Happy National Nutrition Month (NNM)! What better to celebrate my first full month serving the members of Capital Counseling and EAP?! Though my gut told me to write a defense piece highlighting the nutritional value and versatility of potatoes (which someday I will write!), I [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day, to me! Certainly, we have all heard someone make the statement, “You’ve got to love yourself first, or you can’t expect to be loved by another...” at least once. This is true, without a decent amount of self-love, the love of another [...]
Love is in the air, right? It’s the time of year where people buy chalk-textured candy hearts and go to their local pharmacy to purchase heart-shaped boxes of chocolate for their sweetheart. February tends to focus mainly on romantic relationships, often setting a slightly unrealistic [...]
The rush and excitement from the holidays are over. The gifts have been unwrapped and all the pretty lights and decorations have been stowed away. Radio stations have stopped playing their festive cheers and commercials and advertisements have stopped telling us how it is the [...]
While it’s not possible to predict how severe the upcoming season will be, it’s important to start taking steps NOW to protect yourself and your loved from getting the flu. Although complete immunity can't be guaranteed, below is a list of 10 tips that might [...]
After the hustle of the holiday season, folks sit back, tuckered out from all of the holiday mayhem, then transition to think about “The New Year” as a grand moment in time represented as the start of everything new! The New Year is viewed as [...]
It’s that time of the year again! All the excitement around the holidays is just beginning but for many, there is increased stress around spending and budgeting. According to ABC News, the average American will spend $700 this year on holiday gifts and goodies. Rather [...]
Depression and anxiety are the two most common types of mental illness present in today’s population. Depression is a mental illness that tends to be misunderstood and there are many misconceptions about what it looks like and how it affects the person coping with depression. [...]
🍴 The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year for weight gain. The average American gains five pounds or more between Halloween and New Year’s Day. Unfortunately, over time this weight is rarely lost. Exercise helps us to avoid weight gain or [...]
Have you ever heard November referred to as Movember and wondered what that is? Movember is the leading charity for men’s health focusing on prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health and suicide prevention. In 2003, Movember began in Melbourne, Australia when two friends were [...]
