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Blog Entries - 'Anxiety'

preventing suicide

Suicide Prevention Month

Think of the person closest to you. What would life be like without them? What if that person was thinking the world is better off without them? Would you know? Yes, you probably would. And you'd do all you could to

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holiday anxiety

holiday anxiousness

December 14, 2022  |  anxiety, holidays, Stress

It's no secret that the holidays can make even Santa a little anxious. After all, who wouldn't be a tad worried about making sure every good little girl and boy gets exactly what they want? Truth be told, we all face

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fall and autumn anixety

Here comes fall!

September 7, 2022  |  anxiety, mental health, seasons

The thermometer doesn't really feel like it, but fall is (sort of) in the air! You can almost feel the cooler temps starting to come our way as mornings start out a little more crisp than they have in the past few

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anxiety

time to take a breather

August 15, 2022  |  Anxiety, Emotional wellbeing, mental health

It's been one heck of a week, and it's only Monday! I can honestly say that my mental health has been going for a wild ride over the past several days. I was involved in a car accident last week that sent me to the ER,

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kids and back to school

kids and school anxiety

August 9, 2021  |  Anxiety, Kids, school

Has summer break really just about finished? Seems like it just started for my nephews and yet here they are - ready to head back to the classroom already. My sister's lucky in some ways. Her boys are eager to get back

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kids learning online

Kids, COVID and Mental Health

May 11, 2021  |  Anxiety, COVID-19, Kids, school

NOTE: This article appeared in the Wilmington News Journal on May 11, 2021:     Not long after COVID-19 started shutting things down last year, I got a call from my sister. Her oldest, a 13-year-old who had been

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