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World Mental Health Day Declares 'Mental Health Is a Universal Human Right'

World Mental Health Day Declares 'Mental Health Is a Universal Human Right'

Today is World Mental Health Day. Observed on October 10 each year, this day creates awareness and educates people about the stigma of mental illness, and encouraging people around the world to support the cause, and check in on their own mental health.

Take Care of Yourself: May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Take Care of Yourself: May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Every year, Mental Health Awareness Month is observed in May as a national movement to raise awareness and encourage open conversations around mental health. Sometimes we forget that the brain is an organ of the body, like the heart, stomach, or lungs.

When You’re More Than SAD

When You’re More Than SAD

The holidays can be hard for a myriad of reasons––family discord, grief, isolation, or loneliness to name a few. This holiday season, there’s no shortage of things that could make it an even harder time to manage. The seasonal shift to winter is a big change, especially in Texas where we are accustomed to having the sun’s heat for most of the year. The days are shorter, nights are longer, and the sun plays it coy.

Pride Month: Supporting Transgender Youth Mental Health

Pride Month: Supporting Transgender Youth Mental Health

June is Pride Month, and now more than ever, it’s crucial to highlight mental health in the LGBTQ+ community – specifically transgender youth. Right now, there are more than 115 bills under consideration in state legislatures across the country that directly target transgender people.

5 Simple Ways To Deal With Stress

5 Simple Ways To Deal With Stress

When discussing a health condition like heart disease, it’s important to talk about the symptoms, treatments, and interventions, but it’s just as important to back up and know what can help prevent heart disease. When discussing mental health conditions like stress, we do the same thing by backing up and talking about stress management.

When You’re More Than SAD

When You’re More Than SAD

The holidays can be hard for a myriad of reasons––family discord, grief, isolation, or loneliness to name a few. This holiday season, there’s no shortage of things that could make it an even harder time to manage. The seasonal shift to winter is a big change, especially in Texas where we are accustomed to having the sun’s heat for most of the year. The days are shorter, nights are longer, and the sun plays it coy.

“What do you do?”: The Powerful Link Between Work and Well-Being

“What do you do?”: The Powerful Link Between Work and Well-Being

It’s no mystery work plays a primary role in our lives. According to the United Nations’ International Labour Organization, Americans work 137 hours more than Japanese workers, 260 more hours than British workers, and 499 more hours than French Workers. “What do you do?” has become the gold-standard of introductory questions when meeting someone new. We often conflate work with worth and perceive occupation as a primary determinant of social status. For example, when someone says they’re a doctor, our ears perk up!

Hard Days of the Holidays

Hard Days of the Holidays

For most people, the holidays are wonderful times to be with friends and family. But for those grieving the loss of a loved one, the holidays are full of reminders of who is missing. Perhaps you know this firsthand or you’re walking alongside someone who is hurting.

How COVID-19 is Affecting LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health and How to Help

How COVID-19 is Affecting LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health and How to Help

Imagine you’re a 15-year-old transgender teen. You only recently began to feel comfortable at school, getting called by your chosen name and pronouns, and dressing the way that affirms your gender. Your parents have a hard time understanding your identity. This makes home feel like a place where you aren’t allowed to be your true self.

Exploring Anxiety During COVID-19

Exploring Anxiety During COVID-19

As Director of the Mental Health Navigation Line, I’ve seen a notable increase in anxiety-related symptoms due to stressors brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most people I speak with describe physical changes they’re experiencing and often ask if they should call their medical doctor in case they’re sick with the flu or possibly COVID-19.

Rise and Shine: 5 Tips for a Productive Morning Routine

Rise and Shine: 5 Tips for a Productive Morning Routine

Mornings can be tough, especially in the midst of a pandemic that has shifted our schedules and impacted our motivation, mood, and mindset going into each day. It’s easy to feel anxious, out of control, or defeated as the situation changes daily. We want to foster habits that help us navigate this difficult time well.

From My Perspective: Working From Home

From My Perspective: Working From Home

Working from home does not mean less stress. Instead, I have found new stressors. Without my colleagues to help feed my motivation and creativity, I get stuck in my own head. The rhythm of the day is blurred. The four steps from my bed to the desk doesn’t provide me the time for thought and reflection my long work commute did. The distractions of home, family, TV, house chores, the call of the yard, all cause me to lose focus.

Mental Health Tips and Resources for Children, Adolescents and Adults Coping During the Pandemic

Mental Health Tips and Resources for Children, Adolescents and Adults Coping During the Pandemic

With the country rolling out social distancing measures due the coronavirus (COVID-19), North Texans are facing a new reality that may prove to be stressful for some people. Fear and anxiety about the pandemic can be overwhelming and cause strong emotions in children, teens, and adults.

Director of outreach and education Cami Fields, LMSW, offers tips and resources for children, adolescents and adults coping with this challenging time during the shelter-in-place orders.

8 Self-Care Tips for Valentine’s Day

8 Self-Care Tips for Valentine’s Day

Whether or not you’re in a romantic relationship, Valentine’s Day often comes with a lot of pressure and expectation about what the day should look like. This Valentine’s Day, consider putting your energy into the relationship that you have with yourself with a bit of self-care. Give yourself the things you wish to receive or experience on this or any other day.

Valentine’s Day Blues: Young Love

Valentine’s Day Blues: Young Love

As every supermarket in town begins to fill with red roses, chocolate covered strawberries, and an invisible sign that reads: “To be happy, you must be in love,” it makes sense for love and relationships to be on the mind.

Why does Valentine’s Day seem to have the power to genuinely make people feel crummy?

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