As this year comes to an end, we wanted to share each of our blog series we did this year so you can easily find the series you’re looking for. Our 2022 Blog Series Categories: 1 – High Functioning Women (Click here to see all the blogs in the series) In this series we share … Read more
You’ve done the work toward gaining insight and analyzing parts of you, your life, and your values that most of us never think about (in case you missed it, read how to here). Now it’s time to apply this awareness and knowledge toward creating the goals that will lead you to self-empowerment in these areas. … Read more
How much have you thought about what it means to feel empowered over the past week? If you were able to read my blog from last week (read it here), it helped outline some questions you can ask yourself in order to narrow down parts of you and your life that can benefit from self-empowerment … Read more
The word ‘empowered’ gets thrown around a lot lately, including through Theravada Mental Health’s many mantras and mission (our whole schtick is to help our clients ‘Be Empowered’, after all). When a word is overused, it tends to have the impact of its meaning or definition blurred or diminished. That’s why I want to dedicate … Read more
All month I’ve been highlighting the many benefits of feeling a sense of positive community and making meaningful connections by joining a group, activity, hobby, or interest where you can find people to connect with on a more molecular level. Hopefully, there have been some efforts from some to challenge yourself to seek out those … Read more
For those of us who think the idea of making meaningful connections and strengthening our involvement in forming a sense of positive community sounds great but lack the understanding of where to begin to engage in such endeavors, I thought I’d share what we’re doing as a team at Theravada amongst our staff. While the … Read more
This month, I’ve been exploring the idea of helping individuals collectively form a ‘positive community’ and making more meaningful connections. The benefits of both of these endeavors are abundant, including a lower crime rate, better mental health, increased support, and less substance use/abuse, among others. A sense of positive community and making meaningful connections are … Read more
Lacking a sense of community can lead to undesired side effects like exacerbation of existing depression and anxiety and, most commonly, isolation which leads to loneliness. Loneliness and lacking a sense of community are so prominent in other countries like England that in 2018 they appointed Tracey Crouch to the newly formed government position as … Read more
Unless you’re born and raised in Las Vegas, or at least spent the majority of your childhood here, adjusting to the random collection of people, subcultures, and ex-patriots of states across the nation isn’t easy. I moved here 17 years ago which, by Vegas standards, is a pretty good span of time but, sadly, I … Read more
Despite growing efforts at awareness, publicity, and normalization of stigma surrounding mental health, the battle toward acceptance of many mental health issues continues. For example, many celebrities, such as Demi Lovato, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Michael Phelps, and Lady Gaga have publicly shared their stories of mental health issues, bringing the discussion much more into … Read more