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As adults, responsibilities and daily demands can leave little room for fun or creativity. But reconnecting with your inner ...

Before you fall in love, love yourself

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Valentine’s Day is a holiday with a wide range of meanings. Depending on our relationship status, it can be ...

Do You Need a Digital Detox? How Screen Time Impacts Mental Health and What to Do About It

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From smartphones and social media to streaming and constant notifications, interaction with digital devices are woven into nearly every ...

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7 Motivation Myths That Could Be Holding You Back

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A common misconception about motivation is that you either have it or you don’t. We’re often told that if ...

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7 Life Lessons and What We Can Learn from Them

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Most of us know that life can throw a curveball at us at any moment. Whether it’s losing a ...

Setting Healthy Boundaries: Tips for First Time College Students

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The transition from high school to the first year of college can be a fun, but overwhelming experience. For ...

The Power of Saying No

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Learning when to say “no” and when to say “yes” is a powerful act of self-awareness. Setting boundaries isn’t ...

Cool Drinks, Hot Days: Staying Smart About Summer Alcohol Use

Physical Health

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As temperatures rise and social calendars fill with barbecues, beach days, and backyard gatherings, alcohol can often become a ...

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Own Your Morning, Transform Your Day

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A strong morning routine is more than just a set of tasks to check off before starting the day. ...

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Getting Over the Fear of Trying Something New

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As the popular saying goes, “Don’t let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” Trying ...

A Guide to Co-Parenting

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Co-parenting is a journey that requires patience, communication, and a shared commitment to a child’s well-being. No matter the ...

The Power of Sunshine: How Getting Outside Boosts Your Health and Happiness

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Sunshine and fresh air are more than just pleasant—they’re essential for our well-being. Spending time outdoors boosts mood, improves ...

How Setting Goals Can Positively Impact our Mental Health

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Sometimes, goals and expectations can feel impossible to keep up with. However, instead of focusing on what you’re not ...

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Self-Care Tips for Women

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Women can sometimes feel immense pressure to manage their own lives while helping others around them. As daughters, sisters, ...

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Achievable Wellness Goals: Setting Intention for the New Year

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The New Year can inspire many of us to create both personal and professional goals to improve our wellness. ...

25 Self-Care Tips for December

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The month of December often brings hustle and bustle as we celebrate various holidays and prepare to start a ...

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How to Honor Your Recovery During the Holidays

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The holiday season with its festive gatherings and traditions can be a joyous time of year—but for those in ...

9 Smart Ways to Savor the Holiday Season Without Breaking the Bank

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The holiday season can serve as a wonderful time when family and friends gather to give thanks, reflect on ...

Getting Over Past Mistakes

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Why it’s Important to Get Over Past Mistakes Mistakes. We’ve all made them. In fact, they’re a part of ...

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10 Tips for First Responders to Maintain a Healthy Work Life Balance

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First responders face unique challenges that come with the demands of their stressful jobs, often leaving little room for ...

Tips for Supporting a Person with a Terminal Diagnosis

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Understandably, a person’s mental health can be deeply impacted when they are diagnosed with a terminal illness and a ...

How to Foster and Create New Friendships as an Adult

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Good friends can give us a sense of purpose and support that can be hard to find on our ...

Four Ways to Avoid Overdoing the Holidays

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For some, the season of giving might feel more like the season of stress. People typically celebrate the holidays ...

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Prioritizing Your Mental Health

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When someone experiences ongoing physical pain, they typically visit a primary care physician, and if that person experiences other ...

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How stress and burnout are bad for your mental health

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For many people, there is not enough time to devote to everything we want to accomplish in a given ...

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Mental Health Tips for Single Parents

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Families come in all shapes and sizes, including single-parent households headed by a widowed, divorced, or separated parent with ...

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How to prevent your emotions from ruining your career

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There are two ways that your emotions can derail your career track. One way is to let your emotions ...

Keeping Your Children Safe for Halloween Celebrations

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Halloween is one of the most highly anticipated holidays for fun festivities, but it might look a little different ...

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5 Ways to Boost your Productivity

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It is next to impossible for anyone to be 100% productive or motivated at all times. Most people need ...

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Strengthening Mental Health in Summer

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Summer! Many of us view it as an exciting time to go out and do activities, take vacations, and ...

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Tips to Help Keep Kids Entertained this Summer

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School is out and summer break has officially started for kids all around the country, but what are parents ...

Dare to Improve Your Mental Health

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Sometimes the things that we know will benefit us most are the hardest things to make ourselves do. Taking ...

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7 Ways to Support Teen Self-Esteem

Children & Teens

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Over the years, it has become increasingly difficult for many teens to maintain good self-esteem. Even if your peers ...

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7 Ways to Make Relaxation a Part of Your Recovery

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Practicing relaxation can mean more than deep breathing. Relaxation can help with strong feelings such as stress, anxiety and ...

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How to get good sleep

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Sleep is a vital part of every person’s daily routine as it provides a necessary recharge to your body ...

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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions

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The beginning of a new year always marks a time for establishing new goals and habits. There is an ...

How to Let Go of the Past to Free Your Future

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Before any great team plans their strategy for an upcoming big game, they review the events of past games. ...

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Strategies to Promote Well-Being at Holiday Gatherings

Physical Health

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For many, the holidays mark the most joyful time of the year. The last few months of the year ...

Finding balance as a college student

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College is a time in life where people can experience the most freedom. This freedom comes with opportunities such ...

How to cope with the loss of a loved one from suicide

Suicide Prevention

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Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States and the rate at which it ...

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Parenting school-aged children during COVID-19

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As COVID-19 spread and schools closed their doors, parents of school-aged children had to adjust quickly. For many, the ...

Dealing with Mask Anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic

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One of the biggest adjustments we have all made during the COVID-19 pandemic is the incorporation of masks and ...

Reducing Back-to-School Stress for Students

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As we quickly approach the first, “first day of school” with COVID-19, we recommend proactive preparation to help ease ...

Helping Children with Autism during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Tips for Parents

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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life for nearly every person around the globe – our daily routines have transitioned ...

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Talking To Your Teens about Coronavirus

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These are stressful times indeed. As parents, we are overwhelmed with sheltering our entire families in place as well ...

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4 Tips to Help Older Adults Stay Connected

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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), while the greatest risk of infection is among ...

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3 Tips to help you Maintain your Sobriety during the Pandemic

Addiction

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For many people, recovery from alcohol or substance use can be a lifelong process, no matter how many days, ...

Six Tips to Make In-Home Education Easier for Parents

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During the current COVID-19 crisis, many parents are settling into their new routine of turning their living rooms and ...

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5 Tips to Help Teens and Young Adults during the Coronavirus Pandemic

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The coronavirus pandemic is changing everyone’s life, but for teens and young adults, the changes are especially notable. They’re ...

Increased Sense of Belonging could Reduce Suicides during the Coronavirus Pandemic

Suicide Prevention

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During a time of crisis, we have to be more mindful of people who may be feeling depressed or ...

7 Tips for Parents to Support their Children’s Mental Health

Health & Wellness

The coronavirus pandemic has many of us fearful for what’s to come next. The unknowns of the disease and ...

Coping with Uncertain and Stressful Times

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Even one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us still feel the same levels of stress and anxiety ...

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How to Maintain Balance and Productivity as Your Home Becomes Your Home Office

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Since the Covid-19 pandemic, many people have transitioned out of their regular office spaces and have continued to do ...

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Mental Health Tips During COVID-19

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In this new video, Dr. Jodie Robison, Executive Director of Centerstone’s Military Services, provides her suggestions for maintaining positive ...

New Year, New You? Take the Pressure Off Instead and Plan to Succeed

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You have the best of intentions: This is the year! Whether it’s shedding those extra few holiday pounds, getting ...

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How to Get Your Life Back Into Balance

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Do you ever find yourself feeling exhausted or overwhelmed? Most people are busy with family, work, hobbies, or community ...

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Workplace Violence Warning Signs

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Every year, more and more people report violence in the workplace. In fact, 17% of workplace deaths were the result of violence in ...

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What are mood swings and how to manage them

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Experiencing a fluctuation of emotion for long periods is known as a mood swing. Some indications that you might ...

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Centerstone Leaders Share Favorite Mental Health, Leadership Books

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More than 75 percent of American adults read at least one book a year, according to a Pew Research ...

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4 Steps to Handling Difficult Conversations

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Difficult conversations can lead to anxiety, among many other things. We’ve all been there, though. Loud voices. Accusing words. ...

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Shrink Your Stress : How to Get Rid of Guilt

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What is guilt? Guilt is an emotional discomfort you feel when you believe that you were responsible for something ...

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Centerstone’s April Newsletter

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The April issue of Centerstone’s Health + Wellness YOU is now available for viewing online, featuring lots of timely ...

Spring Clean Your Environment

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Spring is a season of rebirth and change – and also lots of scrubbing, dusting, and washing, otherwise known ...

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Don’t “Cold Turkey” Technology Over the Holidays

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If you’re in charge of making this year’s family Thanksgiving one to remember, a potential recipe for disaster is ...

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3 Great Ways to Maintain Routines during Summer Break

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Summer break is in full swing and, for some parents, they’ve started the countdown to their child’s first day ...

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31 Tips to Boost Your Mental Health in May

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Mental Health Month comes around every May – usually when the weather is just starting to become nice in ...

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Back-to-School Checklist for Parents

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Backpack? Check. Lunchbox? Check. Pencils and paper? Check. Back-to-School time is here with the usual book and supply checklists ...

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Four Steps to Improved Mental Health

Physical Health

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One in five Americans has a treatable mental illness, and we all experience stress. The American Academy of Family ...

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Six Money Management Tips In Any Economy

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With fears of a recession on the rise, managing money has moved to the tops of a lot of ...

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The Power of Personal Choice and Control

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Life can be very stressful, especially when we focus on things over which we have little or no control. ...

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Nine Principles of Practicing Patience

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Everyone can benefit from practicing one specific skill every day. That skill is patience. Research suggests that people who ...

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How to Handle Life’s Frustrations: 6 Steps to Reduce the Stress

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Computer crashes, traffic tie-ups, waiting in long lines and other unexpected problems can derail your day. How do you ...

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How to Tame Your Anger and Handle Your Hot Buttons

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Anger is a normal human emotion that can range from slight irritation to strong rage. With all the stress, ...

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How to Eliminate Your ANTs

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ANTs: Automatic Negative Thoughts Do you notice ANTs every time you go into your kitchen? Or do you seem ...

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How to Have Fun: 6 Stress Relievers You Need to Know

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Can you recall the last time you laughed, played or actually escaped from daily boredom and really enjoyed your ...

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The ABCs of Improving Your Memory

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Wouldn’t it be nice to always remember the name of a new acquaintance? Maybe you can’t remember where you ...

5 Tips to Help You Make Tough Decisions

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Sometimes we come to a fork in the road that calls for us to make difficult or drastic decisions. ...

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Making Amends: Five Steps to Rebuilding a Lost Relationship

Relationships

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Some people experience differences that can cause a relationship to dissipate. Whether it stemmed from a misunderstanding or a ...

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The Pitfalls of Perfectionism

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Do you find yourself feeling consistently anxious with an intense fear of failure and a tendency to obsess over ...

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Six Good Habits to Enrich Your Life

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Habits can be healthy or harmful—tough to break, tougher to build, and sometimes even harder to define and maintain. ...

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Five Principles of Productive People

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Do you feel like you are always busy but never get anything done? Many of us lead busy lives ...

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How to Stress Less

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Ready to move past the gloom and reduce your stress? A brighter, more balanced mindset starts here. Here are ...

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Seven Lessons to Learn from Children