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Five (5) Tips To Help Family Adjust To Your Work From Home During The Pandemic (Coronavirus, COVID-19)



Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic can be helpful, both in reducing the spread of the Coronavirus as well as providing the opportunity to be closer to family, especially when school is out. At the same time, working from home can be confusing. Being home during work time can send messages that could make it difficult to have a productive work from home experience. Taking time to discuss it with family and set expectations can help make the transition easier for everyone. Having everyone understand what is happening and on board with the change can be the key to a positive and productive working from home experience.

Five (5) Tips For Working From Home Transition During A Pandemic (Coronavirus, COVID-19)



The COVID-19 pandemic has many people working from home as communities work to stop the spread of the Coronavirus. While working from home is desired by many, there are some nuances that can make the process more difficult. There are some simple steps that you can take, such as setting a designated work schedule, that can help the transition to working at home.

Five (5) Important Reminders For Managing ADHD / ADD During A Pandemic



The COVID-19 pandemic is causing major disruptions in everyday life and the precautions needed to curb the spread of the Coronavirus is impacting the ability to maintain the systems used to manage ADHD / ADD. While there are many changes that individuals don’t control, there are steps that you can take to ensure that you are not completely thrown off your path while we work our way out of this pandemic. Instead of abandoning your ADHD / ADD management systems completely, it is more effective to make adjustments as they become needed. During this time of social distancing maintaining some level of structure is difficult, but it is important to keep as much of your routine as possible. This way, when the Coronavirus is gone and the world returns to normal life, you will not need to start over. ADD / ADHD symptoms can be managed with a plan, but if you allow circumstances to cause you to neglect your plan the behaviors that you have worked hard to manage will return. After this pandemic there will be an elevated stress level as everyone attempts to return to normal. This will be a time you need your system working for you, not when you want to be relearning the system. To prevent the back sliding, keep up with you SPOS as much as possible.

Five (5) Easy Ways To Manage Depression During A Pandemic (Coronavirus, COVID-19)



Experiencing depression is difficult at any time, but during a pandemic can add limitations that can make the process more even more difficult. While social distancing can help with limiting the spread of the Coronavirus, it can also reduce access to some of the resources that many people use to help them manage their depressive symptoms. While we continue to work as a world community to end COVID-19, there are some steps that people can take to help manage or even prevent the onset of their depressive symptoms. Managing depression is an ongoing process. Since added stress of a pandemic such ass COVID-19 can impact depressive symptoms and access to resources, it is important to employ tools to be more vigilant in utilizing the tools available to manage depression while working to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.

Five (5) Easy Ways To Reduce Anxiety During A Pandemic (Coronavirus, COVID-19)



The chaos surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic can cause a great deal of anxiety as the Coronavirus continues to spread. The barrage of the 24-hour news cycle with the same coverage from many different sources continues to add to the stress. To preserve one’s mental health, it is important to put resources in place to help reduce the anxiety that this can cause. Managing stress is an ongoing process, but taking some simple steps such as limiting your exposure to the constant talks of the pandemic can be very helpful. While the Coronavirus and COVID-19 pause physical risks, the societal response including the barrage of the all day repetition of the same information pauses great emotional and mental health risk.

Five (5) Easy Ways To Keep Your Sanity During A Pandemic (Coronavirus, COVID-19)



The pandemonium surrounding a pandemic causes more than just disruptions in everyday life. With so many changes, so many things unknown and out of your control, sometimes it can feel like you are loosing it. Even in the midst of all the chaos, there are things that you can do to help keep your sanity. Taking simple basic steps such as keeping a schedule and employing good self-care can help to manage the stress and make the process more manageable. We don’t know at this time how long the COVID-19 outbreak will last, but with the continued spread of the Coronavirus, it is important to set in place tools and systems to help maintain everyday life as much as possible in case this pandemic lasts longer than what people think or expect. It would be great if it could end as quickly as it seems to have started. Creating a system to maintain stability and of course your sanity can make getting through the process less painful.

Five (5) Mental Health Issues That Can Be Impacted During A Pandemic (Coronavirus, COVID-19)



A pandemic can cause great disruption in most people’s lives. For people with mental health issues there is the added risk of their symptoms being impacted. The Coronavirus and COVID-19 have cause such great disruption that he pandemic has thrown many communities into pandemonium. People who have existing mental health issues need to be especially mindful to notice any change in their symptoms and behaviors so that any changes can be noticed before they develop into a and additional crisis..

Five (5) Parts Of Effective Communication Profiles


Effective Communication can make or break your relationship. The best way for your partner to know the most effective way to communicate with you is for you to tell them. Creating an effective Communication profile will help you do that.

Five (5) Ways Creating Communication Profiles Improves Relationships


Effective communication can make or break your relationships. Your Communication Profile tells your partner who you are as a communicator to ensure effective communication in your marriage. This where you let them know the best ways to communicate in a way that you will receive and help them avoid the things that could create a communication barrier in your relationship.

Five (5) Reasons To Start Teletherapy


Teletherapy is how mental health joins the telemedicine evolution. With teletherapy clients can access their therapist from anywhere in the world, making mental health services more accessible and giving clients more options. It’s still face to face, just a lot more convenient.

Five (5) Keys To Being Happy


‘Being Happy is a choice’- We hear that all the time. People say be happy, but they don’t tell you how to get to happy. In this video learn things you can do to be happy.

Five (5) Considerations For Finding A Starting Point For Your Goal (BTI 12)


Picking your starting point is an important step that can guide your goal journey. Once you get started the journey can often carry you through to your goal, but it all hinges on finding a starting point to get you on your way. The BTI series include short, actionable clips based on the book Breaking Through Infinity: The Habit of Changing Habits

Five (5) Components Of The Action Steps Toward Your Goal (BTI 11)


Your Action Steps are the small things that you do to turn your goal into your reality. Every step gets you closer to where you want to be, and planned steps in a designated direction gets you there faster. The BTI series includes short, actionable clips presented by Therapist & Life Coach, Dr. Judi

Five (5) Tips For Healing From Trauma


Traumatic incidents have become all too common in our communities. Whether it is a mass shooting or natural disaster that the country is watching or a personal trauma that an individual or family must face, it is important to take time to address the trauma to mitigate the impact it could have on your mental health. Getting help such as counseling after a traumatic event can make a great difference in how well and how quickly you are able to recover and transition to a post crisis state.

Five (5) Behaviors To Avoid While Your Partner Deals With Your Infidelity


When healing after infidelity sometimes things don’t progress as both parties would like. Even is you don’t understand your partner’s healing process it is important to allow them to work through their healing and avoid behaviors that can hinder or disrupt their healing or jeopardize your ability to mend your relationship.

Five (5) Ways To Help Improve Back Men’s Mental Health


Does anyone care about Black Men’s Mental Health? Yes! We do. This question has sparked some conversation lately. As a society e do need to do better to safeguard and improve the mental health of every member of our communities. With so much imposed on them it is important that we take care of black men’s mental health.

Five (5) Ways To De-escalate Fighting


Disagreements happen in every relationship. How you handle them determines if they end as an incident you put behind you or a major fight you can’t come back from. It’s important to know how to de-escalate a fight before you cause damage to your relationship.

Five (5) Reasons To Make Mental Health A Priority


Mental health is crucial to our everyday wellness, but it is often overlooked. We must make it a priority to take the time to address signs and symptoms of mental health issues as they present. If you are not in good mental health, you are not in good health and other are of your life will likely be impacted. Mental health issues don’t resolve themselves. We all need to make nurturing our mental health and getting help when needed a priority and not wait until celebrities like Wendy Williams and Big Sean open up about mental health to start thinking or talking about it.

Five (5) Benefits Of Asking Questions In Communication


Asking questions is an important yet often overlooked part of communication. There are many benefits to asking questions that can help individuals or couples improve their communication skills.

Five (5) Reasons To Break Goals Down Into Objectives (BTI 9)


Goals can sometimes seem so big they can be intimidating. Breaking them down to objectives make them more manageable. Objectives are smaller pieces that come together to make up your overall goal. When you break a goal down to objectives it is less scary, because it’s easier to see how you can tackle these smaller pieces.