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Category Archives: Be an Advocate
For many of us, spring marks the time to clean out our cluttered closets and garages, but we often don't consider making time to clean out and reflect on our emotional lives. "This Emotional Life," which is a multi-year campaign to foster awareness, connections and solutions around emotional wellness, explores the various means that people [...]
February 28 – March 6, 2010 is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. If you are an individual living with an eating disorder (such as anorexia or bulima), a family member, or a friend looking to offer support to a loved one, or a treatment professional looking to help others, check out the National Eating Disorders [...]
February 5, 2010 – 5:41 am
On the first Friday of February, Americans nationwide wear red to show their support for women's heart disease awareness on National Wear Red Day. This observance provides an opportunity for everyone to unite in this life-saving awareness movement by showing off a favorite red dress, shirt, or tie. The message of the day is: Heart [...]
February 1, 2010 – 5:07 am
This is an ideal time to expand your knowledge of heart health, risk factors and making good lifestyle choices.
Visit the new Heart Health section of our Health Education Answers area and you'll find new screeners, ‘empower tools’ that you can print for your health care team, and other interactives to help you move toward a [...]
January 19, 2010 – 5:16 am
A new series just premiered on PBS this month called This Emotional Life. It is a three-part series that is shining a bright spotlight on our happiness – what it is, what stands in the way and what we're all doing to try to find it. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director of the Center of Mental [...]
January 2, 2010 – 5:00 am
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month. You can recognize this special month by learning about your risk.
If you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes then it’s important to pay extra attention to your vision. Recent studies show that those with diabetes are 25 times more likely to develop blindness and other eye diseases.
Diabetes is the leading cause [...]
November 14, 2009 – 8:22 am
Okay, I’m hoping that EVERYONE will get involved in this and help out. We have had well over 100 people attend our monthly Learning Community Meetings throughout our six counties. The meetings have been very successful – they are for the community to get involved, get informed, and hopefully get active. WE NEED YOUR HELP!
We're [...]
October 12, 2009 – 4:57 am
Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 4-10, has just closed. I didn’t promote this as much as I have in past years; I have been busy working on my life, wellness…yes, recovery. This week does bring many memories, though, as it was several years ago I had my son in for his well child check up [...]
September 22, 2009 – 11:22 am
Whether it’s mental illness, substance abuse, grief, loss, domestic violence, divorce, or physical illness, we all have struggles sometimes. Everyone has to recover from something at some time – it’s part of the Human Journey we all share.
The 3rd Annual Art of Recovery Show, sponsored by Northern Lakes CMH, recognizes and celebrates this.
This year’s show [...]
September 11, 2009 – 5:30 am
Progress is being made to remove the stigma of mental illness and mental health disorders. You can take positive steps to combat stigma.
By Mayo Clinic staff –
(Direct Article Link)
Stigma is a very real problem for people who have a mental illness. Based on stereotypes, stigma is a negative judgment based on a personal trait [...]
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