Coping with Difficult Emotions? Go Back to the ABCs

Have you ever found yourself dealing with feelings that are overwhelming?  When that happens, do you find yourself stuck on a particular thought?  This often happens for those who experience disturbing events that don’t seem to have a resolution. That...

Grief: What can I expect?

The short answer – everyone experiences grief differently. The long answer – let me explain. Now each of us most likely has experienced some form of grief, whether from a loss, a move, or grieving something that you never had to begin with. Life here on...

Nutrition – It is more than Food…

It is time to start paying attention to what you eat, not for the regular reasons of “choosing healthy options” or “to loose weight.” It is time to think and plan what you eat for whole-body wellness. What we eat can have drastic effects on how...

Palliative Care

The structure of the U.S. population has been changing over the past few decades.  But in 2011, as the very first of the Baby Boomers turned 65, the U.S. society had been changed forever (Ortman, et al., 2014).  It is projected that the “older...

Healthy Relationships

  Relationships are hugely important parts of our lives — but what makes a healthy relationship, anyway? In this entry we will break down some of the core fundamentals to having a loving, healthy relationship. For our purposes, we’ll define healthy as...