Tips for Safe Trick-or-Treating
What are your plans to ensure a safe trick-or-treating experience? Each year most parents provide ground rules for their children, especially younger ones prior to the annual Halloween tradition of trick-or-treating. Standard safety tips Stay together in a group Never eat opened
What are Anxiety Disorders?
Do you know the difference between anxiety disorders? People may know what anxiety feels like but it isn’t easy to understand the variety of anxiety disorders and how they are classified. All of them have one thing in common: An excessive or persistent worry that may not be
Indoor Fall Activities
Explore indoor fall activities to stay warm and active With the impending cooler, fall weather and lack of public indoor places open, it can be hard to think of indoor activities to do with the family or on your own. Carve or decorate pumpkins Whether you choose to visit a pumpki
Men’s Low-Intensity Residential Treatment Coming to Bellingham
Men’s Low-Intensity Residential (Substance Use and Mental Health) Treatment Coming to Bellingham Lifeline Connections in partnership with the Opportunity Council is excited to announce the opening of our Men’s Low-Intensity Residential Program. This new substance use and ment
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)?
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)? Do you know what Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is? Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) SAD is a form of depression that is related to seasonal change; more prevalent in the fall and winter. There are a lot of factors that contribute to
National Depression Screening Day
What is National Depression Screening Day? Today is National Depression Screening Day. Many mental health organizations participate to encourage screening, including Mental Health America. They have a B4Stage4 campaign with the stage 4 often attributed to the stages of cancer or
What Kind of Person Do You Want to Be?
What kind of person do you want to be? What kind of person do you want to be when times are stressful, divisive or just plain hard? Countless people are experiencing more stress, anxiety or depression than they ever have. Let alone, those that have for the first time in their liv
PACT (Program of Assertive Treatment) Open in Bellingham
PACT (Program of Assertive Treatment) is open and accepting referrals in Bellingham! Do you know what the PACT (Program of Assertive Treatment) Team does? They are an incredibly passionate group of individuals that are dedicated to serving our community members. What do they do?
Four Tips to Feel Happier
Do you want to feel happier? As we enter the season of cooler weather and days begin to shorten, it’s important to do what you can to stay happy and feel happier. For some, the change from summer to winter is a welcome one. But for others, they find it difficult and can even ex
How to Help during a Mental Health Crisis
How to help during a mental health crisis Chances are you know someone who has been through a mental health crisis. Perhaps you weren’t there when things got rough, but there is a very high possibility that one day you will be around and you will need to know what to do. Think
Tips to Strengthen Your Immune System
Strengthen your immune system There are a handful of simple, preventative things you can do to strengthen your immune system. A strong immune system allows your body to fight off viruses better and is the best way we have to stay healthy. Nobody likes to get sick, especially when
What is Yom Kippur?
What is Yom Kippur and do people celebrate this holiday? Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year to those that practice the Jewish religion. This holiday focuses on atonement and repentance. The traditional way to observe Yom Kippur is fasting, intense prayer, confession and mo
4 Easy Tips to Reduce Stress
How can you reduce stress? Do you want to reduce stress? It’s something that many of us experience, sometimes daily. Financial obligations, jobs, family responsibilities and the worry that there isn’t enough time in the day can cause us to feel stressed and overwhelmed. O
Give More 24 Will Help Camp Mariposa®
What is Give More 24? Give More 24 is Southwest Washington’s largest day of giving. It lasts for 24 hours annually on September 24th. You don’t need anyone to tell you the world is a stressful place right now. Washington’s Department of Health is reporting an increase in su
Tips for Better Sleep
How do you get better sleep? Do you go through phases where it’s harder to sleep or to sleep well? Sleep plays an incredibly important part of your body healing itself. Good sleep can also improve productivity and the ability to concentrate. If you don’t walk up feeling as th
National Recovery Month is here
What is National Recovery Month? National Recovery Month takes place in September and is an important time for us to acknowledge the number of people who experience substance use disorders across the United States and the rest of the world. There are approximately 20 million peop
Youth Programs in Schools: How They Help
Youth programs in schools Did you know that Lifeline Connections has youth programs in school across schools in Clark County? When our younger population begins to enter adulthood, they experience a lot of change and stress, both at home and at school. Many don’t have the skill
Women’s Equality Day: The History and Importance
What is Women’s Equality Day? Women’s Equality Day honors when the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution giving women the right to vote. Although this amendment’s original introduction was in 1878. The original approval by the senate was on June 4th, 1919 it wasn
Boundaries: A Form of Self-care in Recovery
How are boundaries a form of self-care? The longer you are in recovery, the more you learn and rediscover yourself. This includes what you like, don’t like and how you’re willing to be treated – which is why establishing healthy boundaries and self-care is so import
Three Gifts of Recovery
What are three gifts of recovery? It can be difficult to imagine the gifts of recovery during a time of active using. When a person is using their focus is generally on a lot of the negative thoughts and behaviors. For example low self-esteem, inability to hold a job or relations
Tips to Prepare for Back to School
Are you ready for back to school? School will start in less than two weeks. Most districts will offer a full remote learning option and an in-person full school week. For some it comes as a relief but for others an increase in stress and anxiety for parents, teachers and more s
Maggie – Patient Success Story – October 2020 – Aberdeen
Patient success story from Aberdeen, WA At Lifeline Connections we help a lot of patients. Today we have a very unique patient success story to share of a middle age woman that was released from prison and very adamant that she did not want to go back, ever. Her charges involved
Tips to Reduce and Beat Alcohol Cravings
How can a person reduce and beat alcohol cravings? One of the biggest hurdles in recovery a person with alcohol use disorder can face is the cravings. Typically cravings are a programed response and can be triggered by many things; environmental factors, emotions or a memory. In
Summer 2021
The Summer 2021 newsletter features the annual community award recipients, an introduction to our Men’s Residential Treatment Residential Aide Supervisor, fun summer activities and much more! Read the full Summer 2021 newsletter here.
