Yoga: The New Way for Teens to Beat Stress

There have never been any quick fix solutions to dealing with the pressures of a teen’s life: peer pressure, competition, the search for independence and belonging, school, hormones, family conflict. For a large number of teens the anxiety evoked by everyday life can lead them down a path of sexual promiscuity and alcohol and drug [...]

How to Find the Right Help: Choosing a Mental Health Professional

Getting started with resources to help improve your mental well-being, or the overall well-being of your family, can be difficult at best. Finding a mental health professional that you feel comfortable with is like shopping for a good pair of shoes – they need to be a good fit! It’s a good idea to contact [...]

5 Steps to Improved Mental Health

Learn: Mental illness does not discriminate among social economic status, race, culture or occupation. All humans are vulnerable to being affected my mental illness – either through a family member, a friend or co-worker – or through personal experience. Acquiring information about common mental illnesses can ease fears or stigmas associated with mental health disorders.
Some [...]

7 Habits of People Who Successfully Cope with Stress

by Guest Writer Ryan Rivera
Stress is a normal part of life that can affect everyone at any given point of time. It is part of our body’s reaction to pressures from our work, problems in our finances and conflicts in our personal relationships. Truthfully, stress is a friend that helps us deal with pressing situations [...]

7 Ways moms can Recharge and De-stress

It’s a natural mothering instinct to put the welfare and needs of your family before your own. Whether you work outside of the home or stay home to raise your children, the overwhelming responsibility of child rearing in today’s fast-paced society can be like finding your way through a complicated maze.
Any which way you turn [...]

How do You Balance Work and Home?

My six-year-old son came to me the other day and said: “Mommy, I am never getting married; I am going to be a Classic Man”. Curios I asked: “What is a Classic Man?” With an exasperated breath (like I should know), he answered: “A man that works hard! I’m a talented artist so I am [...]