The Be Well Blog

By: Rachel Engels

“You don't need a perfect life to love your life. You just need to create moments that remind you it's worth loving. Sip your tea slowly, play your favourite songs on repeat, let yourself laugh too loudly, and ...

By: Giselle Del Valle

“Grief is not a linear slide into darkness. It is a cyclical path that eventually rotates into light. Spring comes after the cold, harsh winter. Yes, there are seasons when grief is louder and more disru...

By: Kathy Young Deegan

“An empty nest suggests abandonment and loss; an open door suggests new possibilities and the freedom to come and go.”

~Gretchen Rubin

It has been six months since we officially became empty ...

By: Dr. Ana Mena

"Grief is the echo of love. Honor it." - Heather J. Harris

She was sitting in her recliner in the living room, as she often did before her health began to fail. That Friday afternoon, in my mother’s house, I ki...

By: Marcus Young

"I’m just a kid in a candy store right now, trying to have fun. I’m getting a chance to show my ability and my talent."~ Dwyane Wade, NBA Hall of Famer

I began playing basketball later than most athletes. ...

By: Abby Priebe

“Moving forward requires that one first take a step.” ~Chase S.M. Neill

I graduated with a humanities degree in the depths of the Great Recession of 2008–2009, when jobs—especially in the liberal arts—were scarce...

By: Kathy Young Deegan

“Don't buy a big exercise machine. It's only going to hold your clothes. Make it realistic. Make it something that you can see that’s attainable…We have enough pressure on ourselves..So keep it simple.” 

~ Mar...

By: Kathy Young Deegan

“A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices.” 

~ O Holy Night, Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure

This has been a heavy year.

It began close to home with the Los Angeles fires — smoke filling the sky, friends p...

By: Kathy Young Deegan

“Come to me, all you who are struggling hard and carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest. Put on my yoke, and learn from me. I'm gentle and humble. And you will find rest for yourselves. My yoke is easy t...

By: Kathy Young Deegan

"Rest is not for weaklings. Hollowing out space for rest is work… It takes courage to rest in the midst of an outcome-driven society. It takes strength to walk away from good in the pursuit of better.”

— Dr. Sa...

By: Katelyn Young

"We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while.”

— Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

As you can imagine, being in 8th grade is full of its annoyances— those loud kids at lunch, the bor...

By: Kevin Deegan

“Trauma is stored in the body, but so is resilience. Your body remembers, but it can also learn to feel safe again.”

— Dr. Arielle Schwartz

As a hospice and palliative care chaplain, and later in a trauma center...