Community Voices The power of positivity Positive think goes a long way in approving your overall wellness. Positivity encourages you to strengthen healthy habits, which in turn raises energy and mood. The … Read more By Laura Hughes - July 6, 2020
Community Voices Good for the soul, good for the heart Practicing gratitude can have lasting effects in a person’s life and can help lower blood pressure. Grateful people engage in more exercise and have better dietary … Read more By Laura Hughes - July 1, 2020
Community Voices Risk & Protective Factors: Prevention’s North Star When our prevention specialists are out in the community, we’re asked some predictable questions about our work. Q: Are most kids using opioids? A: Definitely not. … Read more By Amy Sechrist - June 29, 2020
Community Voices Finding Balance It has been 93 days since I went out for breakfast. That might not seem like a big deal, but I used to go out for … Read more By Kim Moore - June 23, 2020
Community Voices Juneteenth On July 5, 1852, the Ladies Anti-Slavery Society of Rochester, NY invited the famous black, freed-slave abolitionist Frederick Douglass give a speech as part of commemorations … Read more By Kevin Ressler - June 22, 2020
Community Voices June: A Month of Love Between Juneteenth, World Refugee Day, and Pride Month, June is quickly becoming the month of love we all needed. In a time when we are all … Read more By Jennifer Creel - June 19, 2020
Community Voices Summer Suggestions for Teens Finally, Pennsylvania has moved to the yellow stage and the stay-at-home order has been lifted. This comes as a big relief to most of us, but … Read more By Donna J Burkholder, LCSW - June 19, 2020
Community Voices Jeff Heiney’s Reflections…as a Teacher The 2019-20 school year has been unlike any other. As the school year comes to a close, OneUnitedLancaster invited local educators, students and their families to … Read more By Jeff Heiney - June 19, 2020
Community Voices Thomas Boyle’s Reflections The 2019-20 school year has been unlike any other. As the school year comes to a close, OneUnitedLancaster invited local educators, students and their families to … Read more By Thomas P. Boyle, Ph.D., APR - June 17, 2020
Community Voices Self-Care is Not Selfish I find myself in an interesting situation. I remain employed as COVID-19 marches on, and I feel torn between the roles of wife, daughter, therapist, sister, … Read more By Kathleen Epler, LSW - June 17, 2020
Community Voices Combatting Empathy Fatigue Maybe I’m cynical, but if I see another commercial where a multinational billion dollar company says something like “we’re in this together” while inspirational music plays … Read more By Brian Wenger, LPC, CAADC - June 15, 2020
Community Voices Contagious Self Care As we navigate through these uncertain times, self care has never been more important to our well-being. Melanie Snyder of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health has … Read more By Melanie G. Snyder, OWDS, MHFA - June 12, 2020
