Helpful, practical advice about many topics

Struggling with a mental health issue? Wanting to better understand what someone you love is going through? The Care to Change team shares what we know, along with plenty of practical, plain-spoken advice. Scroll down to the topic list to find the subject you seek. Have a suggestion for something we haven’t covered? Email it to us.

Battling those holiday blues

“The house looks so festive and the kids are so excited about Christmas. I’ve already wrapped the presents and I’m starting to bake for the family’s dinner. I know Christmas

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Bad things and good people

It’s one of life’s most confounding questions: why did this happen to me? Counselors hear it all the time. Abuse, adultery, addiction … no matter the issue, people want to

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Finding reasons to live

Suicide has become the tenth leading cause of death in the U.S. and second-highest cause for people between the ages of 10 and 34. The rate of suicide attempts has

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Talking about hard topics

I usually like to begin our newsletter with something upbeat, but this issue, I want to discuss something that’s very difficult for most people. Asa society, as a community, as

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