LifeBalance Counseling Center

10/26/2026

Knowing what to do and being able to do it while overwhelmed are two very different things.

You can know the breathing exercise.

Understand boundaries.

Teach other people about stress.

Own six books about anxiety.

Recognize your pattern in real time.

And still struggle.

Knowledge helps.

But humans also need support, repetition, connection, practice, accountability, rest, and sometimes someone outside the situation who can help us see what we cannot see from inside it.

Therapy is not remedial life skills.

You do not have to prove you tried everything first.

10/25/2026

Come join this incredible team!

We’re hiring a licensed mental health clinician to join LifeBalance in a fee-for-service position with benefits. This role offers the autonomy to create your own schedule, choose your clients, and build a practice that works for you.

You’ll also have the opportunity to spend time with a group of seasoned professionals who are truly incredible at what they do. We value connection, collaboration, and making time to enjoy one another’s company—like our recent team bowling outing!

Benefits include:

• Flexible unpaid time off and 5 practice holidays off
• SIMPLE IRA with 3% match after 6 months
• Annual CEU subscription
• License renewal support
• Ethics and su***de prevention training
• Low- or no-cost benefits
• Optional medical plan buy-in
• Regular team lunches, dinners, and other opportunities to connect

We’re looking for someone who is independently licensed in NH, dependable, collaborative, and interested in being part of a supportive group practice while maintaining flexibility and autonomy.

Interested? Reach out by text or call the main office at 630-332-8000, extension 51, or email [email protected].

10/22/2026

Sometimes progress is obvious.

Sometimes it is incredibly unglamorous.

You still get anxious, but you recover faster.

You notice yourself spiraling sooner.

You say no before becoming resentful.

You eat before you are shaky and furious at everyone.

You ask for help.
You sleep.
You leave something unfinished and discover the earth continues rotating.

You have a difficult day without deciding you have undone six months of progress.
Mental-health progress is rarely a straight line.

And some of the biggest changes are easy to miss because they look like ordinary life getting a little easier to live.

What does “doing better” look like for you lately?

10/20/2026

Therapy is not the only place mental-health work can happen.

Sometimes a worksheet helps.

Sometimes a book explains something in a way that finally clicks.

Sometimes five quiet minutes with a journal is enough to notice what has been running through your head all day.

We have built a collection of free and low-cost resources on the LifeBalance website, including:

📘 Free workbooks
📚 Clinician-recommended books
🎧 Information about Libby and free audiobooks/e-books
📝 Reflection tools
🌿 Mental-health and wellness resources

You do not need to download everything.

Pick one thing that looks useful.

Start there.

10/17/2026

A very scientific observation from busy-season life:

It is considerably harder to regulate your nervous system when lunch was coffee at 9:00 and three almonds you found in your bag at 2:17.

And fall can change appetite too.

Some people notice stronger cravings, lower energy, or more irregular eating as daylight decreases.

Carbohydrates are not the enemy.

Your brain needs carbohydrates.

The goal is steadier nourishment.

Think:
Protein + Fiber + Healthy Fat + Carbohydrate

That might look like:

Apple + nut butter.

Soup + chicken or beans + crackers.

Eggs + toast + fruit.

Chili.

Smoothie + protein + berries + nut or seed butter.

Leftovers.
Yes, leftovers still count.

Nutrition for mental health should make life easier to manage, not give you another standard to fail.

Feed the brain doing all the work.

10/15/2026

Here in New England, we tend to wait until it is dark at 4:30, freezing, snowy, and we are already wondering where our energy went before we start thinking about seasonal mental health.

But October is actually a much better time to pay attention.

The mornings are getting darker. We are spending less time outside. Movement starts changing. Sleep can shift. Some people notice lower energy, stronger cravings, less motivation, difficulty concentrating, or a desire to pull back socially.

You do not need to meet the full criteria for seasonal affective disorder to notice that your mental health changes with the seasons.

In our newest blog, we talk about ways to start supporting yourself before winter hits, including:

☀️ Morning light and circadian rhythm
🚶 Finding realistic ways to keep moving
🥗 Food sources of vitamin D and steady nourishment
💡 When a 10,000-lux light box may be worth discussing with your provider
😴 Protecting sleep
💙 Staying connected
🌿 Paying attention to your own seasonal patterns

I catch myself saying, “It’s too cold to go outside.”

Then I have to remind myself: I live in New England. I own layers.

The goal is not to recreate summer or convince yourself to love January.

It is to notice what changes in you when the light changes and start responding earlier.

Read the new blog at LifeBalance.

10/13/2026

Our October newsletter is out.

And it is built for actual humans.

Not people with perfectly regulated nervous systems, empty calendars, eight hours of sleep, meal-prepped refrigerators, and zero unread emails.

Inside this issue:

🌿 Why anxiety creates urgency
🌿 Mental-health awareness
🌿 Seasonal changes in light and mood
🌿 Whole-person strategies for stress
🌿 Nutrition and nervous-system support
🌿 Resources you can use outside therapy
🌿 What we are loving this month

Our newsletter brings practical mental-health education, new blogs, resources, and LifeBalance updates straight to your inbox.

If you are already reading it, thank you.
If not, come join us.

10/12/2026

10/10/2026

Today is World Mental Health Day.

This year’s theme centers on lived experience.

That matters.
Clinical training matters.

Research matters.

Assessment matters.

And so does the person sitting in the room.

A person’s culture, history, relationships, body, identity, values, losses, strengths, and lived experience all shape what care needs to look like.

Good therapy is not something done to someone.

It is built with them.

At LifeBalance, our clinicians bring different specialties, perspectives, and approaches to the work.

But the person receiving care remains part of every decision about that care.
Because people know things about their own lives that cannot be learned from a textbook.