The Mental Impacts of Stuttering

Stuttering is a multifaceted disorder than can have a significant impact on social, emotional, and psychological issues. This is largely due to people’s reactions to those who stutter; these people may not understand that stuttering is a break in fluent speech that cannot be controlled. According to Beth Gilbert of PsychCentral, stuttering is characterized by sound, syllable, and phrase repetitions; hesitations; fillers; and revisions in … Continue reading The Mental Impacts of Stuttering

What Diet Buddies Bring to the Table

Dieting can be one of the hardest mental and physical challenges out there, and sticking to it can be even harder. Having a “diet buddy” gives you someone to share the journey of weight loss with, providing accountability and support along the way. Social support can be one of those positive factors that influences the ability to lose weight and keep it off. All you … Continue reading What Diet Buddies Bring to the Table

Get Your Life Back With Bariatric Surgery

Sterling Center Bariatrics affords patients a second chance. For some, it is the chance to start over; for others, it is the chance to save their lives. Marissa Phillips, a 25-year-old accountant from Homerville, Georgia, is one of those success stories. Phillips underwent a gastric sleeve procedure in June 2017. The procedure works by removing over half of the stomach and then sewing the remaining … Continue reading Get Your Life Back With Bariatric Surgery

No Play Equals a Dull Day

Do you believe video games teach your children to be violent menaces to society? Do you think that video games don’t allow for a positive influence on your children? If you nodded in confirmation, allow me to challenge your skepticism. Video games host a plethora of cognitive benefits to anyone that plays them, regardless of the common misconceptions that they influence anti-social behaviors and desensitize … Continue reading No Play Equals a Dull Day