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Navigating Life Transitions: Recognizing Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships
We all know that breaking up is hard to do. Life transitions like these are always difficult to navigate. There have been many songs, movies, books, and stories about how hard it is to break up with someone. It may be harder to maintain a relationship. Relationships...
Navigating Seasonal Affective Disorder During the Holidays
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” - Charles Shultz “Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to.” - Miracle on 34th Street “What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future.”...
5 Myths Around Mental Health in Men
“It's not the appearance that makes a man, it's the man that makes an appearance.” -- Anthony Liccione You can not go back and change the beginning you can start where you are and change the ending. -- C S Lewis If you want to fly, you have to give up the things...
How Life Transitions Can Bring Up Past Trauma
"Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end." - Robin Sharma "The mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it's not open." Frank Zappa When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind,...
The Relationship Between Life Transitions and Grief
The only way to make sense of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. Allan Watts Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw Change is Equal to Transition Changes...
Fixed Mindset Vs. Growth Mindset
Well, it is football season, and whether you are a fan or not, you have probably heard about Deon Sanders being the coach of Colorado football. You may have even heard about his early success with the team and then two losses to teams. You may have listened to what...