Posts on ‘sleep’

Sleep Hygiene – Don’t Forget to Rinse Your Brain!

Tuesday, April 1st, 2025

Issues: health, hygiene, self-care, sleep, sleep hygiene, tips, tricks, wellness

Written by Alexa Rives, MA, LPCC Sleep is a necessary part of life, and yet our relationship to sleep may not always feel as natural as that truth implies. With a world filled with many distractions, strict routines and deadlines, it can feel easy to push sleep closer to the bottom of our priority lists […]

Nature and Mental Health

Tuesday, August 29th, 2023

Issues: anger, anxiety, depression, go outside, increase happiness, mental health, mood, nature, self-help, sleep, smell the roses, stress

Written by Jody Pierce, LCSW, ED The old adage, “just stop and smell the roses,” is really great advice as it turns out! Besides slowing us down if we’re harried or our thoughts are running wild, the idea of focusing on and appreciating nature uplifts us emotionally. Doing things that connect us to nature are […]