by benforred | Apr 10, 2025 | Activity, Mental Health, Pain, Symptoms
I attended a seminar on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Chronic Pain. It was extremely enlightening and helpful in understanding additional methods to increase quality of life with chronic pain. I have been seeing more articles and information about mental...
by benforred | Jan 14, 2025 | Caregivers, Death, Family, Grief, Mental Health, PTSD, Survival, Symptoms
Jenny, Mama, and DaddyThe conceptions we create of our parents over time as we grow from children to adults can be quite interesting to say the least. We come to learn new details about our parents that challenge those long held perspectives we’ve built, leading...
by benforred | May 7, 2024 | Mental Health, Research, Stress, Support
I attended a seminar through the Institute for Natural Resources titled Meditation and the Brain: Physiologic Effects, Mindfulness, and Mental Health. It was very enlightening learning about various methods of meditation and their effects on the brain that I will...
by benforred | Dec 8, 2023 | Crisis, Mental Health, PTSD, Sponsored, Stress, Survival
Most of us are aware of the popular saying that “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”, which was shortened from the original saying penned by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche, who is a fascinating philosopher to study, argued that...
by benforred | Nov 28, 2023 | Mental Health, Self-Care, Sponsored, Support
This Post Includes Sponsored LinksSelf-care is one of the most important things we can do for ourselves and yet it is one of the most frequently neglected aspects by many of us. The practice of self-care is not just for mental health either, it is also for physical...
by benforred | Nov 18, 2023 | Job, Mental Health, Sponsored
This Post Includes Sponsored LinksLiving with chronic illness can easily lead to feeling like life has become mundane, perpetual routine of medical appointments, treatments, and feeling generally stuck in a rut. If we aren’t careful, we can spiral into...
