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Hope for Healing blog articles
Every journey to healing begins with HOPE. I invite you to join us on the pathway of healing and living joyfully. On the Hope for Healing website you’ll find tools and resources to learn and apply new skills to increase happiness, build confidence and self-esteem, strengthen families and marriages, manage stress, and help alleviate symptoms of depression and anxiety. You have the power to create the life you want. We’ll show you how.
17 Simple Ways to Relieve Worry, Stress, and Anxiety
17 Simple Ways to Relieve Worry, Stress, and Anxiety Worry, stress and anxiety can trigger a host of health problems, but there are things we can do to overcome the feelings of worry, stress, and anxiety. Here are 17 simple ways to relieve worry, stress, and...
How does worry and stress affect your health?
You Got This! Am I good enough? How do I stop worrying about my kids? How do I forgive myself? All these questions and more are answered in "You Got This!" "You Got This!" is a thoroughly researched, easy-to-read, well-designed action plan to calm feelings of fear,...
Emotional first aid kit
What is an emotional first aid kit? An emotional first aid kit is simply a list of emotional wellness tools that can provide an immediate, although temporary, positive effect on the way we think and feel. Having an emotional first aid kit readily available can...
The secret to confidence and self esteem
What is the secret to confidence and self esteem? Why is it that some people seem to have all the luck? Brimming with confidence, happiness and success they have a strong sense of love and belonging while other people, no matter how hard they try, are always wondering...
5 Tips to Increase Happiness
Tip #1 Smile Why it works: Which comes first, the smile or the happiness? When people are happy they smile, but Charles Darwin first proposed the idea that it can also go the other way around in 1872 when he wrote, “The free expression by outward signs of an...
You are good enough
Download the free ebook, You Are Good Enough: and I Can Prove It! You are good enough and we can prove it!Have you ever wondered if you're good enough? We have good news for you. We have the answer to that question and the answer is YES! Follow along and allow us...
10 tips to overcome depression
10 tips to help overcome depression When you’re dealing with depression, it isn’t a matter of simply flipping a switch and “snapping out of it,” yet there is something we can do about it. We now have proof through MRI scans that significant, measurable changes in...
Tips for Taking a Holistic Approach to Mental and Physical Health
Tips for Taking a Holistic Approach to Mental and Physical Health Most people tend to build something of a psychic barrier between their physical and mental health, thinking of them as two relatively separate entities. However, this couldn’t be further from the...
Free progressive relaxation audio
Progressive relaxation - Free audio What is "progressive relaxation" and how does it help with stress? When we're stressed throughout the day, we often hold tension in our body through tightness in the shoulders, neck, lower back, etc. In this audio, we're going to...
Stress Management – Free audio course
Stress management - Free audio courseCourse description This audio course is designed to help increase skills to calm fear, anxiety, worry, and stress. In this course you'll learn how our emotions affect our autonomic nervous system. You'll learn how to decrease...
Dealing with depression – free audio course
Dealing with depression - Free audio course Course description This audio course is designed for anyone who is dealing with depression or anyone who has a loved one dealing with depression. In this course you'll learn some of the neurological and chemical effects of...
How to love and accept yourself – free audio course
How to love and accept yourself - Free audio courseCourse description This empowering course can transform your life! Learning to love and accept yourself is the foundation of building confidence and self-esteem. In this course, you’ll discover why you are good...
Mental health day
Recommendation: take a mental health day A "mental health day" involves taking a day off from work and dedicating that whole day to restoring mental and emotional health. It's an opportunity for self care and to recover from stress, overwork, or burnout. Americans...
Suicide prevention
"Be the 1 to" is an excellent resource to help empower you to know what to do if a friend or family member is considering suicide. They have a 5 step action plan for communicating with someone who may be suicidal. The five steps include: asking, being there, keeping...
How do I learn to love and accept myself?
Click here to listen to a free audio course on how to love and accept yourself.Learning to love and accept yourself is the foundation of confidence and self-esteem I'm going to explain some reasons why you are worthy of love and acceptance, why it matters that...
“I am” posters
"I am" posters Learning to love and accept yourself is the foundation of confidence and self-esteem. In order to love and accept yourself, a person needs to believe that they have value and worth. The value of a human soul is intrinsic, it comes from the inside,...
A message to anyone who has wondered if they’re good enough
Free ebook. Please check out our free ebook "You Are Good Enough, and I Can Prove It." If you've ever wondered if you're good enough, we have good news for you. The answer is "yes," and we can prove it. A message to anyone who has ever wondered if they're "good...
Toxic Family Dynamics & How to Establish Healthy Boundaries
Toxic family dynamics We can all use a little more peace and happiness in our lives. Hope for Healing offers tools, information, resources, and a plan to increase happiness, build confidence and self-esteem, strengthen families and marriages, manage stress, and help...
Why Eating Together as a Family Matters
6 Scientific Reasons Why Eating Together as a Family Matters Family dinner is not just about the food, it's about the family. Research suggests many reasons why family dinner matters, here are just six of them. 1. Better mental and emotional health.Families...
Tips for better sleep
Tips for better sleep The effect of sleep deprivation on mood has been well documented. Getting enough sleep is important for our mental and emotional well being. On average, we need to have about seven to eight hours of sleep per night. ...
Message to those suffering with depression
Free help for depression. Please check out our free ebook "30 Days to Alleviate Depression." If you're struggling with feelings of depression, this just might be the missing key you've been looking for. A message of hope to those with loved ones suffering from...
Why do we compare ourselves with others?
Why do we compare ourselves against other people? We all compare ourselves to other people. We do this even when the comparisons make us unhappy. Why do we do this? How does this tendency to compare with others affect our wellbeing? Is...
