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Category Archives: Counseling

Unlock the Mental Health Advantages of Self-Employment

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Counseling

Embarking on a journey as your own boss can significantly enhance your mental well-being by granting you the autonomy to choose projects that align with your passions. This transformative experience goes beyond task selection, fundamentally redefining your daily lifestyle with a renewed sense of purpose and fulfillment. Let’s delve deeper into this profound shift in …

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Faith vs. Belief: A Comparative Analysis

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Counseling

There was a time when man believed the earth was flat, that removing blood from a person could cure any illness, that shock treatments cured impotence, vibrators treated hysteria, doctrine legitimized slavery, and anyone could talk to the dead. Throughout time, mankind’s behavior has been driven by beliefs, opinions, attitudes, and faith. These are important …

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Breaking the Cycle of Feeling Invisible: The Hidden Toll on Mental Health

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Counseling, Depression, Individual Counseling

Feeling invisible, unseen, or unheard can happen in the home, the workplace, a classroom, a doctor’s office, social settings, or when supervising a team of subordinates. Middle children, very young children, women, victims of bullying, religious and racial minorities, the obese, the soft-spoken, and men short in statue often experience invisibility, “the inability to be seen …

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The Truth Heals

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Counseling

“How do we tell the truth and make that truth bearable,” a quote from an interview with author Kate DiCamillo discussing “Charlotte’s Web” by E. B. White. She went on to say, “E.B. White loved the world. And in loving the world, he told the truth about it – its sorrow, its heartbreak, its devastating …

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