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Mental Health Check-ups… the Secret Strategy You Can Use to Reduce Life Stress & Increase Resiliency Over Your Lifetime
https://youtu.be/yy_WMpYqNjU Most of us go see our primary care physician for an annual medical check-up, we see a dentist once or twice a year to get our teeth cleaned and examined, maybe you see an eye doctor to get our vision checked... but what about for our...
Help Your Teen Quit E-cigs
By Aaron Jackson Within the last 5 years, we have experienced a drastic increase in the amount of youth who choose to use electronic cigarettes, or E-cigs for short. E-cigs are also loosely referred to as vapes, vape pens, e-hookahs, or other nicknames. E-cigs...
Faith Steps for Change
By Sally Zuraikat, M.A., LMFT-A Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2 Doing nothing is...
Learn the keys to resilience through the FFC’s new Resilient Life Institute
What is Resiliency? “The process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or even significant sources of stress — such as family and relationship problems, serious health issues, mental health struggles or workplace and academic stressors.”...
What is EMDR?
Simply put, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) changes the way the brain stores information and how the body responds to emotional triggers. What happens during an EMDR session? Therapist and client work together focusing on a specific problem for...
WHAT’S STICKING TO YOU? Navigating Help Options for First Responders After Trauma
Navigating Help Options for First Responders After Trauma Let’s face it, doing the work that you do is a true calling. You are made susceptible to many stressors related to your occupation including trauma exposure, sleep issues, irregular work hours, exposure to hazardous materials, physical injury, witnessing immense suffering and death. Recent research suggests that […]