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The three levels of Monitoring Your Children

The three levels of Monitoring Your Children

Supervision does not take laser-focused intensity: nor does it take exhausting yourself with keeping them entertained. It calls for three levels of monitoring. Each of these levels is necessary; for them AND for you. In order for you to not drive each other “crazy”. Plus the child receives the full benefit of autonomy and parental interaction!

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What does it mean for me to be “diagnosed?”
Depression, Anxiety, Feeling better, relationships Eric Ontiveros Depression, Anxiety, Feeling better, relationships Eric Ontiveros

What does it mean for me to be “diagnosed?”

Think of a diagnosis as a snapshot of who you are not a life sentence. 

During the course of our lives, it is safe to say that any of us can be identified as having a mental health diagnosis at one point in our lives.  The death of a loved one, job loss, relationship issues are all potential catalysts for concern and they technically may lead to a diagnosis.  This doesn’t mean that we are meant to carry a diagnosis forever or that we cannot recover or live fully functional lives.  A mental health diagnosis is identifiable and agreed upon a cluster of symptoms meant to describe a person’s experience at that moment in their life. 

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The Real March Madness
Depression, Drugs and Alcohol, Alcohol Awareness Janna Corby-Potter Depression, Drugs and Alcohol, Alcohol Awareness Janna Corby-Potter

The Real March Madness

As we all may know, March is known for St. Patrick’s Day, wearing green, the coming of Spring, and college basketball otherwise known as March Madness.

Although filling out your impeccable bracket is madness enough, there is even more madness that arises after March.

April is Alcohol awareness month

but what else does it lead to?

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