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Imagine you are playing a video game or board game with a friend, and the instructions clearly give each of you a role to play in the game: your friend is the proverbial “good guy”, and [...]

I don’t like the way my belly looks in the mirror when I’m getting dressed in the morning. I hate it when I speak too quickly during conflict and say something stupid. I can’t stand [...]

First things first, please know that you are not alone! One of my own new year’s resolutions was to exercise more. So far, I am averaging only 3 times per week or so. It’s better [...]

I’ve been accused a time or two of being unrealistically optimistic. My accusers may be right! However, my optimism comes not from a place of vanity or blissful ignorance, but rather from a deeper place [...]

‘Tis the season to be jolly! Or, so they sing. Many of us, however, do not feel so jolly as we prepare for the upcoming holiday season. In fact, we may feel downright depressed or [...]

I love the late Autumn and early Winter. It brings us cooler wind, warmer drinks, more colorful trees, and fonder get-togethers with family. It truly is one of my favorite times of year, perhaps even [...]

Oxford dictionaries define the word resilience as, “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.” This definition seems well enough on a surface-level reading. However, when the word is considered in the context of our [...]

Imagine you are hiking in the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee. As you round the corner on the path, you see an adorable black-bear cub scamper across into the bushes 10 yards ahead of you. Then, [...]

What is "recovery"? Recovery is.....more than sobriety. Recovery is.....more than wiser choices. Recovery is.....more than mental wellness. Recovery is.....more than healthier relationships. Recovery is.....more than better activities. So, we ask again, what is "recovery"? Of [...]

Although many students are lamenting the end of their summer break, for most of us (adults), summer was just another season of the daily “8 to 5 grind.” Perhaps you have felt it too, that [...]

According to Mental Health America, 46% of adults in the US will experience symptoms of mental illness at some point in their lifetime. This year alone, nearly 1 in 5 adults in the US will [...]

“I got my peaches out in Georgia…I get my weed from California,” sings pop megastar Justin Bieber on his most recent hit song, playing on every radio station in the country. Cannabis and its derivatives [...]

The Willow Center strongly condemns the horrible violence that occurred last Thursday at the Fed Ex facility here in Indianapolis, and we are heart-broken about the loss of so many precious lives. It would be [...]

It's been one year since the State of Indiana shutdown in response to the first surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. One year of unplanned transition. One year of loss and grief. One year of anxiety [...]

It is the middle of February. In the Midwest it is cold, dreary, windy, and it seems like we have not seen green grass in ages. I have always wondered why I chose to live [...]