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Sharing – How schools can support mental health in high-needs areas
ByMikeM April 16, 2026April 15, 2026 Reading Time: 1 minute

Schools in poor areas where students are likely to be dealing with instability at home and poverty all around them have different mental health needs than kids living in a wealthy suburb. Programs designed to help families in poverty should be part of school mental health programs. As I’ve said many times, you can’t meditate or exercise your way out of poverty. A full-service mental health program would recognize the impact that something like poverty has on kids.

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Sharing – Finding Beauty in the Pieces: A Journey Through Healing
ByMikeM April 13, 2026April 11, 2026 Reading Time: 1 minute

I love the idea that healing can be messy. Most truly human things worth doing are messy and chaotic. We weren’t made to only do easy things, but we are made to grow and heal.

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Sharing – Study shows masculine depression is not just a male mental health pattern
ByMikeM April 10, 2026April 9, 2026 Reading Time: 1 minute

When men display anger, anxiety, and irritation, we tend not to think of it as depression, but it very well can be.

This study taught me something, though. That kind of depression, which we refer to as “masculine,” is not something that only men can display, so we ought to consider how many people across the gender spectrum may be suffering from depression and not recognizing it.

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Sharing – Michigan kids in mental health crisis sent out of state as facilities close
ByMikeM April 7, 2026 Reading Time: 1 minute

It’s easy to talk about supporting mental health, but is it too much to ask that we fund the resources needed to provide that and allow them to exist in our neighborhoods?

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Sharing – Intolerance of Uncertainty | How to Thrive in Ambiguity
ByMikeM March 31, 2026March 30, 2026 Reading Time: 2 minutes

It can be difficult to live in uncertain times. That old phrase, “May you live in interesting times,” is really more of a curse than a blessing. We can’t change the times we live in, and even if we could, there will always be uncertainty. We can, however, ground ourselves in the knowledge and confidence that we will, regardless, survive it.

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Sharing – If You Want to Build Community, You Have to “Waste Time” with People
ByMikeM March 27, 2026 Reading Time: 2 minutes

The pity is that I prioritize this so little in my personal life. I’m constantly trying to “squeeze” in time with friends between work and other interests, and then wondering why my sense of personal community seems so lost. I think what Dr. Murthy talks about is part of it. I don’t think about time in this way. I’m always trying to maximize the time I spend with people, instead of just being with them.

The irony, of course, is how often I write about the best way to help people struggling with healing and mental health issues – just be with them. Yet, I don’t seem to realize how important it is to just be with our people regardless of what’s going on in their lives.

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