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April 14, 2023

The Impact of Boxing on Mental Health: Improving Resilience in Life (A Guest Post by Richard Sison)

Mental health is a critical aspect of overall health and well-being. With the rise of stress and anxiety in today’s fast-paced society, finding ways to improve and maintain mental resilience is becoming increasingly important. Boxing is a high-intensity physical activity that has been shown to positively impact mental health, including reducing stress and anxiety, improving mood, and increasing self-esteem and confidence. In […]

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February 10, 2023

Keeping Your Mental Health Crisis Plan Up to Date

Sometimes you don’t know you need a crisis plan until you do. Or until someone who cares about your well-being does some homework and encourages you to write one. My then boyfriend (now husband) encouraged me to create a document called a crisis plan that would help him help me if I ever had another mental health crisis like the […]

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January 21, 2022

School, Work, and a Wedding!

A year ago I got engaged. Now, I have been married for a little over a month. It was a lot of work, money, stress, and anxiety planning a wedding while both working full time and going to school (again) for my master’s. But I’d do it all over. The preparation was worth the special moments: trusting and believing God […]

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October 7, 2018

Due to Mental Health Benefits, I’m Not Ditching the Keto Diet After All

Why am I staying on a diet that has been described as difficult, monotonous, and unhealthy? This decision breaks from statements in my last post. However, after months of researching the science that both support and slam this diet, I have determined that the benefits outweighs the disadvantages for me. I have been on this diet for eleven weeks. During […]

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September 2, 2018

Guest Post: Managing Your Persistent Fears, Anxieties, and Stresses by Stanley Popovich

Everybody deals with anxiety and depression; however, some people have a difficult time in managing it. As a result, here is a brief list of techniques that a person can use to help manage their most persistent fears and every day anxieties. When facing a current or upcoming task that overwhelms you with a lot of anxiety, the first thing […]

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May 28, 2018

Word of the Week: Complex PTSD

As its name suggests, complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or C-PTSD, is a more severe form of PTSD. The difference is that C-PTSD may occur as a result of exposure to prolonged stress or trauma. You can read more about C-PTSD at the following websites: Healthy Place U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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