Let’s Convince the Youth of Their Greatness – Interview with Carl Boyd, Educator and Community Leader
I met Carl Boyd eight years ago when I was asked to discuss Kwanzaa, an African American holiday, on his radio show… Our subsequent discussions have become important intergenerational learning opportunities. We’re both from Chicago and like to discuss what it means to have grown up in the same place, but at different times. He was an adolescent during the 1950s, and I was one during the 1970s. I recently reached out to him to connect the dots between community and mental health over several decades.
8 things I wish I could tell my younger self
In the hopes that this will also be helpful to you and your mental health, here are eight things I wish I could have said to my younger self.
Food and mood: A fireside chat with Emmanuel Lopez
We sat down with Emmanuel Lopez to learn about how he is using food to help manage his clinical depression and seasonal affective disorder. Here’s what he shared.
Peer support in early intervention services for psychosis: A fireside chat with Jason Grant
In this first Fireside Chat, Jason shares about his own experience with psychosis, what he has seen through his work as a peer support worker, how Covid-19 has changed early intervention services and more.
“Let’s do something different and make things better”—Interview with Ted Weiss, Stability Leader, lawyer and mental health advocate
At 75, I am at high risk for detrimental outcomes if I were to be infected with the coronavirus. Despite this situation, what the pandemic has revealed to me are all the ways I am fortunate.
Are Zoom calls psychologically safe?
Thanks to COVID-19, video calls aren’t going away anytime soon. But while they used to primarily consist of time with close friends or family, today there are any number of opportunities—some mandatory—to face a bunch of relative strangers two feet away on your high-resolution monitor.
Stability Leaders’ top 7 self-care strategies for getting through election week
Are you feeling anxious, scared or overwhelmed this election week? Us too. Throughout the country, individuals across the political spectrum have expressed a shared sentiment of dread around elections this year. While these feelings may linger even after the results are revealed, a firm self-care strategy can help.
Unveiling privilege in mental health recovery
When I first became a public mental health advocate, I was solely focused on the message that it’s possible to bounce back from a mental health crisis and manage — thrive, even — with a diagnosis such as Bipolar 1. My ambition was relatively modest, thinking that perhaps I would reach someone else who received an intimidating diagnosis and felt ostracized and “doomed.”
Asian American advocates changing the narrative on mental health
Protecting mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging for most people, especially Asian Americans, who have been unfairly used as scapegoats. With the president leading others to use the term “China virus,” hate crimes and other forms of racism and aggression toward Asian Americans have surged, harming the community’s mental health.
You’re not alone: Stability Leaders share their mental health challenges and management strategies during COVID-19
If you’ve been feeling increases in depression, anxiety, or other mental health impacts during this pandemic, you’re not alone. We recently conducted a survey of Stability Leaders to determine how COVID-19 is impacting them. Here’s what we found from 45 respondents from across the U.S.