- Jun 5, 2020
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Hello!
"Mental Health is not a destination, but a process.
It's about how you drive, not where you're going"
-Noam Shpancer
Our names are Taylor Hicks, PhD, LP, NCSP and Megan Hickman, LMSW. We serve the county as the Behavioral Health Consultant and Social-Emotional Learning Coach, respectively. We want you to know that we are here for you during this unprecedented time. We hope to help provide staff guidance on how to promote, and maintain, mental health and wellness for themselves, their families, and their communities.
We know that there has been a lot of emphasis on physical health lately. We want to remind everyone that our mental health is also important. And, in fact, our physical health and mental health are intertwined-- if one is impacted, so is the other. Consider the last time you had a head cold. How did your physical symptoms impact your mood? And your thoughts?
We will providing daily doses of tips and tricks, as well as highlighting resources on mental health and emotional fitness for kids and adults! We will also update the website as more resources/information becomes available. So stay tuned!
If you have specific questions, or topics you are interested in, please let us know by using the Contact Form below.
Be Kind to Yourself and to One Another,
Taylor & Megan
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We all have mental health, just like we all have physical health. By definition, mental health is the combination of our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It includes how we think, how we feel, and how we act. As the picture below highlights, these three things are interrelated, meaning that they all impact one another.
For example, if you think the thought "I don't want to give that presentation tomorrow," then you might feel worried and you might try to avoid it. Alternatively, if you think the thought, "I can't wait to give that presentation tomorrow," then you might feel excited and you might wake up early in anticipation of it.
There are a lot of things in life we don't have control over (like if we're assigned a presentation). But we do have control over how we respond with our thoughts, feelings, and actions. This can feel difficult at first, especially during times of stress. But with practice, we can develop skills of resiliency, flexibility, and positive coping.
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