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This is a talk that I sometimes mention to my client and encourage them to watch about how people change and how to provoke change in their lives. three take away for me has been: 1. make small changes 2. reward yourself after you do the new habit or changed behavior 3. pair an old habit with a...

"Millions of Americans face mental illness each year. Yet the stigma surrounding mental health and therapy persists, despite the fact that Americans—especially Christians—who see a counselor have overwhelmingly positive experiences with the practice. In a new study, Barna looks at how Americans...

Holidays can be a stressful time with company over and lists of things to do. This is a good article about how to deal with stress and anxiety here. My main ones are exercise and prayer https://adaa.org/tips-manage-anxiety-and-stress

I seem to be suffering lately from chronic headaches that last most of the day. I've been having them a lot lately. I'm not sure why. Anyone on here try any home remedies to help with headaches? Any suggestions I could try?

So this isn't meant as a post to replace advise from a doctor. I just notice that people clearly don't understand the difference between type one and type two diabetes. With type one diabetes it means that the body is producing very little if any insulin on its own. When a person is newly...

When I was a chaplain in a large hospital in Raleigh back in 2006 a guy came in one night to the trauma room having had an accident and hit a tree with his car while drunk driving. His whole family showed up in the emergency room waiting area and i sat with them for a while. I remember the...

I started jogging last week and did 5 days of running on the treadmill. I tried running outside today on the hills around here and it was a lot tougher. I am also doing weight training on machines about 3-4 times a week. What kind of exercises do you do? Let's encourage each other

How do you feel about yoga? Do you practice it? What kind? I never have tried it.

I have worked in mental health field for the last 9.5 years. I wonder sometimes when i see people who are depressed or anxious how much of their problem is truly a chemical imbalance and how much of it is really just bad habits and negative thinking. Of course, trauma plays a part of it with...

I was just wondering if anyone else on here is Diabetic and what do you do to control it? I am type 2 for the last 16 years and take metformin and insulin (Lantus and Humalog). I'm seeing a dietician on Tuesday to discuss changing my diet.

I have been having problems lately both going to sleep and staying asleep. I am not sure that I even got two hours of sleep in a row last night. I had a bad dream to which actually was so bad I was shaking when I woke up. That isn't like me since I rarely have bad dreams.