Wellness Inspiration
Talking about Healthy Relationships Helps Prevent Teen Dating Violence
By Emily Fanjoy, Safer Futures Project Coordinator, Tillamook County Women’s Resource Center, emily@tcwrc.net Fe...
Lost and Found
By Nathan Rogers I am what most would consider a kind person — reasonable and compassionate. Some might even say I...
A Short-Cut for Mental Fitness
By Dr. Rea Scovill When you try to find peace as you go through your days, there’s a simple way to approach your overw...
A FORMULA for Mental Fitness – #4 of 4 part series on Mental Fitness
By Rea Anne Scovill, Ph.D. When is mental fitness most crucial? When we tackle parenting. Let’s consider it as applied...
“Sensitivity” and Fight-or-Flight – Part 3 of 4 part series on Mental Fitness
By Rea Anne Scovill, Ph.D. Last week I described how our brains prepare our bodies to fight or flee, when the problem ca...
PART 2 – Mental Fitness Articles — Fight-or-Flight, or Mental Fitness
By Rea Scovill, Ph.D. Fight-or-flight responses are reactions to danger, particularly life-threatening danger. Th...
YOW Tackles Tough Challenges – Mental and Behavioral Health, Addiction and More
May 16 – 21 National Prevention Week National Prevention Week is an annual health observance dedicated to increasing p...
Get on the Path to A Healthier You
If you quit smoking right now… Within 20 minutes: Your heart rate and blood pressure drop.1 Within 12 hours: The c...
Smokers Puts Pets at Risk
By DeAnna Pearl, M.A.T., B.S. Certified Prevention Specialist CBS Evening News – Date line April 21, 2015 “Chimp...
Free support offered to quit tobacco
If you are ready to quit using tobacco or nicotine products, there is a new text message program that provides support. ...
Year of Wellness – Focus on Healthy Minds in May Mental Fitness Is “Hot” Too
By Rea Scovill, Ph.D. We’ve come a long way since 1956, when a famous Chicago psychiatrist told our kind and loving ne...
Bounce or Splat: Building Resiliency
By DeAnna Pearl, Tillamook County Prevention Coordinator, Tillamook Family Counseling Center What does it take to build ...