COMING SOON – Artist Spotlight
In honor of Erik’s life as an artist – we will be spotlighting other artists who have or are experiencing mental health challenges, and how art plays a role in their journey. THIS SECTION IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT – Please check back soon. For more information about Erik and the Standing Tall Story, click here. […]
Podcast: Grief & Happiness with Emily Thiroux Threatt
Welcome to the Grief and Happiness podcast. My name is Emily Thiroux Threatt, and I am your host. I am the author of Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief, The Grief and Happiness Handbook, and creator of Grief and Happiness Cards: Gentle Support for Dealing with Grief and Finding Happiness. My purpose with the Grief […]
Practicing Radical Self Care
by Rev. Dr. Michele Whittington Practicing self care – radical self care! – is the path of exceptional leadership. Why? Because as you, a leader, practice self care – radical self care! – you build a solid internal reserve from which to draw. With this reserve: You make decision with greater clarity, Your relationships […]
The New Science of Thriving
By Christina Bethell, PhD, MPH, MBA Our well-being—individually and as a society—depends on mindfulness. In the early 1970s, my grandmother had a disagreement with the Beatles. When she heard “All You Need is Love” play on the radio, she would reply, “All you need is inside of you.” When I was a PhD student in the early […]
What to Do When You’re Stuck In the Storms of Life
No matter how bright and beautiful our life may feel, dark clouds and storms will inevitably come to all of us. We may feel dread and fear around their appearance. We may wish for them to pass and long for the warm sunny moments to return. It may feel as though the storm rages on […]
Using Nature to Heal Grief
If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can’t help but learn. ~ Bernie Seigal, M.D. Grieving the loss of a loved one can be a lengthy process, and it’s different for everyone, even when the cause of the grief is the same.Nature is infinitely powerful; it can do both, create […]
Seven Quick Ways to Ditch Those Negative Thoughts
Let’s admit it. There are days when everything seems to go wrong and we find ourselves in the middle of a “complaint fest.” Here are seven easy ways to ditch those negative thoughts when you find yourself focusing on the “thorns” instead of the “roses” in life: Pause and take a deep breath. This has a calming effect on the […]
Moving Through the Harsh Winter of Adversity
We all run into adversity in life – and usually we move through it with minimal pain and suffering. But there are times in our lives when the adversity is so painfully great that seems like a bitter, endless winter. We feel cold and disconnected from everything that we once knew. It’s at times like these when […]
A Quick Way to Recharge Your Mental Batteries
Finding the time to go outside, smell the roses, and feel the sun’s rays soak into your skin can be more difficult than ever in today’s technology-obsessed society. Individuals are spending more and more time inside, sitting down on a computer than they are outside. But did you know that more time spent outdoors in […]
Why Being Authentic Matters
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” ~ Oscar Wilde Sure, it sounds so easy, but what does that actually mean? And why do so many of us have such a hard time actually doing it? Because the only way we become “ourselves” is when we let go of all of the labels, stories and judgments that […]