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Welcome to the Monday Mental Health Moment! This blog is the ongoing library of our weekly email newsletter: concrete, actionable tools you can read and digest in just a few minutes. These original pieces, written by our own staff clinicians, complement your therapeutic work without bogging down your in-box. We hope you like these notes so much that you share them with friends and family members—but if you don’t, of course you can unsubscribe at any time. Sign up here.
Conflict in COVID-19
When disagreements come up at home during this season, how can we navigate tough moments? Whether in a pandemic or in the future...
Lou Lim, LMHC, REAT
Mar 29, 2021
Sleep Awareness Week
We are all so tired, so why aren’t we sleeping? Restlessness dominated as a theme this past year. As we enter the anniversary of the...
Vicky Brandt, LMHC
Mar 15, 2021
COVID Blues
As colorful leaves fall from trees and the air gets cold enough for thicker layers, autumn is turning to winter.
Lou Lim, LMHC, REAT
Nov 23, 2020
World Kindness Day Is November 13
How can you honor World Kindness Day? Created in 1998 and gaining official status as an NGO in 2019, this global observance was started...
Lou Lim, LMHC, REAT
Nov 9, 2020
Pandemic and Pumpkin Spice
What are some things that come to mind with the fall season? I think of pumpkin spice lattes, apple picking, cool crisp air...
Lou Lim, LMHC, REAT
Sep 28, 2020
Meaning in Ambiguity
Dr. Pauline Boss of the University of Minnesota has developed a theory called “ambiguous loss,” which we can use to orient ourselves...
Lou Lim, LMHC, REAT
Jul 6, 2020
Setting Boundaries: Pandemic Edition
You may have heard people talking about boundaries: the limits that we set with other people based on our own wants and needs.
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
Jun 22, 2020
What's In Your Pantry?
The pandemic has caused me to think a lot about the basics; about the "staples" in my life. As an adult, I've always lived within...
Tara Redepenning, LMHC
Jun 15, 2020
Experiencing Disappointment
In the era of COVID-19, we have had to contend with planned events being disrupted. Even as we move into "reopening," it's disheartening...
Lou Lim, LMHC, REAT
Jun 8, 2020
Pandemic Purchases
Online shopping: That tricky but reliable sense of satisfaction. During these precarious times, your stress may be overflowing with...
Daphne Weaver, LMHC
Jun 1, 2020
Diet Culture Persists Within Pandemic
If you scroll through the latest headlines or your social media newsfeed, you might notice content about “the quarantine fifteen” or the...
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
May 25, 2020
A Peaceful Mindset
Peace like a river. Growing up, I heard this phrase from people who exuded a peaceful outlook in their day-to-day lives.
Lou Lim, LMHC, REAT
May 11, 2020
Catastrophizing Within a Catastrophe
Many people with anxiety right now are not dealing with a catastrophe for the first time; they may have imagined this pandemic or other...
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
May 4, 2020
Every Storm Runs Out of Rain
Today’s title is a direct quote from Maya Angelou. In a season where the future feels uncertain, this quote provides me great comfort.
Lou Lim, LMHC, REAT
Apr 27, 2020
App Review: Clear Fear
In the age of technology, why not use your smartphone to help you manage your mental health?
Vicky Brandt, LMHC
Apr 20, 2020
Maintaining Mental Health in the Midst of a Pandemic
In the midst of the global pandemic of COVID-19, the world is rapidly changing. Daily news delivers messaging that slowly strips away our...
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
Mar 23, 2020
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