May is Mental Health Awareness Month

by Linda Mesing Cook | May 18, 2018 | Featured

May is Mental Health Awareness Month While I have been writing a blog post every quarter for the past couple of years, I thought it was important to recognize the month of May as Mental Health Awareness month.  Melissa Metzger, a student at UCF,  has agreed to share...

The Benefits of Art & Music Therapy

by Linda Mesing Cook | Apr 17, 2018 | Featured

Photo by stux For the month of April, I am happy to welcome a contributing post from the founder of RecoveryPride.org.  Michelle Peterson is the founder and manager of RecoveryPride.org, an organization that seeks to de-stigmatize substance abuse and those who...

Happy New Year 2018!

by Linda Mesing Cook | Jan 21, 2018 | Featured

Zion National Park Mountain Goats Happy New Year 2018!  Reflections on the past year and recent news items:   It is hard to believe we have come to the end of another year and are off to a new start with 2018.  In a way, it has been a difficult year for many-reminders...

October 2017-Developing Positive Character Strengths

by Linda Mesing Cook | Nov 1, 2017 | Featured

October 2017 Blog- Discovering Virtuous Character Strengths As I find myself getting this blog out a month late this October, I recognize how quickly time seems to slip away as the hot, hot summer has now made way for the welcome change of cooler temperatures this...

August 2017- Discovering Virtuous Character Strengths

by Linda Mesing Cook | Aug 15, 2017 | Featured

August 2017—Discovering Virtuous Character Strengths It is hard to believe that summer has been flying by so quickly! I anticipated a blog post in early July, though seemed to be side-tracked by a busy month of activity, work and time out of the office. The...

April 2017- Discovering Virtuous Character Strengths

by Linda Mesing Cook | May 1, 2017 | Featured

April 2017—–Discovering Virtuous Character Strengths Continuing with the previous blog from January of this year, we are examining various virtues to work toward strengthening these in our own daily lives. For this quarter, we look at the character traits...