Helpful insights and tips for a fulfilling life

Do you feel like you are stuck in the same routine? It may be easy to go through the motions of life that are familiar to you. This is because people often choose patterns of behavior that feel self-protective and easy. While this might make a person feel more secure, it may also be blocking them from fully experiencing life. More specifically, it may be closing them off to certain feelings such as awe, curiosity, and excitement that make life more enjoyable.

While this year's Olympics in Tokyo has brought new records, it has also brought awareness to an important subject more than ever before—mental health. Olympians face heavy amounts of pressure as they strive to be the best with the world watching and judging them through their screens. In addition, the inability of family and friends of these Olympians to attend the Games in Tokyo has led to more difficulties coping with the pressures the sporting event brings.

July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental illness does not discriminate in that anyone can experience its challenges regardless of race, color, gender, identity or background. However, these factors can make access to mental health treatment more difficult for some individuals. In addition, with the COVID-19 pandemic, it has made it even harder for racial and ethnic minority groups to have access to treatment. Therefore, this month is about raising awareness of the mental health struggles that racial and ethnic minority communities face in the United States.

June 27th was National Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day. PTSD can occur in a person after they experience or witness a traumatic event. This event may be a natural disaster, a serious accident, a terrorist act, war/combat, rape, sexual violence, serious injury, or an instance of being threatened with death.

You’ve worked from home for over a year and you’ve become accustomed to attending meetings in your pajamas, sending emails from your couch, and adjusting to flexible work hours outside the office. However, that’s all about to change after you see in your inbox that your department will be required to transition from remote to in-person working conditions. This causes your anxiety to spike through the roof. If this sounds strangely accurate, you’re not alone.

As we begin to adjust to a post-pandemic world, many people are experiencing symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress (PTS).

Times of transition can be uncomfortable causing feelings of anxiety to become more frequent and intense.

As restrictions lift, some anxiety may arise in residents when thinking about integrating back into society. Just the thought of it may seem daunting and overwhelming for them. With this, it is important to help residents manage their anxiety so they can have an easier and smoother transition. Here are some strategies to help your residents:

The pandemic continues to evoke negative feelings and emotions as we bring in the new year. The mandatory quarantines have increased behavioral problems especially among those that reside in nursing homes. This is because these residents are unable to physically see their loved ones which intensifies their feelings of anxiety, depression, and stress about the future and when they will be reunited with them again.

As we come to the end of the year, I wanted to reach out personally and say thank you to for what you have done to save lives and hold your team together.