Month: July 2020

Improving Your Sleep Hygiene

Improving Your Sleep Hygiene

Sleep deprivation affects mental health and individuals with depression, Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, anxiety and other conditions are more likely to have sleep disorders like insomnia. A good night’s sleep not only increases emotional resilience, it also can help lessen the symptoms of mental health issues. To 

Time Management:  The Pomodoro Method

Time Management: The Pomodoro Method

Mental health conditions like anxiety, depression and Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can significantly impact your ability to manage time and leave you with large gaps when you overestimate how long something will take or the need to race to finish an item in the allotted span. 

Racial and Cultural Barriers

Racial and Cultural Barriers

July is Black, Indigenous and People of Color Mental Health Month (also known as National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month). Discrimination; larger family size; low-status, high-stress jobs; poverty; being a single parent and unemployment are all risk factors for depression and studies suggest that racial 

Developmental Assets

Developmental Assets

In 1990, the Search Institute, a nonprofit organization that conducts youth development research, identified forty developmental assets which children need to succeed. Developmental assets are internal and external factors that help to produce caring, healthy and responsible adolescents. Internal assets are strengths and values within