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Raven Learns to Challenge Negative Self-talk

Raven was a great flier with a keen eye for catching her prey. One day, Raven was soaring high up in the fathomless sky when she spotted, far below, a reptile prowling through the grass. “That looks like a good meal,” Raven thought, noting a feeling of hunger in her…
Categories: Improve Your Mood, My Mind, Self Esteem

Realistic Fitness Goals and Why It’s Important

There is never a perfect time to start your fitness journey. The best time to start is now! Know that any fitness goal you want to achieve can be done. You just need to start moving! You will reach many instances where you want to give up. If you are…
Categories: My Body, Training

Relaxation Techniques

Relaxation is important. It’s easy to forget to make time for yourself when things get stressful. Take a walk, sit quietly, go fishing, or play sports. Put aside some time in the day and try out some of these relaxation techniques to see which ones work for you. Go for…
Categories: Cultivating Good Mental Health

Resolving an Argument or Disagreement

It is normal to argue or disagree with people. Everyone experiences some conflict in their life. Resolving conflict or disagreement isn’t always an easy thing to do. How to resolve your differences: approach the person first Talking to the person about your disagreement can be helpful as long as it…
Categories: Communicating, My Relationships

Right Attitude, Healthy Life

Born an athlete or not, everyone can become healthy and fit. Starting a new fitness routine can be very hard. The common way to start is to try and completely change all eating and exercising habits in less time it takes to get dressed. As time goes by, you stress…
Categories: Fitness, My Body

Safe Body Language

Using body language, like eye contact, posture, facial expressions or touch, can be a good way of letting someone know you’re interested in what they’re saying or are feeling confident in a situation. Some other ways of using safe body language could depend on what’۪s culturally appropriate. Think of some…
Categories: Communicating, My Relationships

Safe Online Chat

Meeting people with similar interests can be fun and exciting, and it’۪s not unusual to want to share information about yourself. When doing this, it’۪s important to keep in mind how much you know about the person you’۪re sharing your information with. Sometimes you might not know a lot about…
Categories: My Relationships, Social Media

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness and often interferes with a person’s ability to think clearly, to distinguish reality from fantasy to manage emotions, make decisions, and relate to others. The symptoms of schizophrenia include psychotic symptoms, such as delusions and hallucinations. Delusions refer to beliefs that are not true…
Categories: Mental Health Difficulties, My Mind

Seeking Counseling or Therapy

Individual counseling involves talking about your feelings, thoughts, and behaviors, and the things that are troubling you. Your counselor or therapist will work with you to set goals, identify the things you would like to accomplish, and strategies to help you reach your goals. For more info, check out a…
Categories: Improve Your Mood, My Mind

Self-Esteem

Your self-esteem is the way you look at or perceive yourself. If you have healthy self-esteem, it means that you like yourself and you believe that you are just as cool as everyone else. If you have low self-esteem, it means that you believe that you’re inferior to others. People…
Categories: Feeling Good, Getting Help, Improve Your Mood, My Mind, Self Esteem

Self-Medicating With Alcohol or Drugs

Self-medicating is a term used to describe the use of drugs (including alcohol) to treat untreated and often undiagnosed mental distress, stress, and anxiety, including mental illnesses and/or psychological trauma. When someone develops a substance problem, we often hear that he or she was self-medicating his or her attention-deficit disorder,…
Categories: My Body, Substance Abuse
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