Parenting Essentials: Decoding Discipline
When you think about disciplining your kids, what words come to mind? Perhaps “consequence”? “frustration”? “challenge”? The good news is, when it comes to decoding discipline, creating a plan is essential and we’re here to help you develop it!
Love is a choice.
God is Love… We have all heard this statement before and may feel ambivalent to its meaning. However, when we dive into the height and length of God’s love, it can truly revolutionize our view of who we are and how deeply we are loved.
Healthy Eating Habits
When you think about disciplining your kids, what words come to mind? Perhaps “consequence”? “frustration”? “challenge”? The good news is, when it comes to decoding discipline, creating a plan is essential and we’re here to help you develop it!
Healthy Habits and the Brain
When you think about disciplining your kids, what words come to mind? Perhaps “consequence”? “frustration”? “challenge”? The good news is, when it comes to decoding discipline, creating a plan is essential and we’re here to help you develop it!
How Equine Therapy Is Used To Improve Mental Health
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Social Media and Your Mental Health
Social Media allows us to connect with friends and loved ones near and far. It has become a common way to communicate, make purchases, get information on businesses in your area, and stay informed on news updates. While this can all be a good thing, it is important to remember that the constant use of social media in our daily lives can impact your mental health.
Stigmas of Mental Illness in the Church
With the rate of mental illness in the United States at an all-time high (20% in U.S. adults) according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (Mental Health by the Numbers), the need for appropriate care and knowledge of mental illness is critical, especially in churches.
Preparing for 2021 and Handling Unhappy Holidays!
Cue the band and get the fireworks ready, because you’ve finally made it to the end of 2020! Congratulations! A lot has happened this year, and many of us are looking forward to the new year with the hope that it will turn out much better than this year.
Let’s end 2020 on a high note!
Happy End of 2020! Humanity is still traveling a path through a COVID-19 pandemic. Wellspring is now a “first responder” on a new wave of a mental health pandemic including surges in anxiety, depression, and traumatic effects on the younger generations that will be present for years to come
Madeleine’s Journey
He was loved and successful, her husband of 43 years. Eddie was struggling with depression, and Madeleine had encouraged him to take a ride to visit his parents that day. He agreed to go, but while Madeleine was getting ready in another room, Eddie’s mental illness overcame him and cut his life short. On September 9th, 2018, Eddie Burke took his own life.
The Value of Wellspring’s Mission and Nonprofit Financial Considerations
Wellspring Counseling’s mission as a non-profit counseling center and outreach ministry is to provide mental health services and education in a professional, Christian and holistic way in order to bring about transforming change.
Practicing Gratitude for Your Mental Health
While gratitude may seem like something only reserved for Thanksgiving, practicing gratitude in your daily life has several mental health benefits. In fact, gratitude has been shown to reduce stress hormone cortisol levels in the body, while also helping people become more resilient in the face of negative experiences and emotional setbacks.
Can Generosity Be Good for Your Soul?
As we wait in anticipation for Thanksgiving and the inevitable food coma that follows, we thought it would be the perfect time to discuss the benefits that generosity can have for your mental health.
A Life Long Dream Come True
Sometimes, as we reflect back on our lives, we begin to see how God has sovereignly orchestrated circumstances, how He has guided us towards fulfilling His purposes and arranged how things have come together in our experience. I’d like to briefly share with you how God has allowed one of my dreams to come true…
Why I Believe In Christian Counseling
There are many areas of growth that can happen in the process of therapy. For me, it was in understanding and caring for myself.
I grew up in a Christian home, the child of missionaries, learning to love God and to serve others. But during my 20’s I went through some very difficult situations, and I needed help.
How are your Church Leaders doing?
To celebrate Pastoral Care Week, we want to honor and acknowledge the pastors in our community who have helped us through the pandemic and all the other struggles we have dealt with this year.
What does mental illness look like?
Diagnosing mental illness is not as definitive as identifying a cancerous tumor. It is more like diagnosing diabetes – a matter of severity.
Meet Citlali – The Power of Teamwork in Our Community
I hope you will take the time to hear her full story in her own words and marvel at this remarkably strong young woman and at how God works to bring healing though the faithful teamwork of His people.
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
In a recent study conducted in June by the CDC, 11 percent of respondents reported having seriously considered suicide in the 30 days before completing the survey, with minorities, unpaid adult caregivers, essential workers, and young adults between 18 and 24 being disproportionately affected.
Writing Your COVID Story
How are you adjusting to the many changes of Covid, especially with school starting up again? Does it feel like your Covid story is almost over, still in the middle or are you just beginning a new “life after Covid” story?
Accepting and Adjusting During Quarantine
COVID-19 has pushed us into uncomfortable and unfamiliar territory. Work, school, and our personal interactions have all been impacted by the virus. In this article, we want to give you three questions to consider as you continue to adapt and adjust in the midst of the new realities we are facing in quarantine.
Extending Grace in Difficult Times
Recently, in a neighborhood posting site to which I subscribe, a neighbor used the site to “tell all” about a negative encounter he had at a local business.
Grief & Loss During COVID-19
Have you been feeling sad lately? If so, you may be grieving loss and not even realize it. Grief refers to the personal physical, social and psychological experiences of loss. L
Is COVID Affecting your Mental Health?
These are troubling times. Fear and worry are normal responses to the many unknowns and perceived threats that we are all experiencing. Discouragement and sadness are also normal responses to economic distress or the loss of normalcy, planned events, job security or loved ones.
Mental Health and Minorities
All racial, ethnic and family cultures have positive and/or negative attitudes about receiving mental health services.
Stories We Tell Ourselves
It’s not easy to believe in yourself. There are so many self-limiting phrases we feed ourselves, and these beliefs can end up becoming shackles that prevent us from achieving and becoming the person God has called us to be.
Coping with Cabin Fever and Isolation
Going into May, I think most of us have already started to feel cabin fever. It isn’t just the restlessness that comes with being cooped up inside that’s bothering us though—it’s also the fact that we aren’t able to see our friends and family
Shattering the Stigma: Mental Illness in Families
“I was always trying to explain away their father’s irrational behavior. I thought I was protecting them, but it didn’t make sense, and eventually I learned that facing the truth was better.”
Podcast: Who’s to Blame for Mental Illness?
Listen as Tova and Wellspring therapist, Lindsey discuss the stigmas of mental health.
Shattering the Stigma: Who’s to Blame for Mental Illness?
Unlike physical illnesses, there is a great deal of shame associated with having a mental illness. The basis of that shame is that somehow the person who has the illness (or their families) is to blame.
