Shared Links (weekly) Sept. 10, 2023
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World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September 2023): Creating Hope Through Action
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What to Talk About in Therapy: Ideas to Get You Started– If you’ve never been, where do you start? What is expected of you?
World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September 2023): Creating Hope Through Action
What to Talk About in Therapy: Ideas to Get You Started– If you’ve never been, where do you start? What is expected of you?
There’s simply no way you don’t know people struggling right now. Whether you want to consider the levels of anxiety and depression a disorder or a natural reaction to the state of the world today, we would all do well with more compassion and grace.
A lot more. People are dying without it.
Despite their inherent instinct to help each other, many firefighters and first responders feel there is still a vivid stigma that surrounds seeking professional help, specifically from a counselor. Hodgens explains that when he first started coming to FoF, he was “going through some really dark times, some really hard situations in life that I…
The problem with perfect
6 Happiness Books That Mental Health Experts Trust
Make Social Media Work For (rather Than Against) Your Mental Health
The Difference Between Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence, and Self-Compassion
This Nonprofit Found A Unique Way To Help Sexually Abused Children Heal
But They Went Willingly – Understanding Teen Sexual Grooming
Mental Illness and Homelessness
If we take anything away from this pandemic in terms of our self-care regiment, I hope that it is a recognition that many of our “suggestions” for how to practice self-care are completely unreachable to many folks without things like available childcare, stable incomes, some semblance of work-life balance, and the support of others. We can’t just toss another thing on the list of their responsibilities without making it possible for them to do.
This is an older post from the Mental Health First Aid site, but I’ve been thinking a lot about this and being much more purposeful in who I follow and what kinds of things I want in my feeds. I think it’s something to consider because simply using social media is not bad for our…
Social Media: Keep it Positive – Spreading Joy and Uplifting Others
7 Tips for Addressing Back-to-School Anxiety– It’s that time of year again.
As Legislation Targeting LGBTQ and BIPOC Youth Increases, We Need to Protect Their Mental Health
Video Record-breaking heat in South forces millions of Americans to stay indoors– I was just talking about this in the newsletter last week. It’s too hot to be out in nature.