We all know that heavy reliance on technology and screen time can impact our mental health in a negative way. But we often use these vices as a way to escape. What if there was a way to reduce stress in a more natural, healthy way? Thanks to a recent wellness trend, some health professionals are … [Read more...]

Author and environmental advocate John Muir proclaimed, “In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” American naturalist Henry David Thoreau also appreciated profound benefits of the outdoors with his words “I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.” Marie … [Read more...]

What is Wellness? Wellness is bringing together mind, body, and spirit with the goal of living life more fully. Wellness is more than being free of disease, a passive state which might be more accurately called “health,” but also involves active healthy behaviors that help us live the way we want … [Read more...]

Charles Figley, a renowned professor who studies trauma, describes compassion fatigue as a “natural consequence of caring.” Compassion fatigue can also be thought of as a response to trauma exposure and is comprised of secondary traumatic stress and burnout. People who are compassionate and/or who … [Read more...]