Effectively supporting others | Nancy Virden

What is effective support? We all have good intentions of helping our friends and family, but how effective is your support? If you attempt to fix something for someone and they just want you to listen then you are causing more stress for your friend. Effective support allows you to ask them what they need and only provide what is healthy instead of being a problem solver. Mental health advocate and motivational speaker, Nancy Virden, shares her struggles with mental health and is candid about the treatment she received. She also gives you insight into ways to give effective support to individuals who are struggling Learn more…

Thriving with mental illness | JJ McGuigan

Having a mental illness does not mean you cannot live a productive life. Often when we think of people with a mental illness we envision someone we would see in a movie. We all will experience some form of mental health struggle in our lives. Some mental health disorders present themselves in one’s personality, behavior, brain chemistry or simply through an adjustment in one’s life. When we take on the label of mental illness we often forget that it is something we are experiencing, but does not have to control our lives. You can thrive regardless of what you are experiencing today. Musician, JJ McGuigan shares his personal story of Learn more…

Be true to self | Dr. Rosie Kuhn

Making the hard decision to be true to self. Many well-meaning people have wonderful expectations for us. However, as we grow, those expectations do not match what we feel is healthy for us. Making a decision to be true to self versus what the world perceives to be “the right thing,” will cause extreme conflict with your support system. It is important that you spend time getting to know yourself, to know the reasons why you act, feel, and do the things you do. When you can find stillness within it allows you to make those difficult decisions of being true to self. Psychologist, Rosie Kuhn shares Learn more…

Emotional blackmail and the importance of vulnerability | Dr. Pat Williams

Emotional blackmail holds you hostage. We are all familiar with movies which depict someone being blackmailed for an act they committed. We often don’t realize that we do the same thing to ourselves and hold so many secrets inside of us. The self-talk we create about any situation determines what we keep to ourselves based off of shame and guilt. When you self-blackmail you withhold peace, joy and happiness. Learning to let things go allows you to live your life to its fullest. Life Coach, Dr. Pat Williams reviews his new book, Getting Naked: On Being Emotionally Transparent at the Right Time, the Right Place, and with Learn more…