Posts by Stephanie Bolton
Healthy Work-Life Balance
In today’s fast paced world, the ability to achieve work – life balance is becoming more and more difficult. We are increasingly putting additional pressure on ourselves to achieve greater results. But when did it become acceptable for our 9am to 5pm working day to become 8am to 7pm? Many of us have allowed this…
Read MoreUnderstanding Children’s Mental Health
Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week is celebrated the first week of May. The campaign is a yearly event geared to raising awareness and highlighting the critical need for mental health care reform in our country, specifically for children. It is obvious that we need to increase efforts to prevent and identify early mental health challenges…
Read MoreHow to Cope with Trauma
At some point in our lives, we all have or will endure a situation or event that has a major impact on our lives. When something traumatic happens, it can affect you mentally, emotionally, and even physically. It can turn into life-long problems such as anxiety, depression, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). With the…
Read MoreDiversity and Inclusion
Last week I attended a symposium on Diversity and Inclusion. The event was sponsored by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, the City of Huntsville, Alabama A & M University, Leadership Huntsville/Madison County, the University of Alabama in Huntsville Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs and the U.S. Army Material Command. Those sponsors alone make a…
Read MoreImportance of Volunteering
“Not everything that counts can be counted. And not everything that can be counted, counts.” – Albert Einstein National Volunteer Week is a yearly week of recognition for the many, many people in the U.S. and Canada who give generously of their time and resources to a huge variety of causes. The 2017 National Volunteer…
Read MoreAppreciation: It’s What Matters
Over the weekend, I decided to relax and simply watch a movie on television. I noticed the movie, ‘Big’ was on and I knew this would be a movie I could watch anytime. As I was watching this movie, I realized how important appreciation is and how it can have a major impact on our…
Read MoreSpirituality: More Than a Routine
Spirituality is a broad concept with many perspectives. In general, it includes a sense of connection to something bigger than ourselves, and it typically involves a search for meaning in life. Nurturing and developing your spirituality may be just as important as eating a healthy diet, exercising, and building strong relationships. Taking the time to…
Read MoreAlcoholism is a Family Disease
Alcoholism, like most chronic illnesses, affects every member of the family, not just the individual suffering from the primary disease. If we were to use a sample family of father, mother and four children, here is what we might see: The father is the alcoholic. He is dependent on alcohol. Some of the behaviors he…
Read MoreMotivation
We all talk about how important it is to be motivated in life to do anything, like: follow your dreams, complete daily responsibilities or duties, and some times to simply feel positive. In everyday usage, the word motivation is frequently used to describe why a person does something. The question is how do you motivate…
Read MoreI Chose to Live
Many of us have heard the phase, “ You only have one life to live.” But it makes me wonder, why and how am I to live this life that I am given if there are so many things going on; so many changes? I have work, my family, my education, my social life and…
Read MorePerception and Happiness
As I strolled Instragram the other day, I came across a post stating the “Last Words of Steve Jobs”. We are all familiar with Steve Jobs due to his amazing work with Apple. So I was curious to see what he said and why it was relevant for a post online. And after reading his…
Read MoreLove Yourself First
A few weeks ago I came across this quote: “Love is a serious mental disease” by Plato Phaedrus, one of the world’s most influential ancient Greek philosophers and it made me think as to why the correlation between love and mental disease was made. So, I researched it, only to find: Love is “an intangible…
Read MoreMindfulness
A client recently asked me: “What is involved in mindfulness and how do you implement?” “Mindfulness is a state of consciousness…a quality of being,” I said helpfully. My client stared at me blankly. Okay, let me try again. “My favorite definition of mindfulness comes from Jon Kabat-Zinn, the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. He says…
Read MoreWhy psychotherapy?
Why do I ‘do’ psychotherapy? Sometimes it is a good idea to stop, take a breath and reflect on your life choices and what you have learned and are learning from those choices. During one such moment I found myself musing over the above question. Psychotherapy and counseling are, quite simply, service to others and…
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