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Getting ready for Christmas?

12/17/2022

Cathy Brownfield

It is the holiday time of year. And, as has become my usual state, I have been planning what I want to do, but I am running behind, partly because I don’t push hard enough to get things done. I am trying to live in the moment while also dealing with the adventures – and misadventures – of family.

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Self-care isn’t selfish

12/10/2022

Cathy Brownfield

Self-care isn’t selfish. So why do so many of us feel guilty when we attend to the things we require for our personal well-being? In a recent webinar, “Soar with Self-Care: Refuel Your Well Being,” hosted by Advocates for Human Potential Inc., the facilitators led the participants to re-evaluate where they stand with self-care and well-being.

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Your Attitude of Gratitude is good for you

12/03/2022

Cathy Brownfield

Do you feel appreciated? What does that mean to you? How many times have you heard someone say, “I’m working on my attitude of gratitude”? What are they saying? What has happened to our world that has so adversely affected so many of us?

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Home for the holidays: Be safe

11/26/2022

Cathy Brownfield

It’s that time again, with many festivities planned over the next month or so. Highway safety campaigns also are under way to keep folks safe between parties. Those who abstain from substance use/misuse are making their plans. Christmas parties are scheduled. There will be parades and sitting on Santa’s knee to whisper in his ear what each child hopes to find under the Christmas tree this year.

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Listening and tolerence

11/19/2022

Cathy Brownfield

A day or two ago, when I began studying at Kent State-Salem, I took a class called “Listening.” It is true. It was a real class. I didn’t want to stand up in front of a class every week and give speeches. I am not a good public speaker, I think. So, I took Listening.

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Changes

11/4/2023

Things change. People change. Faces change. I have heard that change is the only thing that is consistent in life. Changes may be bad, risky, negative. But they also can become good, healthy and positive again. I do not know how my supervisor at FRC is going to feel about this column, but being the sentimental person that I am … I am an introvert. I write much better than I speak. And I write from the heart. So, maybe Eloise will be OK with these words.

Social media: May change your kid’s brain

10/28/2023

In 2019, WHO (the World Health Organization) published strict guidelines about children’s screen time. Why? Because intensive digital media use is thought to reduce working memory capacity, cause psychological problems from depression to anxiety and sleep disorders, and affects comprehension when reading screens.

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