A Weekly Column on Being Human by Wellness Specialist Elizabeth Clayton
Jun 03
The ideal way to lose something is by choice -- and if it's by choice, then losing it is probably a very joyous thing, as in the case of holiday pounds or bad habits.
May 27
This week’s Wellness Wednesday is a special, longer edition so that I can add my voice to Acadia Hospital’ and The Yellow Tulip Project’s mission to “smash the mental health stigma.”
May 13
Whether you have a special connection with elephants or not, I can almost guarantee that however you feel right now, after two minutes with these elephants, you're going to feel even better.
May 06
As my sister says, “You go to therapy so I don’t have to.” As I always say, “Jokes on you because therapy rules!”
Mar 26
After listening to me spin out long enough, Kate, my therapist, said, “There’s a difference between problem solving and worrying.
Mar 18
A stressful event feels like it's 100% responsible for the stress we feel. However, research suggests the event itself is responsible for about 20% of the stress we feel.
Mar 11
I forgot one of my closest friend’s daughter was pregnant and so when she texted a photo of a beautiful newborn baby a month ago and said she was now officially a grandmother I was confused.
Mar 04
Over the weekend my mother and I put a puzzle together out in the common area of the memory unit where she lives.
Nov 27
I glossed over something a little too quickly in last week’s Wellness Wednesday in my story about nudging my mother off her unhappy track
Nov 20
My mother has late stage Parkinson’s and has spent a fair amount of her time angry, in large part a progression of her disease