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Tips to help ease anxiety
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered worsening symptoms for many who are living with anxiety. Understand and combat anxiety with these helpful tips.
Need motivation to tackle your New Year's resolutions?
If the pandemic challenges and changes have left you wondering if you can tackle New Year's resolutions, don't worry. Consider these feel-good elements of motivation.
Grief and loss throughout the holiday season
The holidays can be a time of joy as well as a time of grief for lost loved ones. Understanding how grief and change affects you can help provide a needed sense of empowerment.
5 tips for navigating changing holiday traditions
Your holiday traditions likely will be affected this year because of COVID-19 and family changes. Get 5 tips to help you enjoy the upcoming season and, perhaps, start new traditions.
Open your heart to gratitude: Acknowledge suffering during challenging times
Even though 2020 has been challenging, there still are many things to be grateful for. Acknowledging suffering during a challenging time often is the foundation for gratitude and thankfulness. Learn how to get some of your "happy" back.
The space in between grief and growth
Growth is never easy, and it almost always requires pain along with joy. It is in the space between joy and sorrow that our hearts are strengthened and our bonds renewed.
COVID-19 during winter: 8 things you can do to mentally prepare
Winter can be a difficult time for some people, and the coming winter may add to that as we "hunker down" to prevent the spread the COVID-19. Here are 8 things you can do now to mentally prepare for a winter with an ongoing pandemic.
Mentally surviving the imperfect storm that is 2020
2020 has been a year of change and stress. Oct. 10 is World Mental Health Day. Check in with yourself to assess your mental health.
Use mindfulness to cope with chronic pain
Mindfulness has become a popular concept. Frequently thought of as a way to manage stress and improve focus, discover the benefits of mindfulness practice.
Calming your pain: Is it possible?
When you hurt your back, did you know the pain could be caused by any part of your body that is compressed, stretched or has reduced blood flow? Learn how you can calm pain.
The emotional side of cancer: 7 tips
Cancer can affect more than physical health. The emotional side can affect the ability to cope and stick to a treatment plan. Get 7 tips on how to improve your emotional well-being as a cancer patient or caregiver.
Suicide isn't about dying, it's about perceived relief
People considering suicide often don't actually want to die. Instead, they are seeking relief from emotional and mental pain. Learn how you can help.