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Embracing The Pura Vida Mindset: Tropical Healing From Mental Health Challenges in Costa Rica

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 Embracing The Pura Vida Mindset: Tropical Healing From Mental Health Challenges in Costa Rica     Traveling to Costa Rica with a toddler... "Sure, it'll be hard", we thought. "But we can do it!"     We spaced out the trip as much as we could to make it as smooth-sailing as possible for all of us. We flew out of St. George and got on a connecting flight to Phoenix. Then from Phoenix, we flew to Dallas and stayed in a hotel overnight.      Ada, our daughter, did not adjust well to the new environment. We thought she would eventually adjust, since we had traveled to California a handful of times, and although difficult at first, she eventually adjusted. This time, however, her crying was relentless. She was overtired from practically skipping a nap during all of the traveling.       We had requested a pack n' play for her to sleep in, and although we stuck to her normal bedtime routine, she cried and screamed until our hearts couldn't take it anymore and w