Posts tagged mental health
#MHAM Book List

If you’re looking to learn more about mental health, help yourself, or help a loved one, one of the best ways to do that is by reading books. In light of Mental Health Awareness Month, here are Kayla’s picks for adults, teens, children.

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Dealing with Grief

I’ve wanted to write a post on this topic for a long time, but I’ve avoided it because for the longest, I didn’t even really understand how I dealt with grief.  I thought to myself, how can you help other people understand how they grieve if you can’t even do that for yourself?

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Why I'm NOT Creating a Vision Board for 2018

I know, I’m one of very few people who isn’t really into the whole vision board thing this year.  I posted a little bit about my goals for 2018 on my Instastory and decided to expand the conversation with a blog post so that I could talk a little more about why I’m not into vision boards anymore.

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How to Maximize Self Care While on Vacation

Read about my self care vacation and learn tips for maximizing your "me time" the next time you take one!

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The Importance of Self Care

First of all, what is it?  Self care is anything that you do for you in an effort to maintain optimal physical and/or mental health.  It can be anything that makes you tick: going for a run, getting a massage, having lunch with a friend, unplugging from your phone and social media to sit in a quiet space and reflect. Maybe it’s your reward for making it through a tough work week, or...

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Back to Basics: Mind Your Business

If you follow me on Instagram (@allure.by.kay), then you saw my post about this post (…hopefully that make sense? lol) and you know that I’m talking about minding your business as in paying your mental health some attention.  So I felt the need to make this post a little more serious than the last two because mental health is a very important piece of the wellness puzzle that people often neglect.  

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