Robert Hammel, Psychologist

12/22/2025

Loneliness remains one of the country’s most persistent health challenges, a condition that can be exacerbated during the winter months’ holidays.

12/22/2025

Comfort doesn’t have to be complicated. Sometimes it’s found in small, familiar moments that bring a sense of ease. ☕🧣

12/21/2025

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If this season feels heavy, you don’t have to carry it alone.

The NAMI HelpLine is here for you. Call 1-800-950-6264 or text 'NAMI' to 62640.

12/20/2025

12/17/2025

Dry Feb is a fundraiser that challenges you to go alcohol-free in February and raise funds to improve mental health care.

12/17/2025

Let your light shine today.

12/17/2025

Children need more than answers handed to them —
they need the ability to understand, question, explore, and make sense of the world on their own.

Teaching them how to think means giving them the tools to:
pause,
reflect,
consider different angles,
ask better questions,
and trust their own reasoning.

It means letting them wrestle with ideas instead of memorising conclusions.
Letting them form opinions, not inherit them.
Letting them learn to sift through noise, pressure, and influence with a clear, steady mind.

Because when we only teach children what to think,
we raise compliance.
But when we teach them how to think,
we raise clarity, curiosity, and confidence.

We raise kids who know how to make choices,
how to look for answers,
how to recognise truth,
how to stand on their own two feet
without needing someone to script life for them.

We don’t need them to think like us.
We need them to think for themselves.

They don’t need our conclusions.
They need our guidance.
Our conversations.
Our willingness to let them grow a mind that’s truly their own.

That’s how independent thinkers are made. ❤️

Quote Credit: Margaret Mead❣️

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12/16/2025