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Maryellen continues to chat about wellness but while talking about depression. Maryellen shares how you can actually be experiencing depression and continue to promote your own mental wellness at the same time!

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Maryellen continues to talk about wellness, but wellness during COVID, this never ending pandemic. Maryellen ties in ideas from past episodes and shared the top 3 tips for wellness in COVID

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Maryellen challenges the mental wellness trend by pointing out how it can actually be dangerous for our mental health.

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Maryellen continues the conversation about new year’s goals and mindsets by diving in to the ever so popular fad of manifesting your goals.

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FINALLY, saying goodbye to dreadful 2020 and starting a new hopeful year in 2021! Well, almost hopeful. We’ve all heard or said the phrase “new year, new me”  as we enter the new year with so many New Year's resolutions hoping to fulfill them, but why do we never follow through with them for the whole year? Maryellen expresses her dislike of New Years as there’s so much pressure on herself for the upcoming year for it to be perfect and “magical”. As COVID ruined 2020, based on a public survey 75% of people this year are making New Year's resolutions. Now, how do we make these goals turn into reality and stick to them? Maryellen shares some tips and steps on how to better your goals and make them attainable. 

To start off, you have to have the 2 M’s: mindset and motivation. Next, you need to make goals YOU would like to achieve, not because your friend is doing it or an influencer told you too. Now with this being said, the first step is to set realistic goals and the second step is to follow the SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time Based) goals. You’ll be able to hear all about SMART goals and how you can utilize each step to perfect your New Year's Resolution.

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Related episodes 

Episode 21: Is This Manifesting Thing Worth It?: Entering 2021, Maryellen breaks down the term manifesting and its correlation to the self help era along with answering questions on how manifesting works. 

Episode 23 -We’re Still In COVID: Taking a step back to January, This episode recaps the ups and downs of COVID as well as highlighting 3 wellness tips to continue the fight against quarantine. Maryellen digs deep into our emotions and guides us to wellness by telling us to: give ourselves a break, go outside and feel the fresh air, stick to a schedule, and keep our brain distracted.

Episode 31: COVID Anniversary: After going through a year of COVID, Maryellen shares 4 tips on how you can process traumatic memories associated with COVID and optimize your emotions and feelings to battle COVID in a positive way.

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Maryellen Dance is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based out of upstate New York. She focuses on providing skills using cognitive behavioral therapy, often using mindfulness techniques that are vital to personal growth. With a passion for psychology and propensity to ask questions, Maryellen entered this field to educate, learn and share what it means to be “Okay-ish.” 

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In this week's episode, Maryellen wraps up her family series by talking about gratitude and the many forms, mental processes, and genuine feelings we experience surrounding gratitude.

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Learn what boundaries are and how to set boundaries with family members without creating the family fight of the century!

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In Episode 17, Maryellen discusses why the holidays are such a stressful time within family systems, how to recognize your own triggers, and lastly, how to manage being around family.

TUNE IN!  You'll want to take notes on this one.

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Maryellen shares a bit of background on family systems and roles and how that contributes to ‘The Most Wonderful Time of the Year’

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In Episode 15, Maryellen looks at some of our concerns in a lighter way by showing how often, what’s best for us, is right in front of our faces!

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