DIY Planters | By: Lauren Avalos

DIY Planters | By: Lauren Avalos

I hope this post finds you feeling inspired and ready to paint! This is a rather quick do-it-yourself planter project and can be done for under $11. I wanted to have plants in my home that didn’t require much maintenance, so I went with cactuses and succulents. I bought them at Home Depot for about […]

How to Survive Holiday Stress

How to Survive Holiday Stress

We aren’t going to write a blog you’ve read a hundred times. You probably already know everything we could say about how to minimize stress. Let’s see if you can guess the top 3 things you can do to minimize stresses effect on your body…and go! Did you say eat well, get good sleep and […]

Will This Last? Acute vs Chronic Mental Health

Will This Last? Acute vs Chronic Mental Health

By: Megan Neilsen, LCSW Throughout our lives, we all experience trials, tribulations, stress, loss, grief, trauma, and hardship. There is not a person walking this Earth that cannot name a difficult time or phase in their life. When posed the question, “What was the worst day of your life?”, most people can recount a day […]

Faith & Mental Health

Faith & Mental Health

A few months back 14-year old Madeline shared some of her struggles with depression and anxiety and showed us how she uses art to cope. Madeline recently sent ISM a blog she wrote about her views on faith & mental health (and some more artwork!) This is an important conversation that we should all be talking about! […]