We all know we perform better when we feel better; physically or mentally. Now research is supporting our natural instinct with studies documenting children/youth success […]
Teens
Wearing A Red Nose: Healing through Humor
In the 1980s a film about a Medical Doctor, Patch Adams, was very popular. Based on a true story, Patch Adams is a doctor who uses […]
Healing Through the Art
“Giraffes Can’t Dance” is an inspirational story of a Giraffe who believes he cannot dance until one day he finds the music that speaks to […]
Teens and Suicide: Risk Factors and Prevention
by Paulina Rael Jaramillo The alarming increase in suicide rates during the past decades have forced us to deal differently with an issue that not […]
Healing from a Crisis
Ultimately each crisis and the accompanying trauma it creates comes to some type of resolution or end.But the impact of the crisis and the trauma […]
Thinking Positively
Everyone experiences bad, hurtful and painful situations in their lives. They occur from many different incidents, some from our own actions and some from the […]
Talking About Suicide
September is defined in the US as “Suicide Awareness” month. Many different events and media campaigns are held by Mental Health agencies, schools and other […]
Creating New Beginnings for Healing
Every day we have the opportunity to start again, to create new beginnings and heal from the challenges and losses from the past days, weeks […]
A Time for Respect and Justice
Much attention is being paid to the ideals of respect and justice for individuals and groups in the USA and around the world as our […]
Cultivating Kindness and Service
We are often appalled at the callus approach and treatment of human beings throughout the world which we can see daily on a variety of […]
Understanding And Building Resiliency
Resiliency is the new “buzz’ word moving through many different fields and professionals from trauma and stress, to academic success to the workplace. But what […]
Healing through Helping
When we are in emotional pain it is difficult to think of anything but the pain we are experiencing and the cause of the pain. […]