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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…
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Emotional and Physical Pain: They Aren’t so Different
By Carissa Weber, MA, LPC, CSAC Many people have experienced some sort of physical pain. Whether it be a dull, achy pain that often accompanies arthritis, or a sharp and stabbing pain that comes from an immediate injury, you know you are experiencing something you would prefer not to. When it comes to physical pain…
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Staying Mentally Healthy as a Parent
By Carissa Weber, MA, LPC, CSAC, IDP-AT So many people are scared to talk about mental health. Why is that? We all have mental health, right? I want to take time today to share with you what mental health really is and how to ensure you will stay mentally healthy during this upcoming year. The…
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Making New Year’s Resolutions 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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Gratitude: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
By Carissa Weber MA, LPC, CSAC If you follow me over at Facebook, you know I talk a lot about gratitude. For those of you that haven’t been following, you might be wondering why I am doing a post all about gratitude. In all honesty, gratitude is a very important topic to cover when it…
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The Healing Power of Crying
By Carissa Weber, MA, LCP, CSAC The last month, I’ve talked a lot about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), multitasking mental health, and new coping strategies. But what happens when it is all too much? I’m going to talk about a very important human skill: crying. Crying is something we have all done at some point…
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Multi-Tasking Mental Health and Life
By Carissa Weber, MA, LPC, CSAC Fall is here. This means big things are starting to happen. Between kids going back to school, new sports and club meetings, cleaning up after the hectic summer (and figuring out a whole new schedule), life is about to get pretty busy. It is no secret that during this…
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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,…