Are you a caregiver? Someone providing physical, emotional and practical support to a person with chronic illness, disability or age related needs? Did you know 1 in 4 caregivers experience poor mental health? Many of us have experienced our own family members such as grandparents and now parents age and require some degree of caregiving. Not that older adults are the only persons in such need. There are many other relationships and personal dynamics at play. In any case, it’s important to be...

Do you feel driven to complete compulsive acts to ease your stress? Are you handwashing until your skin is irritated? Checking door locks over and over again, counting in patterns, silently repeating words and/or phrases, trying to replace bad thoughts with good thoughts or meticulously organizing items such as canned goods? Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental health disorder characterized by uncontrollable and unwanted recurring thoughts,’obsessions,’ and/or urges, images and...

As parents, we’ve probably all said at some point, “don’t worry, everything’s going to be fine” to our children. It’s a common enough...