{"id":49,"date":"2021-02-05T03:18:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T03:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brightsidebahamas.com\/index.php\/home-2\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T14:02:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T14:02:04","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brightsidebahamas.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Welcome to Brightside Bahamas, a mental health practice based in Nassau, The Bahamas specializing in psychotherapy, coaching, and mental health education. Mental health is health too, and the goal of this practice is to help Bahamians create and promote healthier and more fulfilling relationships &#8211; with others, but especially with themselves. There are many things we can do to prime ourselves for positive mental health, and having honest conversations about how we feel is the best place to begin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/brightsidebahamas.com\/index.php\/about\/\" style=\"background-color:#8fc5c5\">ABOUT<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/brightsidebahamas.com\/index.php\/services\/\" style=\"background-color:#8fc5c5\">Services<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/brightsidebahamas.com\/index.php\/contact-us\/\" style=\"background-color:#8fc5c5\">contact us<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/brightsidebahamas.setmore.com\" style=\"background-color:#8fc5c5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">book now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#8fc5c5;color:#8fc5c5\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\" id=\"check-out-our-latest-media-features\">We&#8217;ve been featured, check it out!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/brightsidebahamas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EWN-Feature-April-2021-1.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption><strong>Eyewitness News; April 23, 2021<\/strong><br>Please note I am neither a psychologist or an expert life coach. Formal clarification has been made by the reporting journalist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-2 wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/brightsidebahamas.com\/index.php\/media-features\/\" style=\"background-color:#8fc5c5\">Click for more media features<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#8fc5c5;color:#8fc5c5\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:21px\">We are active on social media and would love to connect with you on the platforms listed below. You can anticipate educational, motivational, and informative posts about mental health from both therapeutic and coaching perspectives. <strong>Social media isn&#8217;t therapy or coaching<\/strong>, though &#8211; please remember that! Reading information online can help you further understand your situation or learn something new; but social media is not a replacement for formal mental health work, nor do I provide formal mental health services on social media. 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Brian Tracy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/brightsidebahamas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/new-pride-flag-01-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-237 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brightsidebahamas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/new-pride-flag-01-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/brightsidebahamas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/new-pride-flag-01-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brightsidebahamas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/new-pride-flag-01-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brightsidebahamas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/new-pride-flag-01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Brightside Bahamas is a safe space for and an ally to stigmatized and marginalized populations; 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