It is the time of year we all know has been waiting in the wings; the days become shorter, the weather turns greyer and drizzlier, and many people start to feel a little bit lower or less happy. These feelings start to sink in and affect all aspects of our...
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With Covid-19 causing an unusual amount of stress, it’s not surprising that some personal relationships are suffering. We’ve had to limit our contact with others and make hard choices about who to see and who not to see. Masking requirements and vaccinations have brought our values to the forefront. Many...
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Coping with coming out of more than a year of Covid restrictions Changes in Covid-19 restrictions have allowed some of us to be able to move back into our workplaces or attend face to face college and university classes. As these transitions take place we can be struck with a...
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We all understand that taking care of our mental health is important, especially over the last year and a half. We have found ourselves in a place where there are an incredible amount of options available to us in order to feel better about ourselves, each other, and the world...
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We all get discouraged from time to time. Things don’t always go the way we want, goals are harder to attain than we thought, and best laid plans fall through. Many of us have learned to roll with life’s punches and recover quickly from a setback. Sometimes discouragement is chronic,...
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Navigating the discussion around sex, gender, and gender identity and fluidity can be confusing. Many of us have been socialized to see sex and gender as the same thing. The trend in “gender reveal parties” when there is a pregnancy highlights this socialization. What is being reveled is the sex...
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I think everyone would agree that the Covid-19 pandemic has flipped all of our worlds upside-down and had effects far beyond its obvious health risks. News channels and blogs everywhere are talking about how being stuck in lockdown has harmed the economy, shut down businesses, taken away gatherings, incomes, dating,...
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We are always living with uncertainty about the future. We never know for sure what we’ll find when we wake up each day. We don’t know if a calamity waits for us around the corner. We all know it’s possible to get in a car accident, get diagnosed with a...
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Cautiously Optimistic Many of us are experiencing Covid fatigue. After months of washing our hands, disinfecting surfaces, wearing masks, avoiding social gatherings, and staying away from friends and family, we are looking forward to a round of second vaccines and a lessening of restrictions going into the summer and fall....
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