Community Counseling Services of South Dakota

05/26/2026

𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬!!
𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑟… 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ. 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦! 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡? 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙! 𝐴 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛, 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 “𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠” 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑎𝑦! 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 30-𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 “𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠” 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 - 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 “𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠”, 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑝𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑟, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡. 𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦 “ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡” 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒.
𝗛𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁 #𝟱 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲
This is one of the most powerful psychological tools ever discovered. When you're stressed, sad, angry or overwhelmed, your brain panics because it doesn't understand the emotion fully. But if you simply name the emotion something incredible happens. The emotional part of your brain, the amygdala, actually reduces its activity meaning the emotion becomes less intense.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭: 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Happiness Hack: whatever you are feeling, give it a name
• I’m stressed.
• I’m frustrated.
• I’m anxious.
• I’m overwhelmed.
• I’m tired.
• I’m sad.
• I’m mad.
The moment you name the emotion, your brain relaxes. You are not suppressing your emotions; you are processing them. This gives you emotional control instead of emotional chaos. 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭.
*𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝟫𝟪𝟪 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴.

05/25/2026

Our offices are closed today, Monday May 25th, for Memorial Day.

05/20/2026

𝐖𝐄'𝐑𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 & 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭
Are you a numbers wizard with a sharp eye for detail? We are looking for a dedicated Staff Accountant to join our team!

If you love balancing books, streamlining processes, and ensuring everything runs like clockwork, we want to hear from you.

📋 𝙆𝙚𝙮 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨:
𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭:
- General Ledger & Reporting: Maintain liability and prepaid accounts; assist with monthly financials by running reports and entering GL entries.
- Audit Preparation: Assist the CFO in preparing for the annual audit, year-end (YE) workpapers, workers' comp audits, and specialized cost reporting.
- Asset & Tax Management: Handle depreciation calculations, entries, and tax reporting.
- Budgets & Grants: Assist with budget preparation and manage financial tracking for grants and insurance.
- Operational Support: Assist with contracts and maintain miscellaneous financial spreadsheets.
Accounts Payable Management
- AP Oversight: Maintain all accounts payable records for the entire agency, ensuring bills are coded correctly.
- Invoice & Expense Tracking: Match monthly statements to invoices for charge cards; track and maintain credit and fuel cards for employees.
- Systems & Payments: Record invoices into the Business Works program, and prepare and mail payments twice per month.

📬 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙮?
Join a team that values your precision and expertise!

👉 Apply today at: https://www.ccs-sd.org/jobs/staff-accountant---accounts-payable
📧 Questions? Reach out to us at hr@ccs-sd.org

05/18/2026

𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬!!
𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑟… 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ. 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦! 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡? 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙! 𝐴 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛, 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 “𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠” 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑎𝑦! 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 30-𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 “𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠” 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 - 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 “𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠”, 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑝𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑟, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡. 𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦 “ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡” 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒.
𝐇𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭 #𝟑 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐩
Happiness isn't about having a perfect life; it's about noticing what's good in your life.
Your brain has what's called a negativity bias meaning it focuses on problems faster than positives. But here's a micro habit that flips the switch; name one good thing!
𝐇𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭 #𝟒 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥
This micro habit surprises people: your posture shapes your feelings. When you slump, head down, shoulders curved, your brain releases chemicals linked to stress and helplessness. When you stand or sit up straight, shoulders back, chest open, chin lifted, your brain releases confidence and happiness signals within seconds.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭: 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.
Happiness Hack: correct your posture for 10 Mississippi - seconds.
• Straighten up
• breathe in (Try the 1 slow breath technique: inhale for four seconds, hold for one second, exhale for five seconds)
• Lift your chest,
• Relax your shoulders.
This small shift changes the hormones in your body which changes your emotions. You’re not just changing how you stand; you’re changing how your brain thinks “about how you are.”
𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩.

*𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝟫𝟪𝟪 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴.

05/13/2026

𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 - 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟑𝐭𝐡
May is 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡, a critical time dedicated to shining a light on the emotional and psychological well-being of teenagers. In 2026, this movement focuses on breaking the stigma surrounding mental health challenges—such as anxiety and depression—that many young people experience. With nearly 40% of U.S. high school students reporting persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, this month emphasizes that mental health is just as important as physical health. It encourages open conversations, early intervention, and connecting youth with tools and support, aiming to create a supportive community rather than allowing teens to struggle in silence.
𝐀 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞
The most crucial takeaway is this: 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. Mental health challenges do not define who you are, and seeking help is an act of immense strength, not weakness. You are stronger than your anxiety, and the future holds brighter days where you can not only survive but thrive.

05/13/2026

One more finally thank you to our wonderful Event Sponsors of our Dodgeball Tournament - 2026!!
Todd Smith Construction
MWI Health South Dakota
Miller Family Foundation
1st Stop Insurance
Genoa Healthcare
Huron Regional Medical Center
Huron Housing Authority
Terry & Nancy Schiltz
Carr Chiropractic Clinic
Dakota Provisions
Dakotaland Federal Credit Union
Decker's Pest Control
ELO CPAs and Advisors
Iverson Auto
Farmer's & Merchants Bank
Scoreboard LLC
Vestis
Gary Hofer Farms
ScoreBoard Bar & Grill
Huron Clinic
Red Wilk Construction

05/12/2026

Today, May 12th, we pause to honor the dedicated professionals who provide essential support, guidance, and healing to those navigating mental health challenges. 𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 — including counselors, therapists, and social workers—are the backbone of community wellness.

To all the providers at Community Counseling Services and beyond: 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓴 𝔂𝓸𝓾 for your unwavering commitment to fostering hope and resilience in our community. Your expertise saves lives, and your empathy changes them.

05/11/2026

May is 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡, a critical time dedicated to shining a light on the emotional and psychological well-being of teenagers. In 2026, this movement focuses on breaking the stigma surrounding mental health challenges—such as anxiety and depression—that many young people experience. With nearly 40% of U.S. high school students reporting persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, this month emphasizes that mental health is just as important as physical health. It encourages open conversations, early intervention, and connecting youth with tools and support, aiming to create a supportive community rather than allowing teens to struggle in silence.

𝐀 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞
The most crucial takeaway is this: 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. Mental health challenges do not define who you are, and seeking help is an act of immense strength, not weakness. You are stronger than your anxiety, and the future holds brighter days where you can not only survive but thrive.

𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 - 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟑𝐭𝐡

05/11/2026

𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬!!
𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑟… 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ. 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦! 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡? 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙! 𝐴 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛, 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 “𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠” 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑎𝑦! 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 30-𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 “𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠” 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 - 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 “𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠”, 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑝𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑟, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡. 𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦 “ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡” 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒.
𝐇𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭 #𝟑 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐩
Happiness isn't about having a perfect life; it's about noticing what's good in your life.
Your brain has what's called a negativity bias meaning it focuses on problems faster than positives. But here's a micro habit that flips the switch; name one good thing!
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭: 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬!
𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘤𝘬: 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 (𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥)… 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦!
• I’m breathing,
• I have a home,
• I ate today,
• my phone works,
• the sun is out, and
• I’m learning something new.
This habit does three things: it interrupts the negative thought loop, it shifts your attention to the present moment, and spikes dopamine and other feel-good chemicals.
it doesn't have to be deep; it doesn't have to be profound. One good thing, one small shift, and your mood lifts almost instantly.
𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩.
*𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝟫𝟪𝟪 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴.

05/08/2026

𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬!!
𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑟… 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ. 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦! 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡? 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙! 𝐴 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛, 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 “𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠” 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑎𝑦! 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 30-𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 “𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠” 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 - 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 “𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠”, 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑝𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑟, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡. 𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦 “ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡” 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒.
𝗛𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁 #𝟮 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟬 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁
Your breath is the only system in your body that is both automatic and under your control. Which means this, if you can change your breath, you can change your emotion.
When you're stressed your breath becomes shallow. Your brain thinks you're in danger, your body reacts with anxiety, tension, racing thoughts.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁: 𝟭 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵.
𝙷𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙷𝚊𝚌𝚔: 𝚒𝚗𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚎𝚡𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎.
That's it, one breath! This activates the parasympathetic nervous system. Your body’s natural “calm switch.” The best part? You can do this anywhere and nobody even knows you're doing it. A single breath can stop your stress spiral before it becomes a storm. 𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩.
*𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝟫𝟪𝟪 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴.

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