Dr. Lockhart on Relationships + Expectations
This week for #WarriorWednesday, Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart, PsyD, ABPP of A New Day Pediatric Psychology, is partnering with us to talk about relationships and expectations. She discusses how we learn about relationships and develop expectations for them at an early age. Sometimes we have healthy models for relationships, and sometimes we have unhealthy ones. Dr. Lockhart […]
It’s Okay if Your Self-Care Looks Different Right Now
It’s okay if your self-care routine looks different right now, or is requiring more effort. A friend and I talked about this recently and I realized how true this is. Is that walk you used to take that made everything a lot better, just not cutting it anymore? Does taking that walk feel more like […]
There is Beauty in Passion
The other day, I saw a TikTok about being passionate. The scenario is one person asking someone else about what they were really passionate about as a kid, and the other person’s eyes light up as she starts talking about what her childhood passion was. Eventually, though, she starts to feel self-conscious and apologizes for […]
Counselor Takes Over Insta Stories
This week for #freeyourmindfriday, TJ Thomas, a Utah-based counselor, took over our Instagram stories to talk about mental health. Check out his bio below! TJ is a mental health counselor working in Salt Lake City, Utah. He got his Master’s in Social Work from University of Southern California and is working to become an LCSW. […]
#DearCaroline on Friendship
TW: Suicide Loss This week for #WarriorWednesday, Caroline McKeown was back with another new episode of her #DearCaroline vlog. This week, she’s talking about valuing your friendships. Recently, a friend of hers almost lost her life to suicide, and it made her think about what her friendships mean to her. With limited in-person connection right […]
Keep Holding Onto Hope
Life is truly a rollercoaster. It’s full of excitement, highs, fear, lows, uncertainty and regret. Those are probably all some of the feelings you’ve had, before, during or after a rollercoaster ride. Right now my rollercoaster is in one of those low spots. It’s been so frustrating to watch my mom fight pancreatic cancer for […]
Licensed Therapist and Mindset Coach, Haneen, Spreads Self-love on the Gram
This week, Haneen Ahmad, licensed therapist and mindset coach takes over our instagram to share her passion for supporting women on their journey to self-love and empowerment. In our household, I grew up the oldest of 4 children, one of which had a disability called Prader-Willi Syndrome. From a young age, I knew I wanted […]
1N5 Kicks Off SCPA Staff Meetings with “Mindful Minute”
As part of an ongoing mental health initiative with the School for Creative and Performing Arts, 1N5 will be kicking off SCPA’s staff meetings with a “Mindful Minute” covering various educator wellness topics. The SCPA administration recognizes the enormous amount of stress educators are under right now, so they are implementing this “Mindful Minute” at […]
1N5 Presents on Self-Awareness & Growth Mindset at Mercy Montessori
On Friday, January 29th, 1N5 presented to the 7th-grade students at Mercy Montessori on Self-Awareness & Growth Mindset. The students learned how being self-aware allows us to grow by giving us clues as to how we’re feeling, helping us recognize our strengths and acknowledge our challenges, and helping us recognize when it’s time to ask […]
Prioritize Yourself
As a society, we tend not to prioritize self-care and mental wellness. We are a career-focused people, and we typically let work take precedence over wellness. With all that has happened in the past year, though, that mentality is starting to change. I’ve noticed the change in my own life, especially over the past few […]
