Tips and advice to prevent eviction and stay resilient.
Three steps on starting a ‘happy, healthy lifestyle’
With the holidays just around the corner, many people experience added and unwanted stress. On top of stress, holiday snacks and treats are a big part of the next two months and if you’re anything like me, you can’t say no to those holiday sweets. Well, I am going to offer you three steps that …
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Mental Health Insurance Benefits
With the recent passing of World Mental Health Day, which is particularly notable this year as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to shape our lives, October is a good time for a refresher on the mental health benefits you are entitled to through your health insurance policy.
Improve Your Financial Fitness This October
Did you know October is National Financial Planning Month? Well, then you know what that means, it’s time to look at your finances. Often we overlook our finances, mostly because we don’t want to deal with what we see. These four steps should make things a little easier for you and give you a great …
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Coping is Not a Race
Mental health gained a huge amount of attention this year. As quickly as news spread about the pandemic, social scientists began predicting a spike in mental health needs. This was helpful in that it reduced the stigma of having public discussions on coping with mental health issues.
Build and keep a good credit score
Many people confuse credit scores with a credit report. A credit score predicts how likely you are to pay back a loan on time. Companies use a mathematical formula called a scoring model to create your credit score from the information in your credit report. These scores usually range from 300 to 850. Banks, credit …
Help, I’m Homeschooling, or Schooling at Home! (Part 2)
One of the greatest needs right now is grace – for yourself, for your children, and for your children’s teachers and school. COVID has added unanticipated challenges requiring adaptation from all.
Planning Your Finances for an Uncertain Future
Coronavirus has changed many people’s financial circumstances quickly. A loss of income can put your services, or even your home in jeopardy, but companies are working with customers right now to help ensure their well-being.
Here we offer a few steps you can take if your income has decreased suddenly.
After You Breathe – Three Ways to Cope with the Ambiguous Losses of the Pandemic
Special guest post written by Alexander E. Chan., Ph.D., LMFT ; State Specialist – Mental & Behavioral Health; University of Maryland Extension.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting quarantines began, social scientists have jump started the coping process by labeling an experience we are all facing: grief.
Make Time for Meditation
With stress and isolation affecting many of us, our mental health can be impacted. *Special guest post by FCS Extension intern River Philbert, Class of 2020, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland.