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 …
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 …
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 …
Why Relationships Need Checkups Too I know it might seem strange to begin a blog about marriage and relationships by talking about dental health but hear me out. Most of us don’t often think about our teeth unless we are getting a dental checkup, or we’ve noticed a problem. We just go about our lives, using our teeth every day …
As our society adjusts to changes due to COVID-19, you may find yourself and/or your partner, having to work from home. Even during this time of gradual re-opening, many people are still working from home and many of the childcare options previously used are still inaccessible. As a result, many families are experiencing the struggle of balancing working from home …
You’ve heard the phrase “agree to disagree,” but in the age of COVID-19, does that remain a possibility? According to Michele Weiner-Davis, a relationship therapist and writer for Psychology Today, stress associated with COVID-19 is being experienced by many couples [1]. In fact, one survey showed that about 39% of respondents are extremely stressed about COVID-19 [2]. One stressor that …
Healthy Connections Knoxville has a diverse team of volunteers who work together to strengthen all families and to create stable and healthy environments for everyone. Our Black communities are hurting right now and they need us to listen to them and to give our help standing up against the centuries of oppression that have been holding them back. We know …
During the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the stressors both parents and young adults have been facing is the readjustment to communal living after months or years of living apart. There are great benefits for both parties: parents get to spend more quality time with their children and the adult children may feel safer being close to family members during this …
COVID-19 has created an unprecedented crisis during which, many people have experienced struggles regarding their sleep and difficulties maintaining routines. Individual mental health is crucial for both individual wellbeing and for maintaining relationships. Therefore, it is important that people are limiting their screen-time, getting enough sleep, and sticking to their routines, all of which have a direct impact on mental …
My husband and I have been married for 24 years. Our daughter, a freshman in college, is now back home in our once empty nest. All three of us, like most families, have had to make adjustments in many areas in order to coexist during this pandemic. Communication has been critical to our renewed and heightened cohabitation, and questions have …
