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• Looking to volunteer this summer? Here are 5 tips for getting the whole family involved

  Date: June 13, 2019

  Author: Laura Buddenberg

  Vacations and sporting events are great but they aren't the only way to spend quality time together. Volunteering as a family also is a wonderful way to have fun and enjoy each other’s company, all while making your community a kinder, better place. Here are some tips for summer volunteering:

• Should You Let Your Boss Know When You're Struggling With A Mental Health Issue?

  Date: June 12, 2019

  Author: Bryan Robinson

  It’s Risky Business

  Under what conditions is it wise or unwise to disclose personal information when you’re facing a difficult mental health challenge?

• Teaching Your Children to Be Mentally Healthy and Happy

  Date: June 12, 2019

  Author: Nancy Buck

  What's called emotional regulation refers to the process by which a person recognizes their emotional upset and can satisfy their emotional need without having to upset others. Parents who never allow kids to become self-aware of uncomfortable emotional feelings or to learn how to comfort and help themselves, instead always doing this for them, interfere with their need to learn how to regulate their own emotions.

  Emotional regulation is key to good mental health and lifelong happiness

• LGBTQ+ YOUTH PREFER TO SEEK MENTAL HEALTH HELP DIGITALLY

  Date: June 11, 2019

  Author: EMILY DREYFUSS

  The Trevor Project survey provides insight into how LGBTQ+ kids want to be reached in times of crisis. Seventy-six percent of the youth prefer digital means of accessing help.

• Volunteer: It's Good for Your Health

  Date: May 19, 2019

  Author: Andrea Carlstrom

  According to the Mayo Clinic Health System, volunteering helps people and changes lives. Volunteering decreases the risk of depression, especially for those 65 and older, when social interaction and supportive relationships are most needed.