In honor of World Mental Health Day, it’s critical to recognize the importance of its theme “It Is Time to Prioritize Mental Health in the Workplace.” Like many people, I’ve struggled with my emotional health through avoidance and the relentless pursuit of success.
In 2023, the Loveland Therapy Fund made $3.2M in direct payments to therapists, translating into over 71,000 hours of culturally sensitive therapeutic services in one year alone.
All of us humans are socialized to believe that quitters never win
Dancing is a great way to tune in and pick up on cues about what your body wants.
Launched via her OWN Network, media mogul Oprah Winfrey's latest venture Own Your Health is a campaign geared towards helping Black women gain agency and a greater sense of community when it comes to their health needs and the unique treatment disparities they face.
“People that operate from this space are often trying to prevent a familiar hurt that has led them to being guarded in the first place. Ultimately, we end up losing out on valuable connections due to our inability to be vulnerable.”
Often in life, we learn the rewarding lesson that when we stop caring what others think we start to enjoy ourselves and find success much more. But that can be a particularly difficult philosophy to live by for those struggling with mental health or emotional matters.
If you've been feeling you're so unhinged that you may need to see a therapist, well, first off, we both know you'll just have to "see" her on Zoom or Skype, second off, go ahead, because therapists are great, but thirdly, know that even some of the strangest mood swings are perfectly normal now
You won’t get anywhere if you just want your therapist to agree that everyone sucks and you’re always right. That’s not a helpful mindset in life, but many patients just get mad if their therapists ask them to accept any blame. Bullying your therapist into saying everyone in your life sucks besides you won’t get you far.
You probably have some issues in your life that need working out. Are you in the right relationship? The right job? Do you need to address that tension with your friend? The business of life has a way of putting these things on the backburner, but it’s important to confront them, and they’ll come up when you do nothing for a day.
You know what you did with those dumb boys: if you had a bad day, you didn’t tell them. They made you feel like time with them was meant for fun and not real life. So you had your “relationship” and then you had the rest of your life, and you kept the two separate, so as not to burden your man (boy). But the man who wears his heart on his sleeve is okay with you letting him know what's going on your life.