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Why Bother With Emotional Wellness?  Our mental wellness includes taking care of all the different aspects of our lives—the emotional and physical self, the spiritual, intellectual, and social self as well as our environmental, interpersonal and occupational structures. We are complex creatures and when all of our systems work in unison with one one another,…

Why Bother With Mental Wellness? We all understand that personal hygiene matters greatly and if neglected, others suffer. If our breath is bad and we open our mouths to speak, a friend will offer us a mint while a stranger will simply lean away from us. Sitting down next to someone with strong body odor…

Why Bother Learning How To Work Together? One of the reasons I like teaching fourth grade is because I get to teach Idaho history. Every year I find something new to aid my teaching of this subject and this year was no different. At the bottom of my filing cabinet, I pulled out a curriculum…

Why Bother To Direct Our Focus I have a friend with a green thumb. No matter where she’s lived, or the circumstances of her life, she cultivates the ground around her home and always plants a garden that results in color and beauty. Her specialties include a collection of bachelor’s buttons, bee balm, blacked eyed…