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Coping with Stress While on the Go
By Carissa Weber, MA, LPC, CSAC Things have been tough lately. Stress is running high, summer plans are in full swing, and it seems like you can’t slow down, despite how bad you want to. Today’s post is all about what you can do to help those stress levels while you are on the go. […]
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Mood Tracking and Mental Health
By Carissa Weber, MA, LPC, CSAC Many of us enjoy seeing progress. Whether it is progress in projects, progress in physical stamina, or even progress in our jobs, progress is clear information that we are obviously doing something right. What about your mental health? Are you able to easily track the progress you make towards […]
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Why therapy hasn’t worked for you, yet
By Carissa Weber, MA, LPC, CSAC As we near the end of mental health awareness month, I have heard story upon story of when therapy hasn’t worked. “It didn’t do anything for me,” “all I got was homework,” “none of what the therapist said helped.” Has this ever been your experience with therapy? If so, […]
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Cultivating Mental Health
By Carissa Weber, MA, LPC, CSAC This was a guest blog post I wrote for the Wisconsin Farm Bureau in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. I am excited to share this blog post with you as our world’s agricultural families are facing a mental health crisis amongst new stressors and demands. Even if you […]
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April: The Everything Month
By Carissa Weber, MA, LPC, CSAC With Spring here, there seems to be a resurgence in new things. New grass, new allergies, and new things to be stressed about. This post is going to go over all the new and crazy things that are happening in the month of April. Trust me, there is a […]
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Happy Birthday That Darn Amygdala!
By Carissa Weber, MA, LPC, CSAC As of today, That Darn Amygdala has been up and running for one full year! How crazy is that? I started blogging in 2021 with an idea, but no clue how to translate that idea. After some research (and some winging it), That Darn Amygdala was born. The Idea […]
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New Year’s Resolutions and how to make them work for you
By Carissa Weber, MA, LPC, CSAC It is that time of year again! The old year is ending and we have aspirations for the upcoming year. Many people decide to use this as a starting point to create change in their life. Even with good intentions, up to 90% of people of people who set […]
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The Healing Power of Crying
By Carissa Weber, MA, LCP, CSAC The last couple of posts I’ve done have been pretty heavy. We’ve talked about the role of grief in our mental health, how we are impacted by burnout, and even got down and personal about my own healing process. I’m going to continue on this train and talk about […]
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Grief and the Brain: Why it Hurts
By Carissa Weber, MA, LPC, CSAC I’m interrupting our normal blog posts to talk a bit about grief. For those readers who follow me on social media, you will know that this last few months have been filled with anxiety, fear, and loss since a rare (and aggressive) illness was diagnosed in my one horse, […]
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What the Heck is Self-Care?
By Carissa Weber, MA, LPC, CSAC The phrase, self-care, has been said pretty darn often lately. Every social media post seems to talk about “taking time for self-care.” Heck, even my posts talk about self-care (check out mindfulness: the art of becoming calm, cool, and collected) So I feel it is time to answer that […]