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Building Social Bonds: Connections That Promote Well-Being

Strong, healthy relationships are important throughout your life. Your social ties with family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and others impact your mental, emotional, and even physical well-being. “We can’t underestimate the power of a relationship in helping to promote well-being,” Read more >>

Encouraging Healthy Eating

Join us for this Voices of Compassion episode with CHC experts, Karly Crockett, LCSW and Rachel O’Harra, LMFT as we explore the vital connection between healthy eating for both mental and physical well-being. Proper nutrition fuels our bodies and minds, Read more >>

How to Nurture Positive Food Associations in Your Children

Do you struggle with getting your kids to eat healthily? Do they turn up their noses up at anything green or refuse to try new foods? It can be frustrating when you’re trying your best to provide nutritious meals, only Read more >>

How to Raise a Healthy Eater

Good food and nutrition are the foundation of children’s health and bring benefits that can last a lifetime. Teaching your child about healthy eating from a young age will help them to have a positive relationship with food well into Read more >>

Parents, It’s Time to Talk to Your Child About Vaping

Parents, have you talked to your kids about vaping nicotine yet? If you have an older kid or a teenager, it’s likely they will encounter e-cigarettes at some point. They often contain more nicotine than regular cigarettes, which makes them Read more >>

Adolescent Development Explained [downloadable]

Adolescence is a time of enormous transition. Although adolescence may appear to be a turbulent time, it is also a period of great potential as young people engage more deeply with the world around them. Adolescents typically grow physically, try Read more >>

How Daily Moments of Joy Can Help Long-Term Well-Being

An analysis released from scientists behind a research initiative called the BIG JOY Project finds that people who commit daily “micro-acts” of joy experience about a 25% increase in emotional well-being over the course of a week. Read more >>

Anxiety, Stress, and Vaping

Stress and anxiety can trigger vape cravings, and make it harder for you to quit for good. You may be tempted to reach for your vape when you have these feelings, but vaping is not an effective way to cope. Read more >>

12 Tips to Prepare for the Return to School

Every family wants to make sure their children enjoy a safe, happy and productive year as classrooms reopen this fall. The American Academy of Pediatrics published a list of 12 tips to prepare children for back-to-school season, including several that Read more >>

Why Sleep Matters for Kids’ Bodies and Brains

It’s hard to overstate the importance of sleep for our well-being. When our sleep is disrupted, we become become more susceptible to illness and more likely to suffer cognitive impairment, poor work performance, and withdrawal and loneliness. This is especially Read more >>

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