The Guest in My Sitting Room
Is your cable bill making you anxious? How much television viewing is healthy and relaxing? How much is too much?
View ArticleThank God the Holidays Are Over: Coping With Diabetes
How can I enjoy social gatherings if I have diabetes? Holiday gatherings can be stressful for men and women coping with diabetes.
View ArticleCoping with Micro-Stressors: How Do I Work My Smart TV?
How do I work my Smart TV? What can we do about micro-stressors?
View ArticleManaging Diabetes in Festive Times
Are you worried about managing your Type 2 diabetes as the holidays approach? Are you anxious about going to social gatherings? Talking about your concerns and planning can help.
View ArticleLet’s Take a Walk
Are you feeling lonely and isolated? Are you worried about your neighbors? Reach out and ask them to take a walk.
View ArticleAging in an Age of Intolerance: The Gendered Face of Ageism
Have you experienced age discrimination at work? How can one advocate to be treated equally in the workplace?
View ArticleHealth Care Providers: Please Listen
Remind your health care providers that you can contribute to your health care decisions.
View ArticleCoping With Technostress
Is technology stressing you out? Time in nature can help heal the negative effects of technostress.
View ArticleCoping with Caregiving Stress by Walking in Nature
Walking can be a valuable stress management tool.
View ArticleTea and Conversation: The Importance of Life Celebrations
Do you feel the desire to see your family? Are you missing the flavor of foods that you remember from your childhood? Plan a family celebration. Celebrate life's moments.
View ArticleSearching for Pandemic Understanding
How can we find refuge from isolation? How can we cope with the stigma of being in the "vulnerable" population? Build resilience and extract meaning from our collective anxiety.
View ArticleManaging Type-2 Diabetes During a Pandemic
Are you having difficulties managing chronic illnesses such as type-2 diabetes during the pandemic? Exercising can help you manage your anxiety and illnesses.
View ArticleIntergenerational Relationships and Pandemic Isolation
Are you feeling lonely? Are you worried you will not see your family and friends this holiday season? How can you cope with your anxiety about the holidays?
View ArticleHas the Pandemic Changed How We Feel About "Home"?
The physical spaces we create reflect the psychological spaces inside us. Our homes are extensions of ourselves.
View ArticleCreative Coping in Troubled Times
Are you feeling lonely, isolated, and vulnerable? Lose yourself in day-to-day creativity. Boost your resilience with creative coping.
View ArticleThe Results of Unequal Access to Green Spaces
Your local park can change your life. Can trees, shrubs, sidewalks, and parks make you healthier and happier? Go outside for 30 minutes to walk and talk with your neighbors.
View ArticleTaking Time for Tea: Comforting Rituals in Stressful Times
Do your days spin out of control? Do you need time to reflect, connect, remember? Slow down and take a few moments for tea-time.
View ArticleTechnology Use, Loneliness, and Isolation
Internet use provided a pandemic lifeline and helped prevent isolation. But how much is too much? Can we control our use and not allow it to control us?
View ArticleMeditations on Loss and Grief
Loss is a universal human experience. How can we mourn our losses and, at the same time, live our lives fully?
View ArticleLater-Life Loss and Existential Loneliness
The struggle to cope with individual and collective trauma can lead to existential loneliness. Connecting with nature is one way of transcending our sense of being lost.
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