Mainspring Counseling and Training Services, LLC

Have you ever heard someone say, “Don’t trust your emotions”?

Emotions are important because they help us understand the world around us and our internal universe. They also help us understand what we want or need.

In healing spaces, emotions help us better understand what we need to heal. “You can’t heal what you’re unwilling to acknowledge.”

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New CDC research shows construction workers are dying by su***de at alarming rates.

Construction workers are dying by su***de at an alarming rate.
The construction industry has one of the highest su***de rates among professions, with an estimated 6,000 construction workers dying by su***de in 2022.

Mental health issues and increasing opioid use and su***de rates are among the challenges impacting construction workers. Opioid use and su***des have risen significantly in recent years. A variety of factors inside and outside of the workplace can negatively affect mental health, including:

🔨 Seasonal work
🕛 Time away from family
🩼Workplace injuries and chronic pain
🤕Lack of paid sick leave
😰Demanding schedules

Opioids have commonly been prescribed to treat pain from work-related injuries. The construction industry has some of the highest injury rates in the United States. Opioid use can lead to substance use disorder and overdoses. Understanding the causes and risks of opioid misuse can prevent future overdoses and deaths in the construction industry.
Construction workers can take several proactive steps to support their mental health and well-being:
1. Stay Connected: Build and maintain strong relationships with coworkers, friends, and family. Social support is crucial for mental health.
2. Manage Stress: Practice stress management techniques such as deep breathing, mindfulness, or physical exercise. Find healthy outlets to decompress after work.
3. Set Boundaries: Establish clear boundaries between work and personal life. Avoid bringing work-related stress home whenever possible.
4. Seek Support: Don’t hesitate to reach out to trusted colleagues, supervisors, or mental health professionals if feeling overwhelmed or distressed.


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Licensed Professional Counselors are trained to use the Wellness Model. In the Wellness Model, there is a strong emphasis on holistic care vs. seeing the client as ‘broken’ or needing a cure. The client is encouraged to take part in healthy activities that create balance and a stronger body and mind connection that can ward off “dis-ease”.

At Mainspring, we refer to this as the Practice of Kindness Towards Self, where you learn how to respond to you in a caring and holistic way.

The National Wellness Institute notes that applying a wellness approach can be useful in nearly every human endeavor as a pathway to optimal living and nurturing unmet needs. The eight dimensions of the wellness model are: emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social and spiritual.

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📢 Attention Mental Health Professionals! 📢

Join us for an insightful continuing education session hosted by The Counseling Brothers of Atlanta! 🧠✨

📅 Date: July 20, 2024 or September 21, 2024
⏰ Time: 12 PM- 3 PM EST
📍 Location: Via Zoom

We are honored to have Kabian Brown, LCSW, as our facilitator. The session, titled ”Effective Mental Health Billing: Empowering BIPOC Clinicians through CPT Codes to Stop Leaving Money on the Table,” promises to offer valuable insights and practical guidance.

💲 Cost: $75
🔗 www.thecboa.org/ce

Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your practice and connect with fellow professionals. Secure your spot today!

Have hope, dear soul. You learned how to create inner suffering. You can learn how to create inner peace.
Practice makes peaceful.
Jaiya John
All These Rivers and You Chose Love

Men’s Mental Health Month is celebrated every June. The annual observance aims to encourage men and boys to be proactive about their health and make healthy lifestyle choices. It also recognizes that men’s mental health can be affected by a number of factors, including societal expectations, gender roles, and cultural norms. The month highlights the need for tailored approaches to address these issues, and to promote healthy coping mechanisms and supportive environments for men.


                              

Jon believes the process of change is best understood when we decide to be Kind to ourselves.

If you’re having trouble trusting you and feeling safe within your body, take inventory of your personal narratives; stories you communicate internally about who you are, where you come from, and how you present to others.

Understanding your story informs how you feel and deal when life starts to happen. Parts of our stories are helpful, others harmful.

A fracture in your narrative will cause you to show up disjointed. In other words, the inability to use kindness, as a tool, to bring all parts of self together.

Just for a moment, imagine if kindness could speak. Kindness might say, “This let’s create a space for the parts we want to hide or do away with. Let’s create a space for all of you to be welcome.”


                              

The kindest thing you can do for yourself, is to learn how to care for you. That includes learning to care for your mental health.

Now accepting Kaiser Permanente insurance. Click📲 the link in our bio to schedule your appointment.

Have you downloaded your FREE workbook?

The Mainspring CTS ‘What Would Kindness Say?’ workbook was designed to help you define what kindness means to you.

Learn how it shows up in your life.
Be encouraged to welcome it in all areas and experience how kindness towards self supports your mental wellness journey.

Ready to start?

Head to MainspringCTS.com/shop to download today!

Before you begin your day - acknowledge YOU!

Pull out your journal and pour your thoughts onto the pages. We start our days with so much on our minds, but we push them to the back in favor of tasks and to-dos.

Start today with you. Observe your writings and show them kindness in your reflection. Writing with kindness allows you to understand the story you are telling yourself. Writing with kindness allows you to experience your feelings as you write your story.

Make time to be kind this morning!

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Happy Holidays from all us here at Mainspring CTS!

Remember to be kind to yourself today. Be honest and listen to your needs. Practice showing up for yourself and move through this day the way that is best for YOU.

Be well.

How are you?

This time of year almost demands that we feel joyful and happy, and it’s wonderful if that’s where you truly are, but what happens if you’re not?

Kindness says all of you is welcome. Do not try to pack those feelings away if they are indeed the ones calling for your nurturing and care. Welcome them to the table. Find out what they need and work towards that in full honesty and transparency with your self.

Have a HEALTHY holiday season.

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Remember your kindness practices today.

Bring it wherever this holiday does, or does not, take you. Remember the lessons you’ve learned and put them into practice as needed.

Be grateful this day for your growth and smile in knowing there’s more to come.

Happy Thanksgiving from Mainspring!

Kindness is a tool and it should be with you everywhere you go.

Jon Diggs, LPC, Founder of Mainspring Counseling and Training Services, created this candle to bring kindness directly into your home.

It is to be used as a tool to remind you to slow down, take a beat and be kind to your own person. With each burn you are welcomed by a fresh linen scent that is accented by warm amber notes to welcome calm, understanding and clarity.

Bring kindness to your home today by tapping the link below and visiting the Mainspring shop.

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Happy World Kindness Day!

We each have the potential to improve one another’s lives through understanding and kindness, and that includes OURSELVES! When we observed kindness in action it is believed we are more likely to carry out an act of kindness, too, and we want to make sure that includes YOU.

Head to the our website right now and celebrate by ordering your own ‘Be Kind to Yourself’ candle. Light our hand-poured, 100% soy candle and release the scent of fresh linen accented by warm, resinous and slightly sweet notes amber and kind energy into your space.

Grab your journal and a pen, light your candle and take a new step towards kindness today.

Happy World Kindness Day!

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World Kindness Day is this Sunday and Mainspring has something special for you!

Set a reminder and tell us how you’ll be celebrating !

What does kindness feel like to you?

Is it cooking your favorite meal at the end of the day?
Hanging out with friends?
Putting in comfortable clothes, burning a candle and writing in your journal?

When you have a definition for kindness, and understand fully what it means, you can paint these pictures for yourself and create the moments.

Are you actually practicing kindness? Have you learned what it is yet?

It’s important we all discover our kindness definitions and put them into practice each day. Define yours today by visiting the link below and downloading your FREE workbook, ‘What Would Kindness Say?: Creating a Kindness Definition.’ When you do, you’ll receive a coupon code for 10% off your next purchase with us!

https://mainspringcts.com/shop/ols/products/workbook-what-would-kindness-say

Today we celebrate 5 years of kindness.

Mainspring Counseling and Training Services has been serving the Metro Atlanta community since 2017, and in order to make it to this point we had to define our goals.

Number 1: Practice kindness. Always.

But what did kindness mean then? What does it mean today? We had to find our definition of kindness in order to effectively apply it to the work of this practice, and now we invite you to do the same.

Celebrate our birthday with us by visiting mainspringcts.com/shop and downloading your FREE workbook, ‘What Would Kindness Say?: Creating a Kindness Definition.’ When you do, you’ll receive a coupon code for 10% off your next purchase* with us!

*Hint: It’s the perfect way to get started on the second leg of your kindness journey. Stay tuned for more!

We were never meant to carry the load alone…
.or without the proper tools.

Set your reminders and tell your friends that something special is coming to , and it’s time to say YES!

Tap this post to get a reminder directly from us and share this post with someone you love!

                              

Set your reminders and tell your friends!

Something special is coming to Mainspring in just a few days and you should be the first to know!

Set a reminder to come back on Tuesday, October 18th, and share this post with someone you love!

Before anything else, understand all of you is welcome on this journey.

When you ask the question of, “Who am I?” you cannot leave any pieces out. In order to answer the question and reach the understandings you’re in search of, we must be able to see the whole picture. When we tell the truth about who we are then the work can truly begin.

It takes disciple and dedication, but you have what it takes and we have the tools to help you get there.

Be kind to yourself and be kind to your journey.

Su***de impacts everyone attached to it.

As we continue through Su***de Prevention Month and in honor of Su***de Prevention Week, it’s an important time to share resources and stories, as well as promote su***de prevention awareness.

Ask questions, get informed by engaging health professionals and your community on the topic. Understanding su***de is our first step to preventing it and guiding those who need it towards healing.

Together let’s work and let’s learn.

There is no shame in seeking help.

Visit www.nami.org/Find-Support or dial 988 if you are in need of immediate assistance.
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September is National Su***de Prevention Month.

Everyone is affected by su***de, not just the victim. Su***de impacts family and friends long after the loss of a loved one. The mental health of yourself or a loved one can never be taken too seriously.

Whether the weight of a long-term struggle or a crisis weighs you down, allow friends, family or a profession to lighten the burden by finding support.

There is no shame in seeking help.

Visit www.nami.org/Find-Support or dial 988 if you are in need of immediate assistance.