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Introduction It did not start with a crisis. There was no single argument that broke everything, no moment where someone could point and say – that is where it went wrong. It started smaller than that. A season that got too busy. A few weeks of everyone being short with each other. Dinners eaten in …
Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Articles, Mental Health, Parental Stress, Parenting
Introduction Nurses show up for everyone. They work long shifts, carry enormous responsibility, and keep going when most people would stop. International Nurses Day, observed each May 12, is a reminder that caregiving at that level comes at a cost, and that the people who give the most are often the last to ask for …
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Introduction May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is clear: Turn awareness into action. Millions of people know they need support. They have known for a while. The stress, the anxiety, the sadness that will not lift, the exhaustion of carrying something they cannot quite name has been there for months, sometimes …
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Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Articles, Children and Adolescent Counseling, Family Counseling, Teen Counseling, Therapy
Introduction Every generation of parents has worried about their teenagers. Moodiness, slammed doors, the sudden desire to communicate in single syllables. These are the hallmarks of adolescence, and they always have been. But something is different now. And the numbers bear it out. According to the World Health Organization, 1 in 7 children and adolescents …
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Introduction You cannot finish a single task without your mind pulling in six directions. Your inbox is a disaster. The deadline is tomorrow and you have barely started. You keep meaning to get organized, but the thought of where to even begin makes you want to close your laptop and stare at the wall. You …
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