Sharing – Mental Health Over Matter: An Interview with Noah Chenevert

Sharing – Mental Health Over Matter: An Interview with Noah Chenevert

We spend so much time shouting from the rooftops when we find something that works, telling anyone and everyone that they NEED to do the same thing. That impulse is understandable. What we leave out, however, are all the things we tried that didn’t work or when the thing that worked for us 2-3 years ago has stopped working.

It would help if we did that more often to remind people that we are not alone but not all the same.

Shared Links (weekly) March 19, 2023

Shared Links (weekly) March 19, 2023

Sharing – “We cannot struggle alone”: Students learning mental health ‘first aid’ to identify friends in need

Sharing – “We cannot struggle alone”: Students learning mental health ‘first aid’ to identify friends in need

Again we see how being educated and open about mental health issues creates people who know what to do. We can’t get support from people who don’t know what to do and they don’t learn what to do when society remains unwilling to talk about mental health.

Reviews Elsewhere – Three Books For Managing Fear and Anxiety

Reviews Elsewhere – Three Books For Managing Fear and Anxiety

I saw this post earlier today, and let’s face it, we all could use some help occasionally with fear and anxiety. As the author says: Because there are many self-help books on the market, it can be difficult to decide which one to read. So I have recommended three: Brantley’s Calming Your Anxious Mind, Bourne’s…

Shared Links (weekly) March, 12 2023

Shared Links (weekly) March, 12 2023

Memory Getting Worse, Struggling to Make Decisions? It Could be Stress

Memory Getting Worse, Struggling to Make Decisions? It Could be Stress

On the other hand, if we know this, maybe we can start to do something about it. That might look like finding ways to lower the stress we have some control over, understanding what is happening with our abilities in these areas, and seeing these struggles in others for what they are. In short, give ourselves and each other some grace and step back before making rash decisions or digging our heels in on decisions and beliefs. If we suffer cognitively when stressed, let’s admit that maybe, just maybe, we get stuff wrong occasionally.

We are human after all, and “to err is human.”