The science is clear on the benefits of journaling and why embracing journaling and making it a habit is a good idea. But that doesn’t mean that journaling has to be difficult or weigh us down, according to Ikia Young, LPC, MHR, MBA. Ikia presented a webinar for All Counseling…

If you could do something simple every day that would improve your mood, increase your positivity, and help relieve stress, would you do it? You likely answered that question with a resounding “Yes!” Yet, only about 1-in-6 people consider themselves active journalers. Journaling just 20 or fewer minutes a day…

If you take a look at social media, it seems like everyone is having a festive season straight out of a movie or television show. They’re going to parties, baking cookies, buying the perfect gift for everyone, and decorating everything around them to look like a holiday winter wonderland. Even…

The parties, food, gifts, and time with loved ones… it seems like the holidays are a happy, festive time for everyone, but that just isn’t the case.  The holidays can bring on a great deal of stress, loneliness, and anxiety. For those living with a mental health disorder, the holidays…

When you bring your little bundle of joy home from the hospital, it seems everyone has advice on what you should and shouldn’t do. Put them to sleep this way. Don’t feed them that way. Don’t forget to do xyz. The advice continues through toddlerdom and the elementary school years…

Everyone has advice for you when you have an infant, but the helpful tips dry up by the time you find yourself parenting a teen. Parents often feel like they're just trying to survive the teenage years, and no one knows what they’re doing. It’s a challenging time for the…