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Shared Links (weekly) June 22, 2025
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Sharing – 988 call centers struggling to hire people to answer the phones.
Creating a new number was the easy part. Similar to raising awareness because it’s necessary, it’s essential, but if there is no one there to provide the help we encourage people to reach out for, it’s not nearly enough. Here’s hoping these state and local organizations can find and train people to provide the necessary help during these calls. That’s only a start, of course. We still have so much work to do to make that help accessible to everyone who needs it.Â
In some ways, this struggle to staff the hotline is a microcosm of the entire mental health field right now. We need a lot of resources that just aren’t there right now. Can we figure out a way to get change that?
Shared Links (weekly) July 11, 2021
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‘We Can Talk About This’: Kids Benefit When Parents Open Up About Mental Health Struggles
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COVID-19 Did Not Affect Mental Health the Way You Think
– Turns out there’s a lot of resiliency out there too, but it looks different for everyone.
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How one woman’s experience with childhood sexual abuse inspired her to help others heal
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Suicide is the single biggest killer of men under 45
– in the UK
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“Never Look on the Dark Side”: The Science of Positivity from Early Eugenics to Today
Sharing – Podcast: Countdown to Death: How Embracing Time Helps Us Live Fully
I decided to stay because I knew that, eventually, that final day was coming for me anyway. All of this was temporary.Â
I remind myself of that when I feel anxious or make a mistake in front of people. All of this is temporary. Whatever embarrassment I might feel at this moment, eventually, everyone involved will not be here to talk about it, and I won’t be here to be embarrassed by it.Â
I find that freeing. It is freeing to remember that I’m only here temporarily and to remind myself that I only have so much time to do the things I want to do and make the impact on people’s lives that I want to make.Â
