By Sam Galema Out of the Darkness Suicide Prevention Walk is an annual event held on the University of Northern Iowa’s (UNI’s) campus at Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. Out of the Darkness is focused on addressing the stigma surrounding mental health care and suicide in our current society and working to improve suicide prevention …
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By Hayley Downey Have you ever wondered what it might be like to have freedom from the constant stream of self-criticism? What if instead of an inner-critic you had a compassionate-self? In order to make that transition, it’s important to understand what might be happening. Our inner-critic is often trying to help. It wants to motivate …
By Alexa Jans Mental health plays a role in everyone’s daily lives. Mental health involves our emotional and social well-being, which affects how we all think and act. Our mental health also determines how we handle different stressors in our daily lives and the decisions we all make. Someone with positive mental health may be …
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By Colleen Grote, PhD, LMHC, RPT Heart and Solutions is excited to announce a new partnership with Foundation 2 and their J-FAST program! Foundation 2 is a nonprofit human service agency that provides crisis prevention and intervention for a variety of individuals. Foundation 2 is committed to promoting positive youth development, suicide prevention, and safe community …
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Are you in a bad mood that you are blaming on waking up on the wrong side of the bed, a rough morning, or a bad interaction with a colleague? You may be pointing your finger at the wrong thing. Winter has reared its head early this year- Did you know that it could be …
As adults, we have (and are) experiencing difficulty getting the sleep we need. We have kids to wrangle, homes to clean, jobs to do, and countless other demands on our time. However, we also know how this lack of sleep impacts us: grouchy, difficulty concentrating, ect. We know the negative impacts of sleep and …
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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are used to designate all types of neglect, abuse (emotional, physical, and/or sexual), and other traumatic experiences (such as household challenges including domestic violence, substance abuse, mental illness, separation/divorce, and/or the incarceration of a household member) that happen to children under 18 years old. They put children at a higher risk …
By Julie Johnson, MA, NCC, LMHC, Doctoral Candidate in Behavioral Health Leadership (President and Founder of Heart and Solutions, LLC) It was 2014, we had four team members employed and a fifth preparing to come on board. I was at home working at our first Heart and Solutions Office – our dining room table. I …
We tend to live our lives to the beat of background noise: podcasts, music, books on tape, TV, ect. Everything we do from showering to driving is accompanied by some type of self-chosen noise. Silence is hard to come by maybe even an uncomfortable and unwelcome void. Noise pollution, however, has been correlated with heart …
By Blair Birkett Animal Camp is a mental health camp for children developed by Dr. Linda Nebbe and presented by Heart and Solutions and Hope Tree counseling agencies as well as Black Hawk Wildlife Rehabilitation. The mission of this camp is to assist each child in building a therapeutic bond with animals and nature as …
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