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Holiday Grief

December 13, 2023

Addressing grief during the holiday season involves acknowledging its normalcy and planning ahead with positive coping skills and supportive friends. The importance of commemorating loved ones through unique activities and underscoring the need for proactive planning. For individuals grappling with intense symptoms, seeking professional help is strongly recommended.

Written By:

Mindy Webb, M.S., LPC, CSC, Behavioral Health

Beyond Disaster: Building Resilience

March 21, 2023

Resilience is your inner strength and ability to cope and deal competently and successfully, day after day, with the challenges and demands you encounter. You have the ability to “bounce back!” Read more to learn about 10 ways you to build resilience.

Written By:

Mimi H. Wright, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist

A Rise in Anxiety Among Teenagers

February 24, 2022

A Rise in Anxiety Among Teenagers The prevalence of adolescents reporting that they are experiencing anxiety has been increasing over the past decade. In the adolescent population, one in three will experience an anxiety disorder at some point as repor...

Written By:

Mindy Webb, M.S., LPC, CSC, Behavioral Health

Great words of life . . . “Burned Biscuits”

December 17, 2021

When I was a kid, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she made breakfast instead of dinner after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits in front of my dad...

Written By:

Mimi H. Wright, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist

Thinking Positive Thoughts

November 2, 2021

Thinking Positive Thoughts "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." - Mother Theresa "Our mental and emotional diets determine our overall energy levels, health, and well-being to a far greater extent than most realize. Every thought and feeling, no matter how big or small, impacts our...

Written By:

Mimi H. Wright, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist

Improving Your Emotional Diet!

September 10, 2021

Improving Your Emotional Diet! Many of us pay a lot of attention to what we eat. We count our calories, limit fatty foods, and reduce our intake of sugar and salt. And we make an effort to eat the not-so-good-for-us-foods in moderation. We may love French fries but we all know the consequences if that were all we ate...

Written By:

Mimi H. Wright, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist

Expecting the Unexpected

July 5, 2021

Expecting the Unexpected It's easy to worry, feel disappointed, be irritated or get annoyed by someone's actions or choices because they aren't what we want or expect or what we think we know is right. It's easy to see others and operate more from our own perspective or agenda rather than what is needed or...

Written By:

Mimi H. Wright, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist