A Message for 2022: Health, Relationships, and Do Your Best

As the world gets ready to cross over into a New Year, many people are reflecting on the past year and wondering what the future holds.

After 2 years of pandemic living, most of us have realized that even with all of our technology and comforts, that life is still unpredictable. Many of us have also understood that our way of life has been permanently altered. What was once inconceivable (shutting down economies, school closures, and paying people not to work) is now an option for when the next emergency hits.

Weight Loss Resolutions, Diet Scams, and other New Year, New Me messaging is ringing hollow these days because we’ve been transformed by these past two years at a deeper level. Superficial changes would be a band-aid to the mental, emotional, and societal turmoil we’re facing.

This New Year let’s prioritize what matters most:

• Health: Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual
• Relationships and Connection

Health

It’s no secret that the pandemic has wreaked havoc on Physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.

Young people are having such a tough time that the United States Surgeon General offered an advisory to urge for a response to the mental health crisis.

Mental health challenges in children, adolescents, and young adults are real and widespread. Even before the pandemic, an alarming…