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Suicide Prevention Week: What Can We Actually Do For Prevention?
As we enter National Suicide Prevention Week, we hope to draw attention to the topic. Project Semicolon makes an important clarification that “Suicide is a complex issue involving numerous factors and should not be attributed to any one single cause. Not all people who die by suicide have been diagnosed with a mental illness and not all people with a mental illness attempt to end their lives by suicide."
Developing Shame Resilience: Part 3
When we don’t reach out to others, we allow them AND ourselves to sit alone in our shame, and by doing so we feed shame two of the ingredients it needs to survive: silence and secrecy. Using shame to fight shame doesn’t work. And using shame as a tool to try and change others doesn’t work, either. We can, however, all benefit from shared empathy. Empathy is what helps extinguish shame in its tracks.
Shame and Body Image: Developing Shame Resilience - Part One
Based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown
We recently had our first Self Care Club event: a private outdoor screening of Amy Schumer’s movie I Fee...
13 Reasons Why I Should Be Here
The second season of “13 Reasons Why” has been out for a few months now and it got me thinking about making my own positive version of this list. ...
Purposeful Parenting: How Parents Influence Their Children’s Mental Health
July is Purposeful Parenting Month, which makes it an opportune time to examine some of the ways you can aid your child’s development when it com...
Therapy Threads to Exhibit at Baby Love, LLC: Kansas City’s Only Baby Fair
The journey and process of becoming a parent should be a time to really take in every moment. However, there can be struggles expecting mothers fa...