Mental Health Notes

May 31st, 2008

Saturday Sanity: Putting A Bee In Your Bonnet

My bookmarks and email inbox have been bursting at the seams this week, just waiting to get into Saturday Sanity for all you fine people! Now that the day has arrived, it’s clear to me there is so much Saturday Sanity-worthy news, I’d best break it up so as not to take up 3/4 of […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 0 comments

May 30th, 2008

The Recovery Cup Board Game Helps With Recovery And Coping Strategies

A friend of mine sent me an email about this, and even though it’s not the most recent news (the original post is from May 8, 2006) I thought it was too interesting and neat not to also pass along to you Mental Health Notes readers.
Besides, it takes a while for tools like this to […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 1 comment

May 14th, 2008

Know Of Any Good Mental Health Road Games?

I’ve been in the car a lot over the past week - making long trips, making short trips, stuck in delays because of road work - and at some point during that time I started thinking about road games (car games, travel games - whatever you like to call them). I don’t know why, as […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 2 comments

August 7th, 2007

Reduce Stress The Interactive Way

I have a secret…
Want to know what it is?
Well, if I told you it wouldn’t be a secret anymore!
You have to earn it. Below are a few hints:

It’s transparent and lightweight.
You can buy your own, but freebies often arrive in the mail.
You can’t use it more than once.
You either love it or you hate it […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 2 comments