How Debt and Financial Stress Affects Your Mental Health and Ways to Cope
What is the most dangerous mental health side effect of debt? Accruing debt can decrease self-esteem and increase stress, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, relationship conflict and even lead to suicidal thoughts and feelings. Many
Read More »Healthy Boundaries and How to Define Them
The pandemic world in which we’re living can certainly take its toll on our mental health. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the loss and grief that we’ve been enduring
Read More »How We Can Leverage The Power Of Gratitude To Improve Our Overall Mental Wellness
Gratitude can ripple throughout your life if you make it a daily practice. Start with a daily intention and build gradually from there. It was a pleasure to do this
Read More »Helping Children Cope in a COVID-19 World
This is a scary time for all of us — a global pandemic is uncharted territory. Yes, the COVID-19 virus has taken an emotional toll on everyone, but it weighs
Read More »Mental Health Resources During Coronavirus Pandemic
Comprehensive Mental Health Resources & Information: Care for Your Coronavirus Anxiety Toolkit National Alliance on Mental Illness Information & Resource Guide with FAQ’s Ten Percent Happier Coronavirus Sanity Guide
Read More »How to Practice Self-Care During a Season of Uncertainty
Take a deep breath. Give yourself a moment to reset. Now is the time for all of us to support each other and try to make the best of an
Read More »Mental Wealth: Harnessing the Psychology of Success
As an expert in motivational speaking, mental health speaking, corporate training and life coaching, Joyce Marter recently spoke around the country on the topic of mental wealth to both corporate
Read More »Meditation & Yoga for Mental Health & Conscious Leadership
Meditation allows us to connect with the here-and-now and become rooted in the present moment, where peace resides. As the breath deepens and slows and we sit in stillness, we
Read More »Dual Diagnosis: The Chicken & Egg Relationship Between Mental Illness and Addiction
Written by Joyce Marter, LCPC If you take a minute to reflect on your friends, family, coworkers and yourself, it’s very likely that you know someone who has experienced substance
Read More »How to Prevent Burnout And Reignite Your Fire, by Snowden McFall, M.A.T
This is a guest blog by writer Snowden McFall, who is a stress expert as well as Joyce Marter’s friend and colleague from the National Speakers Association. How to Prevent
Read More »Refresh Mental Health Blog: How To Promote Gratitude In Children During The Holidays
Joyce Marter recently wrote a blog on how to promote gratitude in children during the holiday season. Below is an excerpt from the blog: “In this age of materialism and
Read More »LinkedIn Article: How To Exit A Group Counseling Practice With Ethics & Integrity
Joyce Marter recently wrote a LinkedIn article on how to exit a group counseling practice with ethics and integrity. Below is an excerpt from the article: “It’s natural that psychotherapists
Read More »Refresh Mental Health Blog: Refresh Mental Health Provides Legislative Advocacy for the Counseling Profession
Joyce Marter wrote a blog for the company Refresh Mental Health, of which she is the vice president of marketing & PR, about Refresh Mental Health’s legislative advocacy for the counseling
Read More »The Body Image Therapy Center Blog: Self-Care Assessment for Mind, Body, Spirit & Balance
Joyce Marter wrote a blog for The Body Image Therapy Center on the components of comprehensive self-care and how to evaluate one’s own self-care. Below is an excerpt from the
Read More »The Body Image Therapy Center Blog: Silence Your Inner Critic & Become Your Most Compassionate Advocate: 4 Tips
Joyce Marter wrote a blog for The Body Image Therapy Center on how to silence your inner critic and become your most compassionate advocate. Below is an excerpt from the
Read More »Psych Central Blog: 5 Tips For Dealing With Grief
This article was published on Joyce’s PsychCentral blog, The Psychology of Success. Whether you lost a loved one to sickness, tragedy , divorce or even a significant break-up, loss is a trauma.
Read More »Huffington Post Blog: How To Get Out Of A Bad Mood: 12 Tips
“Large and rapidly moving, ominous clouds of negativity roll into my mind, infuse my thoughts and deeply darken my mood. As I exhale, I feel the irritability fume from my
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