Embrace self-care, discard negativity, and embark on a growth journey

It is 2024 and the calendar from last year has been taken down and our schedules are now being created for this brand new year. Do you notice so many white spaces? Do you notice the big margins? Did you stay awake over the holidays making marks on the calendar with ideas for vacations and etching in birthdays and noticing …

The Pain Comes in Waves, But The Wave Will Pass

The pain comes in waves. Hold on and trust that this wave will pass. It has been a really hard week for my family. My mom has been in the hospital all week for various cancer related issues and my cousin passed away after being on life support for a few days. It’s been hard to watch those around me …

Let go of what doesn’t serve you

BY CATHERINE BEARD – THE BLISSFUL MIND The reminder to ‘let go of what doesn’t serve you‘ is everywhere. You’ve probably seen it floating around on your Instagram feed at some point. But what does it mean? How do we know what’s serving or not serving us? If we use the definition of serve as ‘to be useful or of …

Navigating change and embracing unkown

As the year comes to a close, we all start to naturally reflect on the past 12 months. This week, I went to breakfast with family and we all talked about our highlights of the year and it’s made me reflect. This year was full of incredibly hard challenges. It was my first full year of single motherhood and I …

Prioritize mental wellness in resolutions

Happy New Year! By now, the hustle and bustle and stress of the holiday season is behind us. You have probably spent weeks shopping, gift-giving, and visiting with friends and family – mostly time spent focusing on everyone else. Now, with the New Year upon us, it is time to focus on you. As we think of New Year’s resolutions, …

Mental Health During the Holidays

By Opus EHR: The holidays are a time of joy, celebration, family, and friends. But for many of us, the festive season can also be an incredibly stressful period. That’s why it’s so important to make sure that we prioritize mental health, especially during this season! This blog will share tips for practices that can help ensure positive psychological resilience …

Finding Joy Throughout the Holidays

Holidays can be hard, especially when you’re grieving. Whether you are grieving the loss of a loved one or the loss of what you expected your holidays to look like, all of that can impact your feelings about the holiday. After getting married and having my daughter, I always envisioned Christmas celebrations together with lots of joy and excitement. Although …

Practical self-care amid life’s challenges

Hi, I’m Michelle, the new 1N5 office manager.  Practicing self-care is a very popular topic these days, and it has proved itself more important than ever in the onslaught of stressors we are inundated with nonstop.   There’s no way to sugarcoat it: the past 8 years or so have been, uh, HARD.  Politically tumultuous, socially contemptuous, persistent fears for our …

Ashely’s #iAM1N5 Journey…

Ashley is a Masters Student in Psychology at the University of Cincinnati.  In addition, she works at the Lindner Center of Hope in the Adolescent Unit for Children’s Hospital Medical Center.  Ashley shares her #iAM1N5 journey of living.  Ashley began self-harming and developed an eating disorder at the age of 12 as a result of depression.  She was in and …

Choosing happiness and self-love after hardship

After losing my mom one week after finding out I was pregnant, I didn’t think life could get much worse. But life had other plans for me and things did in fact, get worse. I never in my wildest dreams thought that I would be where I’m at right now. I never thought I would be going through a divorce …