Mental Health Monday: Do I have anxiety? Features of an Anxiety Disorder
Those of you who have experienced anxiety in your life, you know the heart-pounding, head spinning sensations that can make it feel like whatever is right in front of you needs to be avoided at all costs. Clinical anxiety can be debilitating, but it is also one of...
Mental Health Monday: Hope, Part 2 – How do we build a hopeful future?
Oftentimes we confuse hope with blind optimism. We may shy away from pursuing a hopeful state of mind, believing that it's nothing more than pipe dreams or "pollyanna" thinking. However, hope and optimism are different constructs. Hope focuses on the attainment of...
Mental Health Monday: Do you need a little HOPE?
All positive change begins with hope. Without hope, our future can appear bleak and meaningless. We all know what it feels like to be hopeful. We've felt the surge of energy that comes when we wish and plan for a brighter future. Many of us have fallen into a state...
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