Tag Archive: #mentalhealth

5 Ways to Remember Dad – Managing Grief on Father’s Day

Father’s Day can be a hard holiday to handle when you’ve lost your dad. If it’s a recent loss, the omnipresent messages of Father’s Day may feel like too much to bear. If more time has passed Father’s Day may [read more...]

Tips for Talking to and Supporting Children after a School Shooting or Other Traumatic Loss: Dos and Don’ts

Sadly, school shootings such as the one in Uvalde, Texas, are not a rarity here in the United States. Neither are mass shootings in other public places, such as entertainment venues and grocery stores. When they occur, news about them [read more...]

Golf Outing to Support School-Based Mental Health Services

The Fitzgerald Family Foundation of Inverness and Alexian Brothers Center for Mental Health invite you to the 4th Annual School-Based Mental Health Services Golf Outing event at Inverness Golf Club on Monday, August 1, 2022. Please join us for an [read more...]

How to Improve Your Mental Health

At times, it can be easy to neglect, but your mental health is an important influence on how you move through life. As this topic often arises, Dr. Marla Hartzen, medical director of AMG Park Ridge Behavioral Health at Advocate [read more...]

How to Foster Resilience in Children

Life can be tough no matter your age. Even children face challenges. That’s where resilience comes in. Resilience is our ability to persevere and adapt to changes and stressors in our world. It does not mean that we don’t experience [read more...]

Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness

Meeting Mental Health with Grace Ministry Stigma is when someone views you in a negative way because you have a distinguishing characteristic or personal trait that’s thought to be, or actually is, a disadvantage (a negative stereotype). Unfortunately, negative attitudes [read more...]

5 Warning Signs of Suicide

If you, or someone you care about, shows some of these signs, don’t dismiss it. Seek help.   **For a list of excellent resources, visit Our Lady of the Wayside’s Meeting Mental Health with Grace resources page: CLICK HERE.

Worried Your Teen may be Experiencing Depression?

Living through a pandemic isn’t easy on anyone. Whether it’s remote learning and drastically different opportunities for socializing, teens are facing major changes in their normal routines or plans for the future. As a result, you may be noticing changes [read more...]

St. Dymphna Novena

For nine days, join in praying the St. Dymphna novena for someone you may know who is affected by mental illness and for our community’s special intentions. St. Dymphna is the patroness of those who suffer from mental affliction. Her [read more...]

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

People with mental problems are our neighbors. They are members of our congregations, members of our families; they are everywhere in this country. If we ignore their cries for help, we will continue to participate in the anguish from which [read more...]