Few experiences in life are as personally shocking as losing someone important to you. While grief is a universal experience, it is one that never becomes any easier or more predictable. Even though most of us will be faced with our own grief or with the responsibility of helping someone through theirs multiple times, every […]
The InStepp Blog: Our Perspective
Visit the InStepp Blog often to get our perspective on issues and local events. Our bloggers continually scan the internet looking for news, ideas and other information of potential interest to our readers.
Creating Lasting Habits
As we reach the halfway point of 2022, I’ve decided to look back to the start of the year and think about the New Year’s resolutions that I established way back in January. Each year, I set fairly standard resolutions for myself, work hard to achieve them for the first month of the year, and […]
Fake Happy: Adolescents and the “masking” of Depression
Being an adolescent can be tough sometimes. You will go through many physical changes, peer pressure, and at times, mental health issues. This whole process plus internal challenges and psychological distress can be draining and heavy—sometimes, they can even make us feel helpless. In a report conducted by UNICEF (2021) that tackles many aspects of […]