Small Habits, Big Impact: Mental Health Tips for Women
March is a time to celebrate the strength, resilience, and impact of women everywhere. In this blog, Bridgeview Clinical Mental Health Intern Hailee Cruz shares practical mental health tips designed to support women’s well-being. From prioritizing rest and setting healthy boundaries to building supportive relationships and practicing self-compassion, these simple strategies can help improve emotional balance and overall wellness. Explore these tips and find one that works for you.
Reflections from Bali: The Power of Environment and the Perspectives It Shapes
During a recent trip to Bali, Netali Chopra reflects on how the environments we move through shape the way we think, feel, and understand ourselves. From hiking unfamiliar terrain to watching the sunrise over Mount Batur, she explores how place can quiet self-criticism, widen perspective, and invite growth. Sometimes clarity doesn’t come from pushing harder, but from stepping into a new landscape and allowing it to shift the way we see.
February Isn’t Just About Love: Navigating Loss, Longing, and Relationship Transitions
February can bring up grief, loneliness, and relationship questions. Heaven McCoy, LSW, explores attachment, loss, and emotional regulation with compassion.
The Lens We Inherit: How Others’ Expectations Shape Our Inner Narrative
This reflective mental health blog explores how inherited expectations shape identity, self-worth, and our inner narrative. Through clinical insight and personal reflection, readers are invited to choose a more compassionate and authentic lens.
Reflections from Bali: Embracing Perspective for Growth in 2026
This reflective blog explores how perspective shapes our experience of growth. Through a personal story, Netali invites readers to consider how curiosity, compassion, and intention can guide us into the year ahead.
New Year Goal Setting: Building Healthy Habits one step at a time
New Year’s goals don’t have to be overwhelming. This blog breaks down how small, achievable habits can build consistency, confidence, and lasting change for your mental health.
The Transformative Power of Intentional Gratitude
This month’s blog explores how gratitude affects the nervous system, why it strengthens resilience, and how small daily practices can bring more calm, connection, and emotional balance.
Loving and Accepting My Curls
Love My Curls Natural curls, natural hair – short or long – is beautiful on any person. There is a long history of influential people telling others what they can and cannot do with their hair. People of color have been made to feel like they do not fit the beauty standards, gender standards, or […]
Holiday Seasons Impact on Mental Health
Holiday Season The holidays are marketed as magical, relaxing, spiritual, or religious traditions. For many people, no matter the holiday you celebrate, it can be a season of joy with family and friends. However, for many people, the holidays can be taxing with financial, emotional, mental, and physical stress. It is important to recognize and […]
Managing the Holiday Blues…
As the holidays approach, many of us find ourselves a bit blue. Sometimes reflecting on the challenges we’ve faced throughout the year, in addition to the stressors that come with holiday demands. This may leave you feeling overwhelmed and even depressed. As stressors peak, it can become more difficult to manage them. Small daily preventative […]