by gsohc | Oct 31, 2025 | Collaboration
Creating Opportunity, Connection, and Healing for Our Veterans At The Heroes Center in High Point, North Carolina, gratitude is only the beginning. This nonprofit is dedicated to ensuring that every veteran has not only appreciation for their service but also...
by gsohc | Oct 30, 2025 | Collaboration, Community
When was the last time you felt a deep connection to nature—perhaps as a child discovering a four-leaf clover, a teenager caught in summer rain, or a young adult pausing to breathe in the crisp morning air? For many of us, those moments of communion with the living...
by gsohc | Oct 30, 2025 | Care, Health & Healing
“This time of year, a lot of our energy is focused on the holidays, on stores and shopping, ‘don’t you want to get someone this,’ getting that, getting more,” says Briana Simmons. “As a November baby, I ask people instead to reflect on what they’ve done in the last...
by Shane Jarriel | Sep 29, 2025 | Articles, Care, Health & Healing, Mental Health, Mind-Body Practices, Resilience & Coping Skills, Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Shane Jarriel—GHC Volunteer Staff Writer For many of us, change can be a difficult obstacle to overcome, especially when the environment around us mirrors the hardships or heavy emotions that we bear. In this article, we explore methods to help us cope with these...
by gsohc | Sep 29, 2025 | Articles, Care, Mental Health, Resilience & Coping Skills, Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Mary Ellen Hettinger—GHC Volunteer Staff Writer While many find renewed energy in fall’s first cool evenings, looking forward to leaf-peeping and pumpkin-spice everything, for someone with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), earlier sunsets and falling leaves can be a...
by gsohc | Sep 29, 2025 | Care, Health & Healing, Mental Health
Mary Ellen Hettinger—GHC Volunteer Staff Writer For centuries, plant medicine was the mainstay of healing—from Amazonian ethnobotanicals to Traditional Chinese Medicine. In fact, many of today’s pharmaceuticals trace their origins back to plants; think of aspirin,...
by Aleksandra Vujnovic | Sep 29, 2025 | Articles, Care, Mental Health, Wellness
Hello Friend, I want you to imagine something with me for a moment. Picture your health as if it were the blueprint for your dream home. What do you and this home have in common? The answer is simple: building blocks. A home needs bricks, beams, and foundation. You...
by gsohc | Sep 29, 2025 | Care, Community, Mental Health, Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Leslie Rice—GHC Volunteer Staff Writer Fast Facts In 2023, the overall U.S. age-adjusted suicide rate was 14.1 per 100,000. Rates were highest among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) non-Hispanic, followed by White non-Hispanic and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander...
by Leslie Rice | Sep 2, 2025 | Articles, Community
As we move from vision to reality, I am called to share some thoughts, perhaps more than thoughts, an intention, a long-held desire, made manifest. Not all visions are shouted. Some are grown slowly and quietly beneath the surface. What follows is a reflection...
by Frenesa K. Hall, M.D. | Aug 24, 2025 | Care, Functional Medicine, Health & Healing, Integrative Approaches, Nutrition & Herbal Support
Have you ever struggled with persistent symptoms—fatigue, migraines, digestive discomfort, or joint pain—that seem to defy diagnosis? If so, you’re not alone. Many individuals suffer from chronic symptoms that go unrecognized or unresolved by conventional approaches....
