Destabilizing Negative Triggers
Triggers. Triggers are words, pictures, sounds, smells etc. that make us react. The reaction can be positive or negative. Negative triggers might be self esteem issues- weight, height, intellectual abilities. Traumatic experiences are sometimes relived when triggered. People also experience an addiction trigger. Learning to recognize the trigger, and then finding the coping skill to destabilize that trigger […]
Coping Skills
Coping skills are one of the best tools we can have in our mental health tool box for leading a good life. When it feels like the bottom has fallen out, the punch in the gut moments in life, fears and anxieties that are based in reality, heart palpitations or hysteria are all real and serious […]
Keep Your Mind Active
Keeping your body strong is as important as keeping your mind strong and healthy. Both body and mind work together. Strength training, aerobics help with staving the loss of bone mass from osteoporosis. Shedding pounds is another benefit. That will also help with balance. Your core becomes tighter and your overall appearance is more youthful. The […]
Controlling The Screen Impulse
Modern technology is amazing! It informs, educates, inspires, shares, finds old friends and new, brings art, music, information,and news to us from around the world. We are all living in an amazing time in history. Our responsibility for ourselves is to use it wisely. Pay attention to our screen time or the sites we or […]
We All Need a Mental Health Tune-Up
Having a healthy stress response is important and helpful to increasing our resilience and health. Not everyone has the tools to respond to life stressor. There is a mental health crisis going on in America as a result of COVID. Everyone could benefit from a mental health tune up. Contemporary Care has an expert group […]
Prepping 2021 Resolutions
Prepping 2021 Resolutions A new year is almost here. It is a wonderful opportunity to wipe the slate clean and start anew. That new diet, exercise program, better care of skin, more tidy and organized, kinder, gentler, in touch with friends and on and on and on. Resolutions are great because they help us to clarify […]
Shedding 2020 from our Mental Health
The last holiday of this season is almost upon us. New Years Eve. It is a time to both look back and to look forward. With 2020 coming to a close, it is reassuring to think of the lyrics to the song …raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen […]
COVID-19 Increases Mental Health Awarness
Over the years, mental health issues had a tendency to be kept quiet or secret. People did not understand all the benefits that are to be gained from experiencing good mental health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a light has been shown on how many people are suffering from isolation, anxiety, depression and other self-abuses. Telehealth […]
Holidays Conjure Up a Range of Emotions
The holidays can conjure many memories, thoughts, and feelings. Some are good and others are not so good. Many stories have been written about this time of year. Some make us laugh and some make us cry. It is understandable to have emotions this time of year. A song, ornament, sound can all be triggers. […]
Thanksgiving Day Thoughts
Thanksgiving Day Thoughts Everyone has different memories of this very American holiday. Perhaps we remember the first time we celebrated it understanding the meaning of it. Maybe you belonged to a family with long standing traditions that were followed every year, decade after decade. Maybe it was celebrated in a soup kitchen with many others […]
