Three Ways to Manage Stress During the Holidays
Holiday stress? Here are 3 insights to manage it and curb your feelings of depression around the holidays
Don’t Be a Victim of Your Own Success: Expert Advice for Executive Mental Health
The drive for success often means juggling high-stakes decisions, long hours and constant pressure. Yet, in the pursuit of excellence, many leaders may find themselves becoming victims of their own success. Curtis Chastain, MD, director of Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group Men’s Health and Executive Wellness Center, understands this paradox well. “There’s a…
College Can Be Stressful — Five Ways to Take Care of Your Mental Health
The transition to college life is a big one. There are new responsibilities, new schedules to adjust to, so much studying, and for some students, it’s their first time living on their own. The college experience brings its own unique types of stress that can weigh on you if you aren’t prepared. Still, it’s OK…
Five Tips to Strengthen Your Mental Health
It’s OK to not be OK. While the stigma around seeking mental healthcare may still exist, hopefully it is lessening. Lauren Groves, DO, psychiatrist with Our Lady of the Angels Health, shares tips to strengthen your mental health and how to know when you might need additional support.1. Sleep Regularly getting good sleep can lessen…
Reducing Mental Health Stigma
Feelings of worry, anxiety, depression and isolation have only been amplified since the pandemic. This impacts everyone, including the millions of Americans living with mental illness. Sonya Summerlin, LMFT, from St. Dominic’s Behavioral Health Services, shares information about mental health during Mental Health Awareness Month. Isolation and Loneliness The numbers of new cases of mental…
Mindfulness For a Better Life
Our modern lives are full of activities, obligations, and deadlines. It’s easy to feel anxious or even experience some depression. When these feelings become overwhelming there are mental health resources and professionals who can help. But, for most of us, mindfulness is can be the key to a better life. Bob Prehn, PhD, and Sonya…
How to Set Yourself Up for New Year’s Resolution Success
Why wait until New Year’s Eve to make your New Year’s resolutions? Planning what you’d like to accomplish months before Jan. 1 allows you to be more thoughtful about your goals—and start laying the groundwork to achieve them. This fall, follow best practices for setting and achieving your New Year’s resolutions and prep for next…
The Surprising Health Benefits of Gratitude
You know that warm fuzzy feeling when you are grateful to others? It turns out the health benefits of gratitude go beyond just a feel-good moment. Being grateful for others and their gratitude for you can improve your emotional and physical health. From more satisfaction in your relationships to a reduced risk of stress-related illness,…
Do You Have Seasonal Depression?
Some people look forward to the change of seasons, when the weather becomes crisp and cool, making for shorter days and cozy nights. Others may notice a change in their mood when the weather turns and there’s less daylight. In fact, for some people, these changes can trigger a type of mental health condition called…
How Chronic Stress Strains Your Body From Head to Toe
Stress doesn’t (totally) deserve its bad reputation. Short-term, or acute, stress can be beneficial. It can boost your productivity on a work project or spur you to seek shelter if caught outside during a summer thunderstorm. Stress shows its harmful side when it sticks around longer than necessary. This is known as long-term, or chronic,…
Memory Loss
Memory loss can be a persistent problem for people. To take the first step toward addressing memory loss, learn more about how memory loss is diagnosed and steps you can take to manage it. Then speak with your care provider about any concerns you have about memory loss.Find a primary care provider today.
Anxiety and You
We all feel anxious from time to time. But for some people, it can be difficult to manage that anxiety without professional help. It can even be difficult for people strugging with anxiety to recognize that their anxiety is more intense than the average person’s. If you find yourself constantly anxious or if your anxiety…
How Being Truly Heard Can Improve Mental Health
Sharing your story, even when it’s painful or difficult, is an important step toward healing. Behavioral and mental health providers listen in ways to encourage that type of healing. Bonnie Moore, senior director of patient care for St. Dominic Hospital Behavioral Health Services, explains why listening matters within the context of her team’s work. Oftentimes…
The Power of Listening in Healthcare
Deeply listening to another person, with full attention but without judgment or agenda, is powerful. Listening is an important part of healing, and there’s power in being heard as a patient. Become your own advocate as you partner with your doctor to develop a healing relationship built on active, generous listening. Listening as a Best…
Listening to Others Shows We Care
Listening is powerful. Intently listening to someone builds respect, develops trust and it transforms our relationships. When we listen, we are better people, better colleagues, better leaders, better healthcare providers, better spouses, parents and friends. There is power in listening. Listening heals. Listening is an important aspect of fostering new relationships while maintaining and strengthening…
Is FONO the New FOMO?
5 Tips for Navigating the Return to Normal Have invitations to crawfish boils, baby showers or supper clubs started returning…
Anxiety Attacks can Feel like Heart Attacks – Would You Know the Difference?
It’s important to know how anxiety attacks feel for you so you can better brace yourself for side effects.
