Mental Health Care is an Important Investment

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The cost of anything—from health insurance to a bachelor’s degree to a face cream—is always substantiated if what you stand to gain from the investment outweighs the initial costs. However, some investments are not only entirely justified but could end up costing you a lot more in the long run if disregarded. It’s Mental Health […]

3 Tips for Sticking to a Budget to Improve Your Finances

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It’s no secret that most people can’t keep a good budget. And it’s often not the money that’s the problem. It’s our mindsets about the budget that’s sucking. A budget feels restrictive. It means saying no to things we want. And it’s often something we think about when we’re already feeling low because our spending got […]

Managing Mental Health with Alcohol Doesn’t Work

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Having dinner with friends, celebrating a birthday or holiday, watching sports, or at the end of a long day, many turn to alcohol to “enhance” the occasion or relieve some stress. With alcohol widely available in just about any flavor you can think of and heavily marketed to entice us to try the latest fruity […]