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Five Easy Ways to Beat the Winter Blues
If shortened days and the shift to colder weather seems to drain your energy and make you feel low, you may be experiencing symptoms of
How and When to Eat to Best Fuel your Fitness
When we make the commitment to embark on a new fitness plan or look to improve our health or physical performance, it’s no secret that
Meal Planning 101 on a Budget
Meal planning on a budget can feel overwhelming. Constantly being fed confusing nutrition information, uncertainty about where to grocery shop, food budgeting, and feeling like
The Connection Between Fitness and Mental Health
A solid fitness routine can and will do amazing things for your body. Even in taking a scroll through fitness posts on social media, you
Caffeine: Helpful or Hurtful for Anxiety?
If you’re anything like 62 percent of Americans, a delicious cup of coffee starts your morning off on the right note. Thanks to popular companies like
One Simple Change to Help You Become Unstuck as a Young Adult
Feeling stuck is a common feeling for young adults. If you are feeling stuck in the direction of your life, you are not alone. A
Five Wellness Habits that Can Change the Trajectory of Young Adults
Young adults are feeling increased pressure to succeed, all while navigating the stressors of college and career, the increased cost of living, and dealing with
Cardio 101: The Basics of Cardiovascular Fitness
CARDIO. It’s a term that gets thrown around quite often in the fitness industry, and for many, this term conjures up memories of hours spent
Five Tips for Parenting Your Young Adult Living at Home
More than ever, young adults are living at home with their parents. A recent study found that 30 percent of the Generation Z population ages
Five Important Therapeutic Approaches for Young Adults
Young adults are beginning to increasingly benefit from seeking the helpful support of a therapist during the often difficult transition period between adolescence and adulthood.
Eight Questions about Failure To Launch, Answered
Whether you choose to call it Failure to Launch or Peter Pan syndrome, it’s a phenomenon that describes the young adult struggle or failure to
Ten Things You’ve Always Wanted to Know about Gap Year Programs
Deciding whether to take a gap year can be complicated and stressful. Many young adults experience overwhelming pressure from society and often well-meaning friends and
Is a Gap Year Right for me? How to Know if You Need a Break
Taking a gap year can be a stressful decision, whether you need a break for mental health reasons or just time to reset. It is
How to build a lifelong, healthy relationship with food and nutrition
When it comes to food and nutrition, have you ever felt like you are living inside a never-ending, ever-exhausting hamster wheel? Maybe you feel like
What is Rehab for Depression?
Depression is a complicated disease that affects each person differently. With more than 17.3 million people suffering from the disease in the United States, it
Masterclass: How to Escape the Dieting Hamster Wheel, Why the Non-Diet Approach Works
Have you ever felt like you live inside of a dieting hamster wheel? Have you experienced that feeling of never quite being enough, and never
Masterclass: Why Camp When there’s a Perfectly Good Bed Available?
There is so much more to camping than setting up a tent, sleeping in a bag, seeing bugs and getting dirty. Join Executive Director Greg
Masterclass: How Self-Care can Improve your Relationships
Join Executive Director Greg Ostler, LCSW, LCAS, and Clinical Director Jennifer Negron, MA, LCMHC, NCC to learn how communication and conflict resolution skills support your
The Struggle is Real: Finding Grace in 2022
The challenges brought into families and communities in 2020 and 2021 have been significant. Students (and their parents) are facing new and greater stresses than
Three Simple Ways to Incorporate Movement into Your Life
At any given moment, countless people all over the world make a promise to themselves to begin prioritizing fitness and health moving forward. Unfortunately, they
Webinar: How Therapy and Wellness Can Offer a Boost into Adulthood
Join Jennifer Negron, Skyterra Embrace Clinical Director, to learn how to use healthy routines and habits to launch young adults into independence.
Webinar: Your Challenge, Your Choice
Join Executive Director Greg Ostler, LCSW, LCAS, and Program Director, Emma Mooney, BS, as they explain how Skyterra Embrace challenges young adults to grow into
Webinar: How to Reset Your Relationship with Food
Elyssa Patillo, Skyterra Embrace’s Registered Dietitian, takes you through the approach to nutrition that students learn at Embrace, and how they reframe their relationship with
Failing College? A Healthy Break Can Be of Lifelong Value
College can be both an exciting and stressful time in your life. You are successful in graduating high school and decide to pursue higher education
So You’re Not Ready for College? Think About These Options.
Thinking about the future can be daunting for high school seniors and other young adults. If you’re anxious, stressed, or overwhelmed about upcoming life decisions,
Top Questions Asked About Skyterra Embrace, Answered!
The programs available to help young adult women are often as unique as their situation, making the programs a target for misperceptions. There’s a lot
Is Wilderness Therapy Right for Your Young Adult Daughter?
At Skyterra Embrace, we often hear from parents who are seeking support for their struggling young adult daughter. Parents who contact our program typically have
The Next Step: What Comes After Wilderness Therapy?
After completing wilderness therapy, many young adult women turn to the therapeutic wellness program at Skyterra Embrace to continue their journey toward a healthy mind,
Dealing with depression as a young adult? You’re not alone.
What is depression? A major depressive episode is defined as a sustained period of time, two weeks or more, with loss of interest or lack
Struggling with family relationships? You could be part of an enmeshed family.
What is enmeshment? Enmeshment is a psychological concept that describes relationships between two or more family members with unclear personal boundaries, often leading to deep
How to have a healthier relationship with your phone
Independence and life as an emerging adult is full of challenges, and there is one constant that remains: technology. Cell phones are not going away,
The 12 Must-Read Books for Parents of Young Adults
The key to forming long-lasting relationships with your adult children comes down to something very simple: understanding. Understanding your adult children will open doors to