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Pain Doesn't Always Show: Warning Signs of Suicide

January 6, 2017  |  Coping, Mental health, Mental illness, Suicide awareness, Suicide prevention, Trauma

Here\'s a question: do you think you\'d recognize that someone is thinking of taking his or her life? After the reported suicide of a student at the Warren County Career Center this week, it\'s a question that may

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When Brown Eyes Get Blue: Dealing with Holiday Depression

December 21, 2016  |  Addiction, Counseling, Crisis intervention training, Drinking, Emotional wellbeing, Exercise, Mental illness

OK, so I don\'t have brown eyes. They\'re blue. But their not always brilliant blue. In fact, sometimes they are a little bloodshot from crying. A "blue mood" makes my eyes lose their sparkle, as my mom used to say.

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Dealing with December

December 9, 2016  |  Anxiety, Counseling, Mental health, Mental illness, Partners, Practical life coaching, Recovery

There’s something about December that makes it harder to get out of bed. Maybe it’s because the mornings are so dark, or because the temperatures have started to drop; whatever the reason, environmental changes may

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Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks: From Clients' Perspective

November 23, 2016  |  Addiction, Counseling, Emotional wellbeing, Housing, Mental health, Recovery, Sobriety

If you're like many people preparing for this Thanksgiving holiday, right about now you're checking your menu over and over again. All the pieces are there: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce,

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Eat Your Veggies: Nutrition and Mental Health

November 18, 2016  |  Anxiety, Coping, Eating right, Emotional wellbeing, Exercise, Mental health, Nutrition

I'll go out on a limb here. I'll bet that more than a thousand times growing up, your parents told you at dinner, "Eat your veggies. They're GOOD for you!" We've certainly learned through our doctors and research that

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Election Anxiety: Coping Skills for the Next Couple of Days

November 4, 2016  |  Anxiety, Coping, Counseling, Elections, Mental illness, Partners

"It's almost over!" I heard those words from a friend across the street the other day as he got home from work. He'd been feeling anxiety over this year's election - as have a lot of other people, according

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