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A Matter of Life: Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Motherhood can be a dream. Nothing compares to welcoming your own children into the world, to watching them take their first steps, to hearing their first words, to seeing them make friends, go to school, graduate, begin their careers, start families of their own... Motherhood can also be a nightmare. Nothing is more agonizing than…
A New Kind of Mental Health Awareness: Fostering Mental Health While Practicing Physical Distancing
Last week, I was reading a news story about a group of teenagers from New Zealand who were stranded in the Caribbean at the beginning of the pandemic, having just completed a study-abroad sailing program. The educators in charge decided that the best course of action was to sail back to New Zealand with the…
Breast Cancer Awareness Month – Products That Give Back
It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we love all the companies who donate money to the cause and help bring awareness. A few of our favorites are below: Weatherman Pink Collapsible Umbrella This collapsible umbrella is incredibly sturdy and will endure even the harshest weather conditions (and comes in a lovely shade of pink). On…
Autism and Spreading Awareness
You Never Know When Something Will Come Up. What does that mean? It means you never when something you did in the past will come back and add some good to the world, have an impact, be noticed, and be appreciated for trying to spread awareness. What happened? I was contacted in March by a…
March Is Endometriosis Awareness Month
Bust out your yellow because Endometriosis Awareness Month has arrived!Endometriosis is a painful disease that impacts 1 out of every 10 women, yet it takes an average of ten long years to diagnose. This is because not only is there not enough awareness in the general population regarding this disease, but a general lack of awareness on the part of the medical community as well.Symptoms of the disease almost always include painful periods …