Have you ever returned home from a paw-ful day, your pet comes up to greet you or you give them loving pets and your stress seems to melt away?
The bonds between humans and animals are powerful and valuable. Our companion pets provide us not only with their unconditional love but also with a wealth of mental health benefits—all while being their paw-some and adorable selves.
It’s easy to get caught up in the grind of our day-to-day lives. And, maybe we push our emotions off to the side without acknowledging or listening to them, so we can focus on our work. Or, maybe we let our emotions, like worry, anxiety, stress, or frustration, walk with us throughout the day without taking the moment to face them and listen.
So, let’s pause, take a mindful breath, and listen to what we have to say when we ask ourselves:
“How am I doing?”
In our busy lives, we’re often connected with our phones, trapped in social media, and surrounded by technology. How often in our days do we take the time to visit our roots? Or, how often do we even see greenery in passing?
For urban dwellers, nature and greenery are often harder to find amidst buildings, machinery, and technology. But, green spaces have many mental health benefits. So, this week, we’ll learn about green spaces and, most importantly, how we can incorporate green spaces into our daily lives.
Keeping a diary is something we may associate with our younger teenage/pre-teen years—an activity that many stop doing as they grow older. But keeping a diary and journaling have many mental health benefits that should be shared with everyone at any age. This week, we’ll share the benefits of keeping a diary or journal and a few journaling techniques you can explore.
Having the ability, or set of tools, needed to stay composed or self-regulated when faced with difficulties is what could be considered Stress Tolerance. Meaning, an ability to find an inner even calm rather than getting carried away by emotion.
The benefits of sleep are pretty endless!
This week we are offering you some resources to find out WHY and HOW.
We have all heard about the negative effects of technology in regards to mental health. Although we have no intentions of disputing any of that and are strongly for technology breaks or screen free time, we also want to offer some positivity in the world of technolgy. There are, in fact, quite a few helpful mental health tools that we would like to discuss today.
This time of year can bring more than the typical amount of hustle and bustle we come in daily contact with. It is easy to get caught up, whether that be physically, mentally. or emotionally. On top of that we are living in a very “virtual” world. This is why, now, more than ever, we are craving real, true connection.
Here we are, Thanksgiving is only a few days away. This time of the year can be bring beautiful connection, it can bring high expectations and stress and it can bring a whole bunch of feelings in between. We want to encourage you to up your self care and be gentle with yourself.
Did you know that there have been studies showing that the average person has more than 6,000 thoughts a day? That’s a lot of thinking!
We want to partner with you in discovering new ways to process and work through our thoughts for a better understanding of ourselves and the world around us.
Today, our focus is the tool of journaling. This is NOT a one size fits all practice. There are endless ways to to explore to find what works for you!
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