Picture this: you’re on a nature walk. You’ve walked about a mile or so through the woods on a sunny summer day. It isn’t too hot because the trees are shading the sun yet allowing a subtle breeze through their leaves. You see an opening in the trees along the path, and as you walk... Continue Reading →
Over the course of this semester, and during my time interning for Olive Branch Counseling Associates, I have been reading the book The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt (2024). The book is about the obvious mental health crisis going on within our youth due to the presence of smartphones and social media. The author provides... Continue Reading →
March 8th is International Women’s Day (IWD). IWD was nationally recognized and celebrated in 1901 as a day to highlight the internal and external struggles of working-class women as well as to promote women’s suffrage (voting rights). On this day of international recognition, women of all backgrounds to come together and share one voice and... Continue Reading →
Happy Saturday! As we all know by now, there are many national days and months across the world. At Olive Branch, we like to offer up positive ways to celebrate these days and ways to make them healthier for you, mentally and physically. Part of your mental health is taking care of your physical health,... Continue Reading →
In the summer of 2013, The Adler School of Professional Psychology, now Adler University, published a magazine for alumni and friends of the school called Gemeinschaftsgefühl. You may be thinking that’s a typo, but it's not. Gemeinschaftsgefühl means “community engagement” or “social interest.” This Adlerian terminology describes how connected and interested one is in the... Continue Reading →
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