By Sarah Hagopian, Prevention Intern, Tillamook Family Counseling Center These days, you’ve probably heard plenty about the risks of teens trying or using substances. As a parent, it’s natural to feel concerned…
Category: Mental Health
IN GOOD HEALTH: With Grace, No Despair
Suffering is inevitable. Despair isn’t. By Michelle Jenck, M Ed There but for the Grace of God . . . This is the thought I often have when I see someone less fortunate,…
Restoring humanity: What can one person do?
EDITOR’S NOTE: This a question that comes up a lot with all the turmoil today – What can I do? – usually it’s meant rhetorically, people don’t really want an answer, but…
FRIENDS OF HAYSTACK ROCK GREAT PUFFIN WATCH – JULY 1-4
Who: Friends of Haystack Rock What: The Great Cannon Beach Puffin Watch When: July 1st through July 4th 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Where: In front of Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach This seabird watching event, sponsored by the Friends…
LIFE LESSONS: The Hardest Truth I’ve Had to Accept as a Woman
By Denise Donahue, MEd I came across a post today, and it hit me like a punch in the throat. The kind that knocks the wind out of you. The kind that makes…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Down in the Dumps
By Butch Freedman It is early morning and, not surprisingly for this part of the world, it is raining. You sit in your favorite chair scrolling through the day’s news. The more…
Hidden Bottle Hunt Returns for its Sixth Year; Find Bottles in Six Locations Throughout Oregon, Benefit Local Chairities
From June 25-28, daily clues will lead treasure hunters to six commemorative bottles hidden throughout the state in celebration of the anniversary of Oregon’s Bottle Bill The Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative, operator of the BottleDrop network, is…
MEN’S HEALTH MONTH: Midlife Check-up – Five Health Screenings for Men
By Leanna Coy, FNP-BC Mike is a hard worker, and the callouses on his hands show it. His years of hard work have allowed him to take care of his family and…
IN GOOD MENTAL HEALTH: How Grief Taught Me How to Love
By Denise Donohue, MEd I’m listening to one of my favorite Beatles songs, A Day in the Life. I played it over and over after my uncle died. He was my favorite…
Tillamook County Celebrates Ten Year Anniversary of Wellness Coalition – Making Healthy Happen
A “Year of Wellness” kicked off in 2016 with a declaration from the Tillamook County Board of Commissioners to improve the health of Tillamook County. Since that declaration, ten years of…
