by Rachel Hasper, M.A., LPC
Clinical Therapist

Last week I went to a wonderful workshop on the topic of mindfulness. In the clinical world I hear this term mentioned over and over again, and the applicability of it seems to reach most paradigms of therapeutic practice. In my daily life, I also seem to hear it all over the place: in the media and news headlines, articles about living in the moment, tweets about the practice of mindfulness meditation, books about the gift of now, a new celebrity getting a tattoo that reads "be present".... But is all this attention on mindfulness really worthwhile? I believe that the answer is yes, because mindfulness has actually been shown to change the brain!

Provident is starting two new workshops for youth in the coming weeks ...  a self-injury group and a sickle cell disease support group for teens. All groups are FREE to youth under the age of 20 who reside in St. Louis County. 

Join Provident for one of our monthly Share the Vision events so you can learn about how we impact the community. It's a free lunch with inspiring messages about what we do.  Our December luncheon is on Wednesday, December 21st at Noon at our main office, 2650 Olive, St. Louis, MO 63103.  To rsvp, simply contact Leah Bernstein, our Development Director, at 314.802.2623 or LBernstein@providentstl.org.