prevent mania and hypomania

Therese Borchard had written an article, “10 ways to prevent a mania and hypomania” for the emotional health section of Everyday Health.

Read it here: http://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/therese-borchard-sanity-break/ways-curb-mania-and-hypomania/?xid=fb_s_070716_n_emotionalhealth_d

habits of people who conceal their depression

Lexi Herrick had written an article, “11 habits of people with concealed depression” for TheMindsJournal.com.  

Here is the link for the article:

http://themindsjournal.com/11-habits-of-people-with-concealed-depression/

people who drain energy from others

Harry Potter fans: do you know what a dementor is?

I read an article from theMindsJournal.com about drawing energy from people. I found the article interesting. I must admit, based on my personal experiences, I have been around people who I felt were draining energy from me. However, I must admit that I am an introvert and social situations often drain my reserves. Here is the article: http://themindsjournal.com/people-can-draw-energy-people-way-plants/

do you want to be the best rec therapist?

Do you want to be the best Rec Therapist?

Chris Widener had written an article for success.com titled “12 characteristics of people who are the best at what they do.” Read the article and see how many of the 12 characteristics you have:

http://www.success.com/article/12-characteristics-of-people-who-are-the-best-at-what-they-do

Breathing is important

Effective breathing is very powerful. Robin Lee had written an article for upliftconnect.com, titled, “Breathwork for clearing trauma from the body.”

Rec therapists might want to read this article. Go here: http://upliftconnect.com/breathwork-for-clearing-trauma/

brain fitness - do more than play simple games

Constance Gustke had written an article for the New York Times blog, “for effective brain fitness, do more than play simple games.”

Rec Therapists might want to read this article. Go here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/09/your-money/for-effective-brain-fitness-do-more-than-play-simple-games.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

RelaxingPal project @ Indiegogo

RelaxingPal is a new project on Indiegogo.

It seems like a really cool thing.

They claim their product helps with healthy sleep, powernaps, stress relief, relaxation, massage relaxation, and lucid dreaming.

Here is their link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/relaxingpal-artificial-intelligence-and-relaxation--2#/

coloring - healing from grief

Chelsey Hamilton had written  “How this grown-up coloring book can help you heal from grief” for Health.com.

Rec Therapists might want to read this article:

http://www.health.com/mind-body/adult-coloring-book-grief?xid=socialflow_facebook_health

Some tips for attitude adjustement

Steve Rizzo had written an interesting blog titled, “Attitude Adjustment 101: Say it out loud with me that was featured at success.com’s blog.

http://www.success.com/blog/attitude-adjustment-101-say-it-out-loud-with-me

A person's words can predict mental illness

I’m a huge fan of TED Talks.

I really liked Mariano Sigman’s talk regarding how words can predict the future of your mental health, which can be read at the link below:

ted.com/talks/mariano_sigman_your_words_may_predict_your_future_mental_health?language=en&utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=talk&utm_term=science 

CTRS needed in Idaho

A CTRS Is needed in Idaho. Go here:

http://idaho.jobs/certified-therapeutic-recreation-specialist/jobs-in/none/idaho/usa/jobs/health-and-welfare/careers/?vs=25

Pet therapy program in the news

Here is an article for a Pet Recreational Therapy Program! How cool is that!

Go here:

http://www.reflector.com/News/2016/07/09/Back-in-the-Day-Animals-help-humans-heal.html

benefits for hand-writing

Perri Klass, a Medical Doctor had written a blog entry for “Well,” a blog from the New York Times about handwriting.  He argues that there is research that connects handwriting to achievement.

Myself, I’ve always thought good handwriting served as a halo-effect, which teachers assume the child must be smarter from the good handwriting.

Here is the link:

well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/20/why-handwriting-is-still-essential-in-the-keyboard-age/?_r=0

teach your child to include others

Teach your child to be an include

Social exclusion is a form of bullying. I don’t like it.

I’ve worked to teach positive social skills for many years to children. I’ve written one social skills book, “Building Character with Sam and Izzy: 15 Tips to help children build character.”

I was really glad to see this article by Katie Hurley, LCWS who provided tips on how to teach your child to be an include, that was featured at the PBS link below:

http://www.pbs.org/parents/expert-tips-advice/2016/06/be-an-includer/

slow down to become happier

Slow down to become happier

Many people who follow my Rec Therapy Today blog know that I [Danny Pettry] am a big fan of positive psychology, mindfulness meditation, and things like that.

Here is a link for a neat article from TED about slowing down:

ideas.ted.com/want-to-be-happy-slow-down/?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=ideas-blog&utm_term=social-science