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Don’t Distance Yourself from Asking for Help If Self-Isolation Has You Down One huge change since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic is this new sense of isolation. In much of the U.S. for the last several weeks, people have been urged to quarantine, shelter-in-place, or […]

Melissa Etheridge’s Son Beckett Cypher Dies of an Opioid Overdose On May 13, 2020, Beckett Cypher died from an overdose due to his opioid use disorder. One of the two children of singer Melissa Etheridge with filmmaker Julie Cypher, he was 21. Etheridge’s accolades include two Grammy awards and an […]

Women’s Health Month — Why Women Need to Practice Self-Care May is Women’s Health Month and since warmer weather is around the corner, it’s the perfect time to start thinking about your health. After all, the sun is shining, bathing suit weather is approaching, and it’s time to pull out […]

Mental Health Month: Mental Health Apps There’s an App for That: Downloads to Deep-Six Stress It seems like there’s pretty much an app for everything. Even for elevating one’s mental health. While tapping on your phone isn’t really a replacement for a sit-down with a therapist, there are downloads that […]

World Maternal Mental Health Day Some Expectant and Newly Minted Moms Experience Depression That Goes Way Beyond the Baby Blues Motherhood is considered one of the happiest times of a woman’s life, but for some, those weeks and months after giving birth can be marked by deep depression. World Maternal […]

Global Pandemic Means OMG Stress Levels for OCD Sufferers There’s a gif circulating on social media of a pangolin (basically a scaled anteater) snapping into a tight ball. The caption: “When you hear someone cough.” That pretty much sums up how a lot of people feel in the season of […]

National Alcohol Awareness Month: The First Happy Hours Were Zero-Proof Pastimes Happy hour sometimes can be a one-way (and multiple-cocktail) ticket to a hangover. The original happy hours weren’t terribly likely to raise one’s blood alcohol levels, however. Today, it’s well-known that happy hour means you have a couple of […]

Move More Month: The Benefits of Moving and How to Get Going Every April is Move More Month, and despite many stay-at-home orders across the United States, people are still able to get out and get active. This is great news for our bodies, but if you’re still resisting exercise […]

April 25 – Parental Alienation Awareness Day Every year, April 25th marks Parental Alienation Awareness Day. While experts dispute the concept of parental alienation syndrome, it’s true that troubled relationships could affect many areas of life in the present and for years afterward. Dr. Richard A. Gardner first described parental […]

Stress Awareness Month: Healthy Ways to Fight Stress Every April is Stress Awareness Month, and because of the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, stress levels have been at an all-time high for many. Self-isolation combined with worries over illness, money, and trying to balance a new way of life have […]