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Light a Candle
September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. The International Association of Suicide Prevention (IASP) asks us to: Light a candle near a window at 8PM To show your support for suicide prevention To remember a lost loved one And […]
Learn MoreMinnesota’s Crisis Connection
Two separate headlines in the Star Tribune within 3 days of each other pointed out the mental health crisis here in Minnesota. It echoes the larger issue of the mental illness crisis currently in our country. The July 10th issue […]
Learn MorePurposeful Parenting
“Beware the Sleep Deprived Mom” A friend gave me a mug with this inscription on it after the birth of my first child. Foreshadowing?? Yes. The other day as I was feeling particularly ornery and not bringing my best self […]
Learn MorePostpartum Depression
With Mother’s Day now behind us, and National Mental Health Awareness Month coming to an end, we thought these two nationally observed events intersected at a critical junction. Postpartum depression (also known as: PPD, postnatal depression), impacts an average of […]
Learn MoreNational Women’s Health Week
The 18th Annual National Women’s Health Week is May 14-20, 2017. Beginning every year on Mother’s Day and led by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Women’s Health, the week brings awareness to a very important […]
Learn MoreThe Challenge of Children’s Mental Health
I grew up in an era (the 50’s and 60’s) when mental health was not discussed at all, let alone considered as something that children had. Children could have separation anxiety; nervous stomachs, concentration problems or were labeled as “sensitive”, […]
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