Our Northern Michigan summers are typically filled with activities. Our calendar quickly get filled with beach days, concerts, festivals, boat rides, river trips, farmers markets, camping, backyard barbeques and out-of-town visitors. We run from one activity to another, fitting in everything we can because we know this season is fleeting. We often measure a successful …
Have you heard about the connection between your gut health and your mental health? According to Harvard Health Publishing, the brain has a direct connection to our stomach and intestines,and vice versa. Meaning that a person’s stomach or intestinal distress can be the cause or the product ofanxiety, stress, or depression. For those of us that suffer …
The Mental Wellness Counseling “Meet the Counselors” series offers a deeper look into each counselor’s background, experiences, motivations, values, and philosophies. In this series, I put counselors on the couch to learn why and how they do what they do. Survival of the Sickest As a 21-year-old undergrad, Anndrea Terry’s life was changed forever at …