The Balanced Life, Huntsville Alabama

While we are continuing to face challenges regarding COVID-19, there seems to be a strong desire by many to return to normalcy. This can be achieved by focusing on one’s own mental health and beginning or continuing therapy is a perfect way to do so. 

            Connecting during quarantine? I know, I know, six feet right? Circumventing CDC recommendations is not what this blog is about! However, we are struggling with the inability to connect during this time.

Now more than ever, people of various backgrounds and cultures are coming together because we all have been affected by COVID-19 in some way or another.  One thing I know for sure, life certainly hasn’t stopped because of our current pandemic. 

Anxiety and insecurity about our uncertain future abounds and everyone deals with anxiety and stress differently.

During this unprecedented pandemic, we all feel some level of confusion and uncertainty for the near-term future.  As adults, it is difficult to process the entirety of what we as a country are facing, much less explain to our children what is happening. 

With anxiety high across the globe and our communities faced with unprecedented uncertainty, it is natural to feel uneasy. Mental health suffers when we feel panicked and fearful of the unknown.

This blog is not intended to be for or against CBD, but rather a sharing of information for the purpose of education.  Before taking CBD, please check with your doctor first. 

I’ll admit that I never want time to hurry by, as it’s such a limited and precious commodity, but I don’t feel super bummed when February is finally over.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?  Sound familiar?  The evil Queen in Disney’s Snow White repeated this every day, and every day that the mirror replied “You, oh Queen!” she was happy as could be.

“Every day in every way, I am getting better and better!” (Emile Coué)

 Isn’t this what so many of us want this January? This new year? In this brand new decade?

As we embark on the New Year, we also enter into a new decade. For some, this has no significance at all, but for others there is extra motivation to make positive changes—especially those who are raising kids in this new decade.

I often have clients request more frequent appointments around the holidays. They report increased pressure at work, family stress, and feelings of being overwhelmed. While we see the holiday season advertised as a time for celebration and joy, this can actually be a very difficult time for many people. This can be a time when we focus on everything except our own well being. So, with this in mind, here are a few self care tips for the holiday season.