Taking off you mask and taking on stigma.
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15 year old shares how we can support people (like her) with mental illness
For our Thursday post during Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week 15 year old Amanda S. shares her mental illness journey and what she has learned about how to support people like herself:
May 3-7 is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week! Monday’s Post…
Glennon Doyle is a great role model to start off our week! Refreshing in authenticity, Glennon shares what she had to learn and accept about life, to face it head on and start her recovery journey. Glennon’s mental illness journey began when she was 8 years old.
Tuesday’s Children’s Mental Health Awareness video offers something for everyone.
Dan Berstein has a great message for all of us whether we have a mental illness or not, and regardless of what mental illness we may have. We all know someone affected by mental illness . Please take some time to listen to Dan and the powerful insights he has for all of us as…
Coronavirus: Guide for Parents
In this tumultuous time of uncertainty with the novel coronavirus COVID-19, we are all facing major disruptions in our lives. However, we can take a positive approach to take care of what matters the most: our families and our community. Bob Sege with the HOPE Project provides some ideas to make happy memories during this…
The Many Faces of Anxiety
One of the biggest ‘mis’-conceptions about mental health is that there is a common ‘conception’ against which we can apply the ‘mis’. (Interesting, we use the word “misconception” a lot but “conception”, not so much. Kind of like discombobulate, discriminate or Mississippi. We never say ‘combobulate’, criminate’ or ‘Sissippi’). As complex as the brain is…
“To This Day” – Shane Koyczan on the TED Stage.
If you’ve never seen this TED talk, parent, professional or, especially, every young person who feels like they’re alone, not understood – please stop and watch this. Much like Ben, our amazing local poet, Shane Koyczan has a gift for speaking his truth in a way that permits us all to acknowledge that it can…
Why Peer to Peer Support is Important
By Rubina Kapil on September 23, 2019 (Originally posted on Mental Health First Aid). “Regardless of how happy, smart or popular someone seems on the outside, everyone is fighting battles we have no idea about,” said Katie Ramboyong, a junior at Freedom High School in Loudoun County, Va., and one of the first students to…
What’s your Superpower?
When I was 15 or 16 years old I had really, really bad acne. I think it’s fair to say that’s a tough age for everybody so I won’t whine too much, but one memory still stands out. I was sitting on the bus headed to school one day when a ‘friend’ sat down near…