Lisa shares how her benefits helped her daughter and their family during a stressful time.
"I'm so grateful to have health benefits for my family. During COVID, one of my teenage daughters became seriously depressed. Her depression began to impact her overall health because of some of the behaviors that were caused by her depression. Because we have great health benefits, I was able to get her the counseling and medical care she needed. We have also done the other lifestyle things that were recommended by doctors as well as the SmartHealth program. We work out each morning together. We spend as much time in nature each day as the weather will allow. We have started eating foods that are good for brain health. I'm so thankful to report that after two very hard years my daughter is back to her pre-COVID self. She's enjoying her life again. In her school two other teenagers were lost last year to suicide. Teenage mental health is a serious thing. I'm just so glad I was able to get the help my daughter needed. There is nothing in my life that means more to me than my kids."