By Bonnie Rigsby --- My previous article left off at the misery experienced as a young girl going into middle school with poor self-esteem and zero self-love. I was bullied incessantly when my hair randomly began to fall out during puberty. Thank God pain is temporary! Fast forward to many ...
By Rachel Rubenstein, LCSW --- Resiliency is the ability to go through challenges positively. Dealing with life’s upsets in a way in which we learn something helpful or useful. Resiliency is not necessarily “bouncing back” but “bouncing forward” with new skills and insights...moving forward, creating a new and improved normal. ...
By Bonnie Rigsby --- Hi y’all! It’s Bonnie Rigsby. What do we do? We help people with stress. Chronic stress can be quite toxic, and is a common cause for Depression, Suicide, Mental Illness, Heart Disease, etc., etc., etc.! I strongly believe in being proactive when you can to ...
By Dr. Charlotte Markey --- When adults talk with kids about puberty, they are often very serious -- and typically very awkward, too. The focus is almost always on menstruation or genital development. I’m here to offer other information and a different view: the changes you experience during puberty are ...
By Caitlin Brock, Ed.S., M.Ed., NCC--- People spend 46.9% of their time thinking about the past or the future, which means focusing on something other than the present. It is common for people to make plans for possible future disasters or to replay over and over in their heads things ...