I distinctly remember the day the bullying began – and the day the bullying finally stopped. My first bully was (ironically) my friend’s older sister when I was in elementary school. Why she honed in on me, I’ll never know, but I remember her making...
When it comes to our mental health, many of us are aware of the basics: therapy, meditation, medication, mindfulness, relaxation, and leisure. But did you know that nutrition and exercise play a HUGE part in your mental wellbeing? Deepwater Counseling interviewed local fitness and life...
Even though the world is constantly changing, it is human nature to want to hold onto what is comfortable and familiar, or to what we can control. And although life transitions – both negative and positive – are often accompanied by stress, you can learn...
If there’s one thing that’s fairly predictable in caregiving or first responder work, it’s that the unpredictable will happen. A crisis situation is an incident that goes beyond the everyday stresses of the caring for people or animal and involves intense danger or difficulty. Often...