Leslie Glass's Blog, page 139

Why Mental and Behavioral Health Drive You Crazy

Mental health and behavioral health make us nervous and the terms are confusing Mental health, behavioral health, and mental illness are not taught the way physical health is. It means you probably know your family tree of physical illnesses. Anytime you go to a doctor, you’re asked about your family medical history. You know Grandpa...

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Coach’s Corner: How To Start Running

How to start running is a question we’ve been asked a lot. What if I’m a walker, not a runner How to start running can be an evolution from moving from the couch to the kitchen, to the back yard, to the block, to the marathon. Okay, so you don’t want to run a marathon...

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10 Signs You Might Be a Narcissist

In today’s world, the term “narcissistic” has come to mean little more than vain. But narcissism is far more complex than that. It exists in many shades along a continuum from extra-healthy ego to pathological grandiosity. A large 2009 study estimated that 6% of people in the U.S. suffer from full-blown narcissistic personality disorder. But it’s...

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Coach’s Corner: Embracing the Running Lifestyle

Embracing The Running Lifestyle is easier than you think Welcome to the community.  Whether you realize it or not, now that you’ve been walking, jogging or running for a while, you have become part of a much larger community. Many more doors have now opened for you. You now have the option of connecting with...

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My Favorite Recovery Books

Recovery books are a wonderful way to keep busy and focused on self-improvement With many of us still social distancing or quarantining, we are relying on technology to fulfill our needs to stay sober. That being said, our recovery toolboxes are still based on the basics — they’re just higher tech. In sobriety, you hear...

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7 Types Of Mental Illness

Seven types of mental illness contribute to the rising suicide rates that are so much in the news these days. For millions of people who use substances, to feel better, mental illness is also the underlying cause drug use, both legal and illegal. Why are some people happy and well adjusted, and others have multiple...

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Coach’s Corner: How to Start Exercising

Want to know how to start exercising? I’ll give you the hints you need to think in a different way. You know exercising is good for you, will improve your mood and nourish your brain, right? So, why is exercising so hard to start. Lots of people say “I don’t have time.” Is that the lie...

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Self-Reflection Journal Prompt : Life Lessons

  Download Expressing yourself keeps you sane in Covid 19 We can’t avoid our life lessons; they come in all sizes and shapes. Some keep us inspired when we have new challenges, but adverse experiences from as far back as childhood can leave lasting trauma that keep us stuck in negativity and pain. If we...

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Abuse Quotes: Your Deepest Heartache

Family can be your deepest heartache because it’s not supposed to be that way. We just got a note from a reader who said his sister was telling lies about him and wanted to know how to make it stop. It’s called triangulation because you have no recourse to fix the lies. Sound familiar? Well,...

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15 Tips To De-escalate Conflict And Ease Stress

15 tips de-escalate the tensions and conflicts of isolation. Interventionist of the Year, Dr. Louise Stanger, shows how. It is hard not to ruminate about the tense situations we have found ourselves in the last 90 days. Tempers have flared, emotions risen, and our country has cried out in pain first from a pandemic which...

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