel complicated? How would it feel to keep it simple? During the pandemic we were forced to be less busy. Life was simpler, albeit stressful for other reasons. Living with less activity sparked a reset for...

Seeking Balance in an unBalanced World

Seeking balance in an unbalanced world As a community we are coming to the end of 2022. We are learning how to live with (rather than how to combat) the Coronavirus. Each of us is discovering ways to manage re-entry into a “new normal” lifestyle. This year I resolved...
Call 988 for a mental health crisis

Call 988 for a mental health crisis

Suicide Awareness month Call 988 for ANY emotional crisis. Trained crisis counselors are available twenty-four hours a day. September is suicide awareness month. In Oklahoma, suicide is the ninth cause of death. Each year, one in five adults in the United States...
Become an askable parent

Become an askable parent

Life is not “all sunshine and rainbows.” If you want to guide your children through the stormy times of life you will need to become an “askable” parent. An askable parent gives honest information, is empathic and genuine about their own...
back to the basics of self-care

back to the basics of self-care

Boost your mental health with self-care basics May is Mental Health Awareness month. I am thrilled to see a positivity about mental health this year, a renewed value of compassion. Self-care suggestions are everywhere, which serves as a great reminder for mental...