Mental Health

I can’t turn away from the national tragedy of America’s murdered children — The girl that had gone missing was between the ages of my two daughters. The school sent out an alert, and I was out the door within ten minutes of getting the news. I took my dog with me. He’s an eighty pound lab and he would provide me with…

Get ready to explore how the seemingly trivial act of throwing paper airplanes helped me to manage my fear of rejection. The Unlikely Hero Picture this. It’s a Sunday morning. Sunbeams are sneaking through the blinds, a warm cup of coffee sits on your bedside table, and yet there you are, lying in…

“This is probably the worst part of your job,” Mr. Smith tells me. He’s in his late 80’s and wears a hat that says ‘VETERAN’ on it. In his arms is Fluffy, his 18-year-old poodle mix, who is here for euthanasia. He and his wife adopted Fluffy nearly two decades…

He Thought It Was for the Best — There I was, sitting alone in front of our couple’s therapist again. Another session my husband had not attended. He refused to come last week. This week I had no idea where he was. He hadn’t come home in over forty-eight hours. I would have been sad but I had…

COUNT THE WAYS — There are so many reasons why taking some moments, minutes and even hours of the day being mindful about our breathing. Our quality of breathing in oxygen can literally add to or take away years from our natural life and more importantly moments from our minutes. As our lives continue…

I’m learning it’s better to use more than one app for my productivity needs. — It’s always been a temptation to use one app for all my productivity needs. I think it’s an aspect of my personality to want to go “all in” with something. All or nothing. Not “a bit of this and a bit of that.” But I’m learning, rather slowly, that isn’t…

Do you have a “bucket list?” Whether we’ve created one or not, many of us have a wish list of the wonderful things we want to do and marvelous places we want to visit. I seriously doubt that many of our lists include, “Forego a vacation and just work through…

Who could have imagined this unexpected revelation? — A dear friend, following a very high-carb diet, recently received a prediabetes diagnosis that shattered him. He contacted me seeking guidance, knowing my efforts had successfully reversed the same condition in my younger years. He was worried as he had two young kids who needed his support. Considering my personal…

By JAN-SHER (BS_CS, UMT-Lahore) Introduction: In recent years, the Mental Health of students at universities has become a significant issue. As a student proceed to have higher education he might have to face a lot of problems including financial crisis, academic pressure, and uncertainty about their future career. These Factors…