Today, we will talk about the last step of the 5 Action Steps from #BeThe1To’s campaign for National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – connecting our loved ones with ongoing supports to establish a safety net for moments when they are feeling distressed and in a crisis. Just like the other steps, this last one has…
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September is National Suicide Prevention Month, so we are highlighting the 5 Steps for helping someone struggling with suicidal ideation. These 5 steps make up National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s #BeThe1To campaign. Today we’ll discuss how to Follow Up with someone that you helped through a tough time. This year the organization has added a special…
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Those of us forming new telecommuting habits may be experiencing difficulty setting boundaries between home and work life. For example, many of us who have jobs kind enough to be flexible with our needs (ex. balancing work schedules and new home-schooling duties), may feel we need to reciprocate by letting some of the work day…
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Uncertainty often breeds doubt and negative thinking. These are certainly uncertain times. Think about how great it would feel if someone pointed out something that you were doing well in facing this uncertainty! Take a moment to compliment yourself on something that you did this week. Then let’s think about how we can do this…
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No matter how old you are, we are all doing it. We get on our phones to check Facebook or our news sites and we just keep scrolling though each post, reading each article until we realized a couple of hours has passed. There is a term for this and it’s called “doomscrolling” and our…
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It’s rarely talked about, but there is a relationship between oral health and mental health. People experiencing mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, and even prolonged stress suffer oral health problems at higher rates than the rest of the population. These oral health problems can include erosion, tooth decay, periodontitis, and loss of teeth.…
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Drinking can have many negative impacts on our personal health, productivity, and relationships, but those of us who are parents have double the motivation to improve problematic drinking patterns. There is an app with promising outcomes that can help do just that. Due to its promising outcomes, the Australian government is providing the app free…
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Over the last few decades, children’s opportunities for free play (play where a child’s actions aren’t directed by an adult) have declined. Many child experts believe that free play is where children learn and develop a sense of self-determination. Self-determination, or having some belief in one’s ability to direct the course of one’s own life,…
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Cultivating good habits around screen time is important to child development. In fact, “the more screen time [children] logged, the lower their skills in language, literacy, imagery, and self-regulation. This was even found on a structural level – the white matter tracts within the brain were affected.” (source:https://www.forbes.com/sites/fernandezelizabeth/2019/12/12/screen-time-habits-start-at-a-young-age/#7ca3d7f92471) Still, this is a guilt-free zone, and right now…
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Substance misuse prevention begins with each of us, and we know prevention actions can happen everywhere within our communities. Today, we challenge you to show us how you and your family are preventing substance misuse! Check out our latest post with the challenge details –
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