Self-care is an Essential Element in Support of Your Mental Health

Self-care is an Essential Element in Support of Your Mental Health

Savanna Brewton

This piece discusses the importance of self-care in managing stress, lowering your risk of illness, and increasing your energy and explores some self-care activities you may want to incorporate into your routines. Daily self-care activities can be enjoying a warm beverage like coffee or tea, going for a walk, taking a bubble bath, applying a face mask, practicing a mantra, or anything else that is an easy plugin to your day to practice self-love. Taking time for yourself, allows you to refill your cup and continue to pour into the cups of those you love around you. While self-care is not a cure for mental illnesses, understanding your triggers and establishing self-care practices and other healthy coping mechanisms can help manage and improve your mental health.


Purity Culture- A Review of Pure by Linda Kay Klein

Purity Culture- A Review of Pure by Linda Kay Klein

Cliff Jackson, LAPC

Pure by Linda Kay Klein addresses purity culture and the emphasis of sexual purity placed upon women in the 1990’s, this book review by LAPC, Cliff Jackson, is intended to provide a brief description that focuses on the impact of purity culture on an individual’s identity. Pure’s material is not only crushing, depressing, infuriating, and alarming, but also filled to the brim with life-giving validation, empowerment, hope, and empathy.

A Review of Life without Ed by Jenni Schaefer and Thom Rutledge

A Review of Life without Ed by Jenni Schaefer and Thom Rutledge

Kelly Simonson, Ph.D

Co-Written by a woman in ED recovery and her therapist, Life without Ed talks about ED like an abusive boyfriend named Ed. Like most abusive relationships, the relationship between Ed and someone with an eating disorder starts out positively. Then, like a lot of abusive relationships, Ed becomes more controlling, more dangerous, and pretty soon, you are sacrificing what matters to you to please Ed.You do have the power to leave Ed--for good and not look back. If you are ready to try recovery and see the beauty in a life with more freedom, contact us. We want to help you kick out Ed for good.


A Review of Polysecure by Jessica Fern

A Review of Polysecure by Jessica Fern

Saron Bryan, LMSW

Jessica Fern, is a psychotherapist who specializes in working with polyamorous relationships, and she wrote Polysecure because she noticed a gap in literature that addressed how a person’s attachment style shows up for them in polyamorous relationships. Fern’s book addresses attachment styles, consensual non-monogamy (CNM), and the importance of cultivating a secure attachment with yourself before you dive into securely attaching with multiple partners. At GRCC, we are here, we are knowledgeable, and we want to partner with you to cultivate beautiful and securely attached relationships, no matter the structure.

We Can Do Hard Things: Silent Sex Queen Podcast

We Can Do Hard Things: Silent Sex Queen Podcast

Kelly Simonson, Ph.D

Glennon Doyle discusses in her podcast Silent Sex Queen her relationship with sex, being used as a sexual object by her former male partners, and her history in therapy. Kelly Simonson, Ph.D evaluates this podcast episode and talks about its importance in her practice, Getting Real Counseling Center.