10 Ways I Hope to Change My Life in This New Decade
As 2020 sets in, I’m reflecting back on the last 10 years: graduation, first jobs, first boyfriends, the onset of my anxiety… so many things. Who would have thought someone could pack in so much life...
View ArticleWork Hard, Nap Hard: A Guide to Balancing Work and College Life
College. stress. These words seem to go hand in hand these days. For those of us who have jobs on top of being full time students, handling stress can become something like a third job. We go to class...
View Article21st Birthday and Peer Pressure: My Story
My birthday is coming up soon. When I first realized it was so close I was shocked at how fast the past year went by and I started to think about what I was doing this time last year. After thinking...
View ArticleDo You Love Yourself?
FBF Post from one of our favorites, Louise L. Hay, Heal Your Life: I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE IS only one thing that heals every problem, and that is: to love yourself. When people start to love...
View ArticleCREATE YOURSELF
Are you sitting in front of your phone or computer right now, moping around? Are you dreading going to school this Monday – to face the students, semi-friends, bullies, parents and teachers? Basically-...
View Article9 Key Points When Finding a Therapist for Your College Kid
“Hey, do you know of any good therapists near campus?” That was the gist of an email I received from my friend Kate, whose child, a freshman, will be attending college with my daughter—on the other...
View Article5 Mid-Year Resolutions to Re-Implement for Self-Care in 2018
It feels like just yesterday we were counting down to the new 2018 year. I was ready to face the new year with a brand new set of resolutions, but this year, it was time to actually keep them. Half...
View ArticleTherapy Tips: Advice for Teens and Parents to Make Therapy a Smashing Success
Tips for Teens: You’ve made it this far. Chances are, if you’ve stumbled across this article, you are either considering or already in therapy. I just have to stop here for a second to say what an...
View Article5 Foolproof Stress-Busting Activities for Finals Week
Stress is a powerful thing and something that often become extremely overwhelming if you let it get out of hand. Since coming to college, I believe that I have started to master some of the best...
View ArticleI’m My Own Sunshine, and You Should Be Yours, Too
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You’ll never know dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away. – Jimmie Davis When we think of sunshine...
View ArticleAiT Exclusive Interview: Anxiety, Sex Ed and RealTalk with MyHealthEd...
More than any other time, the teenage years are confusing times. This couldn’t ring truer when it comes to sexual education: anxiety about pregnancy, STDs, and body changes abound! Fear not- RealTalk...
View Article7 Practical Tips to Manage Your Stress and Anxiety
Life gets stressful! Things start to pile up, you get busy, and sometimes it can get difficult to manage everything going on in your life. As a student, it seems like anxiety and stress are things that...
View ArticleWhy No Name-Calling Week is Important for Everyone
Thanks to the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLESN), January 15th-19th has been declared as No Name-Calling Week. No Name-Calling Week is a period of time organized by K-12 educators...
View ArticleLove and Depression
There are a lot of people who tell us that in order to love someone else, we have to love ourselves first. But self-loathing can be a huge aspect of depression, not to mention all the other aspects...
View ArticleFinding a Light in the Darkness: You Already Have All the Magic You Need Inside
Magic is an integral part of every child’s life; whether it is Tinkerbell’s pixie dust or the manifold of colors in a sunset, magic can be found anywhere. For me, the most magical place in the world...
View Article3 Ways You Are Stronger Than You Think
Someone today will need to hear this. Is that you? Overcoming challenging emotional feelings and persistent negative thoughts is hard. But it’s not impossible. You are capable of empathy and...
View Article5 Mid-Year Resolutions to Re-Implement for Self-Care in 2018
It feels like just yesterday we were counting down to the new 2018 year. I was ready to face the new year with a brand new set of resolutions, but this year, it was time to actually keep them. Half...
View Article5 Foolproof Stress-Busting Activities for Finals Week
Stress is a powerful thing and something that often become extremely overwhelming if you let it get out of hand. Since coming to college, I believe that I have started to master some of the best...
View ArticleAiT Exclusive Interview: Anxiety, Sex Ed and RealTalk with MyHealthEd...
More than any other time, the teenage years are confusing times. This couldn’t ring truer when it comes to sexual education: anxiety about pregnancy, STDs, and body changes abound! Fear not- RealTalk...
View ArticleI’m My Own Sunshine, and You Should Be Yours, Too
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You’ll never know dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away. – Jimmie Davis When we think of sunshine...
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