by April Allman | Feb 14, 2021 | Mental Health, Wellness
How to change your thoughts Thought and expression are so closely bound together in us. Whenever we are thinking something, we are unconsciously verbalizing our thoughts. If we change the verbalization, we will change the thought, too. Likewise, if I verbalize my new...
by April Allman | Feb 7, 2021 | Mental Health, Wellness
“…IT IS IMPORTANT TO OFFER QUALITY THERAPY AT NO CHARGE TO PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY WHO MAY BE EXPERIENCING ANXIETY, ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES OF HIGH STRESS.” — Beth Seeger Troy, clinical director, Louisville Seminary Counseling Center When we encounter...
by April Allman | Jan 18, 2021 | Mental Health, Wellness
Tracy Green says, “Exercise helps with both anxiety and depression, but only if you’re not suffering so badly from them that you can’t get out of bed.” What I Learned about Depression that I Couldn’t Run Away From Last fall, I fell apart. Physically. Mentally....
by April Allman | Dec 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Mental Health
During this pandemic, I am very conscious of wearing my mask and hope everyone else is too. In normal times, I encourage people not to wear masks that disguise who they really are. Generally, we can recognize masks. We have a sense that our brother or sister is...
by April Allman | Nov 8, 2020 | Mental Health, Wellness
Spiritual teacher Mahatma Gandhi described gratitude in a poetic fashion when he said, “We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.” Author Melody Beattie touted the benefits of a life lived in gratitude by saying, “Gratitude...
by April Allman | Oct 8, 2020 | Living, Mental Health
Briania Nicole Davis, MSMFT, and the owner of Open Arms Wellness, a private mental health practice that focuses on anxiety, depression, trauma, and mood disorders, says gratitude is essential to our lives because “it helps focus the mind on the things we do have...
