Bethany Kiuru, LMHC, MT-BC
Community & Connection
Belonging, Support and Purpose... The National Alliance on Mental Illness or NAMI defines community by three aspects; belonging, support,...
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Welcome to the Monday Mental Health Moment! This blog is the ongoing library of our weekly email newsletter: concrete, actionable tools you can read and digest in just a few minutes. These original pieces, written by our own staff clinicians, complement your therapeutic work without bogging down your in-box. We hope you like these notes so much that you share them with friends and family members—but if you don’t, of course you can unsubscribe at any time. Sign up here.
Lou Lim, LMHC, REAT
- Mar 29, 2021
Conflict in COVID-19
When disagreements come up at home during this season, how can we navigate tough moments? Whether in a pandemic or in the future...
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
- Dec 7, 2020
Coping with the Holidays in a Pandemic
Like most aspects of our lives, the holiday season will be different this year as a result of the pandemic. We’re being asked and...
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- Nov 9, 2020
World Kindness Day Is November 13
How can you honor World Kindness Day? Created in 1998 and gaining official status as an NGO in 2019, this global observance was started...
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
- Nov 2, 2020
Maintaining Mental Health During Election Season: Relationship with Media
Mass media loves election season. During an election year, news, radio, television, and podcasts center on the Election Day buildup.
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
- Oct 26, 2020
Maintaining Mental Health During Election Season: Relationship with Others
Election season is fraught with strong opinions and conflicting belief systems.
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- Oct 5, 2020
Agree to Disagree
In life, it’s inevitable that one will interact with someone who has a different view than you. Whether in the realm of politics....
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- Sep 28, 2020
Pandemic and Pumpkin Spice
What are some things that come to mind with the fall season? I think of pumpkin spice lattes, apple picking, cool crisp air...
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- Sep 14, 2020
Are You a Relational Doormat?
Do you identify yourself as someone who is a doormat? Do you know someone (or are you) someone who allows people to socially step on you...
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
- Sep 7, 2020
Mental Health in a Tumultuous Political Climate
Now more than ever, the country is politically divided, and issues within the political realm may have a serious effect on mental health.
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- Aug 31, 2020
Learning from the Samurai: Being Tessen Ready
What is a tessen? In Japanese samurai tradition, a tessen is a folding fan designed in a fashion that has multiple uses.
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- Aug 17, 2020
Wearing the Same Face
There is something to be said about the value of consistency. This is true at any time, but perhaps even more so when...
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
- Aug 10, 2020
How to Deal with Anger
or some people, anger is a scary emotion that feels impossible to show. For others, anger can be a go-to emotion for a variety of...
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- Jun 29, 2020
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
In preparing today’s Mental Health Moment, I drew from the song “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off.”
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
- Jun 22, 2020
Setting Boundaries: Pandemic Edition
You may have heard people talking about boundaries: the limits that we set with other people based on our own wants and needs.
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- May 18, 2020
Practicing Altruism
Altruism is “the principle and moral practice of concern for the happiness of other human beings and/or animals."
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- Apr 13, 2020
The Discipline of Docility
“At its core, docility is the means to a greater awareness of what action is needed at the moment—or whether action is appropriate at all."
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- Mar 9, 2020
Values at Work
It is common to want to connect with coworkers and find common interests. As you meet others, values such as religious views, politics...
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- Mar 2, 2020
Ten Ways to Say No
No means no. A challenge I have seen in friends and in myself is the ability to say “no.” Regardless of where that difficulty stems from...
Vicky Brandt, LMHC
- Feb 22, 2020
Both/And Thinking
If we can move from “either/or” thinking to “both/and” thinking, we might find ourselves becoming more flexible, understanding others’....
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