The Pillars of Health: Mind-Body Connection
By: Kenny Parmenter, LCSW-A, LCAS-A The point of mind-body connection is to be aware of what is happening in your mind and what your body is experiencing. This could involve becoming more connected with your breath, dealing with pain or discomfort, identifying things...
The Pillars of Health: Exercise
By: Kenny Parmenter, LCSW-A, LCAS-A This week I’d like to talk about exercise and the importance of movement. I am not an exercise physiologist nor professional athlete (those days are behind me, haha). However I can share with you that exercise and movement are...
The Pillars of Health: Diet
By: Kenny Parmenter, LCSW-A, LCAS-A Last week I wrote about what is self-care. We learned the difference between the content, recommendations we are given or things we do for self-care, and the process how we learn to value and prioritize self-care. Over the...
Spring 2020 Newsletter
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Self-Care: Process vs content
By: Kenny Parmenter, LCSW-A, LCAS-A, Vecinos Mental Health Therapist Many of us have been told that we need to practice self-care. We have even been given a lot of different recommendations for self-care. But do we really understand, what is self-care? Maybe...
Mantenernos saludables física y mentalmente durante el coronavirus
Las recomendaciones presentadas a continuación provienen del Centro para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) y la Asociación Estadounidense de Psicología (APA). Con todos los eventos asociados con el Coronavirus (COVID-19) es importante conocer las...