Living Well is a Journey
Living well is a journey, not a destination. This page highlights tools and resources we think can be of value to you in your wellness journey.
Feature ArticleModern Minds News
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Meditation – It’s for Every Mind!
In this blog post, we highlight misconceptions about meditating and how you begin reaping the benefits from a regular meditation practice today.
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We Finally Get It: Hindsight is 2020
Hindsight bias or the idea that hindsight is 20/20 generally makes us feel like crud because it is not reflective of our lived reality. While there is a time and place for looking back and learning from our past – our successes and our failings – we ought to know now that Hindsight is 2020, not 20/20.
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5 Tips to Stress Less During the Holiday Season
Do you aim to move through the holiday season with the cheeriness of Cindy Lou Who but find yourself acting more like The Grinch? Here are 5 Tips from Dr. Stephanie Best to help you stress less during the holidays.
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5 Tips for Mastering Change
If “Change is the only constant in life”, then how do we master it? In this blog post, we share 5 tips to help you set yourself up to adapt well and be successful in making valuable changes.
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Creating Meaning During the Holiday Season
In this blog post, we share why traditions are an important aspect of family life, especially during the holiday season, and how this holiday season, with many seperated from loved ones, why it’s an ideal time to reflect upon which traditions you’d like to keep and new traditions you’d like to begin.
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Navigating Stress
Stress feels a bit like a cold, windy day at the beach these days – a relentless and seemingly out of your control pounding by the waves, the wind and the sand. Many of us feel continually knocked down and hassled by life, and the jokes about 2020 being a bad year are not funny […]
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7 Ways to Eat with Intention During the 2020 Holiday Season
Dr. Lauren Carter’s 7 tips for eating with intention (and attention!) during the holidays: 1. Perspective: Keep the meaning of the holiday season in mind. It can be easy to equate the holidays with food; however, the holidays mean much more than that. Above all, it is a season of togetherness, connectedness, and shared joy. […]
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4 Ways to Manage Election Anxiety
Election anxiety? If so, you are not alone. Check out this 5 minute video on Lowcountry Live where our psychologist Dr. Stephanie Best shares 4 ways to help you manage election anxiety.
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Yoga is Life
All of the tenets of living a meaningful life are experienced in Bikram yoga. Much like life, it all starts with showing up in service of what matters to you. Showing up is often the hardest step in any journey, including yoga. You arrive at the studio at 6:00am. You summon the courage to enter […]
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Goal Setting and Activity Planning
In this blog post we share key ingredients to goal setting and activity planning so that you can begin living more of the life you want to live.
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“I’ll try that…..when I’m feeling better” Getting started when you’re stuck
In this blog post, we share categories of activities that can lift our mood and help us get started when we’re feeling stuck.
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Mindful Social Media: How to stay mentally well in the age of social media
Being mindful of the ways we engage in social media is essential in protecting our mental and emotional health. Here are a few questions you can ask yourself to help you get the most out of these tools.
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De-junk your trunk for fall
Transitioning from Summer to Fall brings many changes that can impact each person differently. De-junking your trunk is a way to re-center and find clarity for yourself amidst the changes. Here are a few practical ways you can de-junk your trunk this fall.
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Why I Need A Wellness Mentor (And Why You Might Too)
An Integrative Model of Psychotherapy Spending focused time with each individual is part of the magic, the difference, the value of psychotherapy. The person-centered approach of psychotherapy is what drew me to clinical psychology, and is also what draws a lot people to seek psychotherapy in times of need or more generally for self-development and […]
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Promoting Balance in Mind, Body, and Spirit as You Return to College
The key to a healthy life is balance. When you think of balance, what comes to mind? Often balance is misperceived as a static condition. Balance, however, is an ongoing dynamic process whereby you stay simultaneously aware of multiple areas of your life, adjust to daily demands, and align your responses and values. Balance is […]
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Parenting during the Pandemic
This is tough for all of us. We are navigating uncharted territory. For parents, the challenge multiplies because we are responsible for the well-being of ourselves and of our children. Those of us with older parents feel responsible for the well-being of yet another. If you’ve read my book, “The Worry Workbook for Kids” you […]
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Psychological Flexibility in Your Wellness Routine
At our best, we may settle into a wellness routine that feels comfortable, rejuvenating and balanced. However, as the seasons change, school routines resume, or COVID19 regulations create new barriers, the rhythm of our routine naturally fluctuates. Changes in the external world can have a significant impact on our ability to sustain a wellness routine. […]
Crisis & Screening Resources
Screening ToolsResearch & Medical Papers
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy Augmentation of Pharmacotherapy in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Sertraline, or a Combination in Childhood Anxiety
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Exercise as a treatment for depression: A meta-analysis adjusting for publication bias
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Efficacy of Yoga vs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vs Stress Education for the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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MUSC part of national study to learn how to protect and bolster brain development in kids
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COVID-19’s mental health effects by age group: Children, college students, working-age adults and older adults
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WHAT IS WELLNESS?
As the coronavirus pandemic contiues to turn our lives upside down, it doesn't surprise Dr. Anne Marie Albano that an increasing number of people are experiencing new or worsened mental health struggles.