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Mindy Lawrence Although reading is good for everyone, it's particularly helpful for those with mental health challenges. Talking about...

Mindy Lawrence When you think of help for mental health, you usually think of counseling and medication. One thing not addressed as often...

Mindy Lawrence Self-care is designed to ease our frustration and anxiety caused by everyday life. It’s not just pleasant baths and...

Mindy Lawrence Cookbook and children’s author Crescent Dragonwagon tells participants in her classes to stop listening to radio station...

Mindy Lawrence Life gets hectic and stressful. When this happens to you, you need to take a mental health break. It’s like removing...

Mindy Lawrence Some tools for therapy can be controversial. Magic mushrooms fit that description. Still only allowed in certain cities in...

By Mindy Lawrence We live in a crazy world that bombards us with negatives and noise. When we get a moment to take care of ourselves,...

by: Mindy Lawrence When everything closes in and you need an escape, art is often a good means of running away. One of the art forms used...

Music therapy doesn’t ask you to join a band or perform at Carnegie Hall. It lets you use music as a method to help you with anxiety and...

STOP THE CYCLE! DON'T: 1. Constantly compare your child with other children-- especially siblings, cousins, neighbors or schoolmates. 2....

by Mindy Lawrence Financial Stress is: “A condition that is the result of financial and/or economic events that create anxiety, worry, or...

In 1942, British artist Adrian Hill first developed the term “art therapy” when he was recovering from tuberculosis in a sanitarium. He...

By Joyce Faulkner For a few years, back in the day, I volunteered for a Rape Crisis Center in a big city. After training, I served as a...

Attachment Theory

When that clock ticks over to a New Year, we have our resolutions all planned out! We are going to lose weight, learn to fly, buy a car,...

New Year’s Day is often thought of as a restart button. I’m gonna change on this date. I’m gonna shed my old skin and emerge fresh and...

Vulnerability can be uncomfortable but it’s the direction to joy and love. It’s a strength and not a weakness. It builds empathy and...

We all have a social and mental side. All of them together form our mental health. Mental health is important from the time we are born...