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Mindfulness For Better Mental Health: Simple Practices For Daily Peace In today’s fast-paced world, finding a moment of peace can feel impossible. However, mindfulness offers a simple yet powerful way to improve mental health and bring calm to your daily life. Here are some easy practices to incorporate mindfulness into your routine. Simple Mindfulness Practices Benefits of Practicing Mindfulness Final …

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I know a gardener who once transplanted berry bushes into soil deficient in magnesium. This nutrient is important for the uptake of other nutrients and helps with seed formation. It also enhances the greenness of a plant, in turn, aiding effective photosynthesis [1]. With great desires to care for her berry bushes, the gardener added this nutrient to the soil …

10 Things to Consider When Having Conversations About Racial Differences

With growing awareness about the racial disparities in our society, many people are wanting to have genuine conversations with their friends about racial differences. Here are 10 things to consider: Regardless of whether this is your first conversation or your 1,000th conversation, there is a lot you might not know about the person you are talking to.  People will become …

Tips For Couples In Quarantine

Living through a global pandemic has presented many of us with unexpected situations in every part of our daily lives. For couples, trying to maintain a healthy relationship while spending nearly every day together and managing a work-life balance from home has been a major challenge. Now we are re-entering society slowly, but challenges to maintaining a healthy relationship still …

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5 Relationship Tips During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we live. People have passed on, been very ill, lost jobs, and dipped into their savings. One of the unforeseen effects of the pandemic has been relationship stress. With many families now urged or ordered to stay home, we’re seeing a lot more of each other, stuck in a house together. This is bound …

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Self-Compassion Practices to Cope with COVID-19

Everyone has been affected by the coronavirus in some way. Some people are experiencing more anxiety, others are feeling extreme loneliness, and some are experiencing economic hardships. Dr. Kristen Neff, an associate professor at The University of Texas at Austin, and Dr. Chris Germer, a co-founder of the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion, share 10 self-compassion practices to help stay …

Local Telehealth Resources During COVID-19

In response to the need for social distancing and the stay at home order, many of our local mental health professionals have moved their services online. This format allows people to continue to receive the help that they need without having to leave their homes. Below is a list of local practices that are offering these services along with their …

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Local Online Services for Couples

Healing Hearts Counseling is a supporting partner of Healthy Connections Knoxville. The therapists at Healing Hearts offer evidence-based therapeutic services including Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy. The staff at Healing Hearts are currently offering several services to couples. Therapists are offering telehealth sessions for couples – contact Healing Hearts Counseling by phone (865-283-1777) or email (healingheartshelpdesk@counselingsecure.com) to sign up for your …

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Book Recommendations for Couples

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a lot of change and uncertainty for everyone. Couples may be struggling to adjust to new routines and finding time and creative ways to stay connected with one another. One suggestion is for couples to pick a book that they can read together and talk about. Books that focus on healthy relationships will not only …

Coronavirus Relationship Tips – Dr. Gordon

During this time of “social distancing” and being #alonetogether, the Healthy Connections Staff is sharing their relationship tips. In this video, Healthy Connections Executive Director Dr. Kristi Gordon and her husband share their tip for how they find time to connect while having two teenagers in the house.