Devin H. Healthy Living Professional

La Crosse, Wisconsin
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Wisconsin. Blogging has been a nice way to... Full Bio
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The Importance of Good Sleep Habits by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health I have a great guest article today. As a Clinical Therapist I agree with Amy Cook, who has written the following article about sleep for this site. Be sure to check out her si ... Read on »
Preparation vs Worrying by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Here’s the difference between mentally preparing and worrying: Mental preparation is decisive and active. You think about options or situations ahead of time and decide ... Read on »
Evaluate Yourself . . . To a Point by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health I am one of those people that processes most of the day. By that I mean I think about situations and how I fit into them, what I could have done differently, what I might say ... Read on »
A Few Quotes to Consider by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health These quotes below are from Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in seeing a man trying to leap over a ditch a ... Read on »
Compassion Fatigue by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Compassion fatigue is what I call a long-term reaction to providing care. This can happen in health care providers, emergency personnel, personal caregivers, and other situati ... Read on »
Sorry! by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Hello to my loyal readers. I apologize for not posting much lately. Life got busier than usual the last couple weeks. Please look for a new post next week. Thank you and take ... Read on »
Growing Up by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Those who decide and commit to grow up, will. Those who wait until they grow up, won’t. Read on »
The Ripple Effect by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Have you ever heard of the Ripple Effect? Jacob Kounin wrote a book in the area of education, Discipline and Group Management in Classrooms (1970 ), discussing the idea that w ... Read on »
Expect Anger, to Diffuse It by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Anger management is not hoping that you won’t be angry. So give yourself a good chance to diffuse anger by expecting that you will, in fact, get angry. I have worked with seve ... Read on »
Good Parenting - Stick With It! by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health There is certainly no shortage of books, websites, magazine, and people who can give advice on how to parent. In fact, the multitude of parenting perspectives out there can be ... Read on »
Why Get Therapy? by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Consider this: therapy is a guided learning process. You and a therapist/counselor can define where you are in life, how you generally function, and who you are. How are you ... Read on »
Live in the Present by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Do you find it difficult to “live in the present”, or do people around you sometimes accuse you of living in the past? Hopefully this will help: it is physically impossible to ... Read on »
Procrastination and Worry by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health If you are a procrastinator and a worrier, then try procrastinating your worrying. Rate this : 2.5 Tags: General by Devin ( Check me out! ) No Comme ... Read on »
How Do You Learn? by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health There is an old phrase: You never stop learning. I agree with that. Even if you feel stuck in routine, like every single day is the same, your memories and experiences continu ... Read on »
Welcome message by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Welcome to MentalEmotionalHealth.com! About this blog . . . Thank you for visiting. The goal here is to promote mental and emotional wellness by expressing ideas and in ... Read on »
Seasonal Affective Disorder by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Here is my little cheat sheet on Seasonal Affective Disorder (or S.A.D., or Winter Blues), which I prepared from various sources for a media interview: Seasonal Affective ... Read on »
Depression Tip of the Day by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Change something if you’ve been feeling depressed. Part of depression is that “stuck” feeling that doesn’t seem to go away or change much. So try taking a different route to w ... Read on »
Trust in Relationships by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone. At least, I hope it’s happy for you. If not, then I’ll say Happy Middle-of-February. Trust is so important in relationships. When it’s there, ... Read on »
Speak With Purpose by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Two components of communication are speaking and listening. Although I plan to concentrate more on listening as this website develops, today I’ll start with speaking. Speak wi ... Read on »
Relationship Tip of the Day by Devin H. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health For a healthy relationship, it isn’t necessary for a couple to resolve all of their differences. But they do need to be able to move forward together despite differences. ... Read on »