by Sarah Spiegelhoff, Ph.D., LMHC-D, LPC, NCC | Sep 18, 2025 | Mental Health, Self-Care, Wellness
There is no shortage of pumpkin spice lovers and spooky seekers who are ready for Halloween. Yet, the dwindling daylight and cooler temperatures may signal an unwelcome arrival of a different kind of seasonal shift: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). SAD is a type...
by Sarah Spiegelhoff, Ph.D., LMHC-D, LPC, NCC | Jul 1, 2025 | Self-Care, Wellness
A new trend in wellness is luxury travel, which includes wellness vacations that combine health-focused retreats (vacations) with advanced medical treatments. These wellness vacations offer a variety of services, including detoxes, fitness, massage, MRIs, genetic...
by Sarah Spiegelhoff, Ph.D., LMHC-D, LPC, NCC | Apr 12, 2023 | integrative health, Mental Health, Nutrition, Self-Care, Wellness
April is National Counseling Awareness Month. One of the practice specialties is integrative mental health counseling. As discussed in a previous blog, it is a specialty and paradigm that combines conventional counseling approaches with biomedical and complementary...
by Sarah Spiegelhoff, Ph.D., LMHC-D, LPC, NCC | Sep 19, 2022 | Counseling, integrative health, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Self-Care, Stress, Wellness
By Mackenzie Mannion We’re all aware of one of the newest buzzwords to flood our social media; self-care. Oxford Languages defines self-care as “the practice of taking action to preserve or improve one’s own health.” Self-care acts can, should, and will mean something...
