Beyond the Lift: Winter Sports for the Rest of Us

by COVIDSupportVT | Feb 3, 2022

Winter Hiking & Other Free Frolics for Surviving February in Vermont Sure, Vermont is known for its world-class alpine skiing and snowboarding. And rightly so. But for a substantial proportion of Vermonters, dropping a few hundred bucks for a family day at the...

Reckoning with a Racist History

by COVIDSupportVT | Feb 1, 2022

Getting to the Root of Racial Disparities in Healthcare How does our country’s racist history drive health disparities across medicine? Whether overt or covert, race-based prejudice and discrimination lie at the root of the widely divergent health outcomes for Black...

Covid Positive? Managing Anxiety in Isolation

by COVIDSupportVT | Jan 20, 2022

Practical Guidance from COVID Support VT Clinical Psychologist As the Omicron variant sweeps through the state, more Vermonters find themselves or a family member testing positive for Covid. We all probably know someone who’s sick with Covid and in isolation. And many...

Make a Date to Meditate

by COVIDSupportVT | Jan 6, 2022

Join “Monday Meditations” on Facebook, Friday Workshops on Zoom Two ways to meditate with COVID Support VT to combat Covid stress and increase resilience. Are you a wannabe meditator? Maybe you’ve heard about the great mental health benefits of meditating but don’t...

Gut Health and Your Mood

by COVIDSupportVT | Nov 16, 2021

Vermont Dietitian’s Roadmap for a Mood-Supportive Diet Is your diet SAD? The Standard American Diet — what dietitians sometimes call “the SAD diet” – might literally make you depressed. That’s because the typical U.S. meal plan is heavy on  refined...