Christmas, a season characterized by joy and celebration, can paradoxically exacerbate mental health issues for many individuals. The expectations surrounding the holiday season, including social gatherings, gift-giving, and family interactions, often create...
Historically I was never one for nature. I loved all the creature comforts that AC, a bathroom with running water and a refrigerator had to offer. I wasn’t the kid that never went outside, but I wasn’t the kid that asked to go camping either. Camping in my world...
I started running my senior year of high school. I had avoided running like the plague and dreaded the required P.E. mile run every year. So who knows why I thought running would be for me. Maybe it was because a college-bound boyfriend broke up with me...
As I’ve mentioned in previous blogs, I grew up in a house of food. A very stereotypical Midwestern home where you eat when you are happy, you eat when you are sad, casseroles are taken with the birth of a new baby or death of a family member. You eat your feelings...