When many people think about mental health, they often picture therapy, self-care routines, or managing stress. While those are important, there is another factor that significantly influences emotional well-being that is often overlooked—friendship.

Resilience is often described as a child’s ability to “bounce back” from challenges—but for children, resilience isn’t taught through lectures or advice. It’s built through experience, relationships, and most importantly, play.

Lennie Rodriguez, LMFT, LCDC The holidays are often painted as a picture of joy, laughter, and togetherness but, for many, they can also stir up stress, guilt, and emotional fatigue. Between packed schedules, family expectations, and old dynamics that resurface like clockwork, maintaining healthy boundaries can feel impossible. Yet, setting those boundaries is one of the most loving things you can do for yourself and for your relationships. Here are three powerful ways to mai

Wait…I’m not perfect?!? When I started my experience with The Vine Wellness Group as a graduate student, I thought I had all the skills I...

During the month of January, our counselor staff is reading and reviewing the book "Attached. How the science of adult attachment can...