Spring has sprung, and with the ever-changing pandemic landscape there is a renewed focus on mental health and wellness. The sun is out, allergies are high, caution and care are still at the forefront of interactions and relationships, and the shadow of anxiety and depression continue to be present as we learn how to find […]
By Jill Davis
Change the Climate in Your Daily Lives We hear a lot about the impact of climate change today. Seldom a day goes by when this is left out of the media lexicon and no matter what view you may hold, there can be found a vast array of insights to peruse and ponder. While the […]
While February brings hearts, flowers and well-placed prose to every gift shop around for Valentine’s Day, here’s a challenge to show some love to yourself this month. This is a topic I have often revisited in my own life and as it is with all relationships, the relationship with self takes commitment, time and effort. […]
Virtual group meetings provide support during a time when substance use is on the rise Days are longer and darker, the holiday season is upon us, and the current pandemic continues to require social isolation from friends and family. For many residents in the Roaring Fork Valley, the culmination of these factors are triggering an […]
According to the Colorado Health Institute, nearly 27% of Coloradoans say that they, a loved one, or a friend has been addicted to alcohol or drugs in their lifetime. More than 200,000 Coloradoans know someone who has died from a prescription drug or heroin overdose. Due to the ongoing stigma surrounding addiction, many Colorado residents […]
According to Webster’s dictionary, anxiety is “apprehensive uneasiness or nervousness usually over an impending or anticipated ill”. Anxiety, while all too familiar to me and most likely many of you as well, seems now to be a persistent perturbation that pervades all areas of life now during the COVID-19 pandemic. Managing anxiety of that scope […]
I do not fix problems. I fix my thinking and then problems fix themselves.” –motivational speaker Louise L. Hay We live in an information-rich era where it seems like there is more available to us than we can assimilate and process in a lifetime. What I’ve seen, as we are bombarded with this veritable storehouse […]
