b5media.com

Advertise with us

Enjoying this blog? Check out the rest of the Health & Wellness Channel Subscribe to this Feed

Mental Health Notes

Archive for the ‘Women’ Category

May 13th, 2008

Join The Health & Wellness Channel In Recognizing Mental Health Month!

Yipee! It’s the Health & Wellness Channel’s monthly theme day, and I’m super excited because not only am I finally hosting, but the theme is mental health in honor of May being Mental Health Month!
My fellow b5media bloggers have really pulled together and presented some great information this month, so grab a cup of coffee […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 8 comments

May 11th, 2008

Give Your Brains A Break This Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mom’s out there!
I know it’s Sunday, and I’m only supposed to write a Brain Break post, but…it’s also Mother’s Day, and the article I’m getting ready to share with you may actually help the mothers out there give their brains a break.
In 2008 May is Mental Health Month: Stressed […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments

May 7th, 2008

Visit NAMI & DBSA Booths At Revoltion Health’s Women’s Health Expo!

I have some mental health news for you ladies and…well, just ladies, as this doesn’t really pertain to the gents; unless, of course, you’re looking to find mental health information for that special lady in your life!
Revolution Health, that lovely Web site that hosted the Revolution Health Online Health Fair last year, is at it […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 1 comment

May 3rd, 2008

Saturday Sanity: Keeps The Doctor Away

Well, OK, you got me. Saturday Sanity doesn’t exactly keep the doctor away, but it does keep you up to date with what’s going on in the world of mental health, and that’s good too, right?

I talked about a lot of stuff this week here at Mental Health Notes. Not only did I get to […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments

April 29th, 2008

Blame Sexy Women For The Crappy Economy

Haha, not really. Well…at least, I don’t think so?
According to research conducted and led by Northwestern University finance professor Camelia Kuhnen and Stanford psychologist Brian Knutson, sex and money trigger the same area of our brains - the V-shaped nucleus accumbens, or, our brains’ pleasure center.
During the research, which involved 15 heterosexual men (no women […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments

April 26th, 2008

Saturday Sanity: Gathers No Moss

Let’s glance back at some of the topics I covered this week here at Mental Health Notes. I shared pictures during Sunday’s Brain Break, mused on the mental health repercussions for the FLDS religious sect children, explained why being kind to the earth (and not just on Earth Day!) was good for our minds, offered […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments

April 23rd, 2008

Nurture Mental Health During The Fight Against Cancer

Did you know April is Cancer Control Month? It’s true, it’s true, and in honor of that we bloggers here at the b5media Health & Wellness Channel have decided this month’s theme day should focus on cancer.
Rather than try to choose just one topic pertaining to cancer and mental health - or going the obvious […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 1 comment

April 19th, 2008

Goin’ To The Chapel: Don’t Stress About Wedding Etiquette

We’ve reached the end of our Goin’ to the Chapel series with Molly McDonald, and if you’ve stuck it out this far you’ve gained some tips on how to:

Stay within your wedding budget without stressing out over money.
Create your wedding guest list so that it matches your budget and pleases both you and your soon-to-be […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 1 comment

April 19th, 2008

Saturday Sanity: Upgrade Your Brain

I’m really enjoying the new layout of Saturday Sanity. I think it’s doing a much better job of providing more Saturday Sanity-worthy links, don’t you?
Anyway…

First, let’s take a look back at some of the things that have gone on here at Mental Health Notes this week. We kicked off the stress-busting Goin’ to the Chapel […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 1 comment

April 18th, 2008

Goin’ To The Chapel: Managing The Stress Of Unwanted Wedding Arrivals

Unless you have a super fantastic relationship with your soon-to-be husband’s ex-fiancee, the thought of having her at the wedding probably stresses you out a lot a bit.
They were together for five years. His parents adored her. They were even engaged to be married!
Yep, that kind of wedding guest could make even the most collected […]

By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 1 comment

Site Meter
Close
E-mail It