Mental Health
Vibe Check: What Your Body is Trying to Tell You and Why You Should Listen
It’s time for a vibe check: take a moment to notice your body. Are there tense parts? Relaxed parts? Do you feel connected or disengaged? Are you picking up on any vibes? We talk about them a lot: Good Vibes Only, No Bad Vibes… these expressions have been around for quite some time and are…
Read MoreLife Transitions
It’s that time of year again. Graduation season is in full swing and students are getting ready for next steps. This can be an extremely overwhelming time, filled with uncertainty about the future. In addition, the career landscape is changing from the pressures of economic downturns to the influx in graduate school applicants flooding academia…
Read MoreHolistic Consultation Staff Book Club
Did you know that we have a staff book club at Holistic Consultation? We meet weekly for a practice-wide book club and current events discussion. We are finishing the book Life Isn’t Binary: On Being Both, Beyond and In-Between and we will be reading Black.Queer.Southern.Women: An Oral History next. Life Isn’t Binary: On Being Both, Beyond and In-Between…
Read MoreYou can’t have ADHD because you did so well in school!?, You are too smart.
This myth keeps many adults from receiving an accurate ADHD diagnosis and treatment. Consequently, they continue to believe they must just be anxious and/or lazy. ADHD happens across all intellectual and ability levels. Many wonder why their symptoms don’t matter, to clinicians and medical providers, if they have managed to do well in some areas…
Read MoreEffective Communication = Healthy Relationships
Communication is the lifeblood of every relationship and in all probability the most important tool in keeping relationships alive. Every day, we communicate through words, facial expressions, gestures, and body language, sometimes actively and sometimes passively, to convey our thoughts and feelings. Beware! Even when we have the best intentions, choosing the wrong communication style…
Read MoreHow Energy Management Helps Prevent Burnout
Are you feeling burned out these days? Sometimes it doesn’t seem like there are enough hours in the day to get everything done that you need to. While we’re often encouraged to get more done We all have the same amount of time in a day, but we don’t all have the same amount of…
Read MoreUkrainian Heritage Fundraiser Workshop
Sunday, April 10th from 2-4 pm, a Ukrainian Heritage fundraiser workshop will be taking place at Lord of Life Lutheran Church. All donations will be going to Razom for Ukraine. Those in attendance can create their own Ukrainian Easter Egg (Pysanky) and learn the symbolism behind the designs. Stations will be arranged for those who wish…
Read MoreFeed Your Mind Workshop
Join Holistic Consultation in exploring the mind-body connection as we design and build salad container gardens. Through this meditative practice, participants will learn about the mind-body connection and explore the link between nutrition and mental health. Course content will also explore building salads and making salad dressing from scratch. Class sizes are capped to provide…
Read MoreWhy It’s Important to Understand Your Values
What are your values? Have you ever taken the time to figure out what values are most meaningful to you at this point in your life? Many of us have a vague idea of what matters to us and the beliefs that guide our decisions. Taking some time to reflect on what is important to…
Read MoreWhy It’s Hard to Ask For Help When You’re Depressed
Have you ever wondered how someone who seems happy all the time could be depressed? It can be surprising to find out that someone who seems like a constant ray of sunshine is actually dealing with some really hard stuff. There’s even a type of depression called “smiling depression” which describes a person who appears…
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