Akua is grateful for our amazing team of compassionate professionals whose mission is to create an environment of healing and transformation for each client seeking change. Each month we recognize staff that is going above and beyond in providing the highest quality care for our clients. Congratulations to all of the Akua Warriors for November 2021!
Reading Time: 3 Minutes “Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky”. -Brene Brown A quick Google search of “social media and mental health” can elicit a plethora of mental health blogs and websites stating how […]
Reading Time: 4 Minutes “All disease begins in the gut.” -Hippocrates Your gastrointestinal tract (your gut) is tightly connected to your brain, and as a result, what you put into your body can affect how you physically feel and how you mentally feel. The gut, just like the brain, has one unique signaling system that relies on receptors and […]
Reading Time: 3 Minutes “Get your beauty sleep” is an understatement, and we all need sleep to survive. Studies show that teenagers and all adults should get, on average, 7-9 hours of uninterrupted sleep each night. However, the reality is drastically different. The average American adult sleeps six hours each night with hopes of stacking sleep on the weekends, […]
