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Rest Routine

Memorial Day has come and gone, and summer is upon us. This season has a way of disrupting our routines. Summer jobs and internships are in full swing, camps have started, ended, and started again, vacations are booked, and...

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Living a Meaningful Life

Living a rich, full, and meaningful life. Discovering and chasing after the things you value. Not allowing your mental health symptoms to get in the way of doing the things that are important to you. All of these are...

The Silent Loud of the Model Minority

By Darrick Brown, MDiv, Mental Health Awareness Coordinator As an African American Christian male, I have been engulfed in my culture. I have been a part of its beauty and biases for its good and bad features. Just as...

What’s a Part of Your Diet?

By Darrick Brown, MDiv, Mental Health Awareness Coordinator I am genuinely thankful that mental health and the need for mental health to be addressed has picked up steam. Our living systems, employment, and relationships have partially come into the...

Toxic Relationships Part 4: How to Combat Emotional Abuse

For the final part of this series, we will discuss responses and ways to combat emotional abuse and gaslighting. As stated previously, the best-case scenario would be to remove yourself from any situation or relationship where this is occurring....

Toxic Relationships Part 3: Examples of Gaslighting in Emotional Abuse

Emotional abuse comes in many forms. Often, it can be hard to recognize. It is worth noting that emotional abuse can occur at any time, around friends, family, or in private. It is important to be able to recognize...

Improving Self-Esteem by Practicing Positive Affirmations Daily

A helpful, but not always easy, way to improve feelings of self-worth is the daily practice of positive affirmations. I like to use affirmations as a mental exercise, getting the mind into healthy shape. Positive Affirmations are helpful in...

Letting Go of Perfectionism

One of my favorite researchers, Dr. Brene Brown, describes perfectionism as “a way of thinking and feeling that says this: ‘If look perfect, do perfect, work perfect and live perfect, I can avoid or minimize shame, blame and judgement.’”...

Happy Mother’s Day to Single Mothers

Make Time for Yourself

From mega-media stars to best-selling books telling us how to be effective and to work hard, one can see that today’s society has grown to place a large value on productivity. While it is good to contribute to society...