How Pet-Friendly Homeless Shelters Heal
The bond between people and their pets can be life-saving, especially amid the struggle for safe housing.
Mental Health
How Healing Circles Create Space for Change
Restorative justice can be a challenging approach to domestic violence, but it can also be rewarding when the people involved are participating with genuine desire to find a path forward.
In Defense of the Herring People
Efforts to decolonize the herring roe harvest in Alaska highlight the contrast between tribal subsistence practices and the Department of Fish and Game’s management strategy.
The Fourth Pillar of Health: Nature Time
In this excerpt, author Misty Pratt explores emerging research—and her own experience—that suggests remedies like park prescriptions may be as key to mental and physical health as diet, exercise, and sleep.
Can Connection Be the Cure for What Ails Us?
What if in addition to prescribing medication, doctors also prescribed activities that addressed our lack of connection?
Opinion | New York | California | LGBTQ | COVID-19 | Pride Month | Progress 2025: LGBTQ Rights | Progress 2025
Going Back Outside for Pride
We can no longer accept Pride events that only make room for one type of queer person—or that cater primarily to the corporations more invested in rainbow capitalism than collective liberation.
Centering Queer (Self) Care in the 2024 Election
Leaning into lineages of resilience and care can be a balm for election-related anxiety for LGBTQ people—and everyone.
Men Are in a Loneliness Epidemic. Should Women Care?
Caring is a tricky word for many women, as it brims with gendered expectations of labor, open availability, and mental load.
The Heavy Weight of Body Image
From a young age, boys are expected to bulk up at the expense of their emotional and mental health.
Accessing Mental Health Care for Survivors of Violence
Mental health care is critical for survivors, but access often comes with a slew of challenges.
Farmers Navigate Dual Crises of Climate and Mental Health
Could provisions in the Farm Bill help with the high rates of suicide among U.S. farmers?
Young Readers Find Hope—and Escape—in Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
Reading science fiction and fantasy can help young people learn how to cope with stress and anxiety.
Time Isn’t Money
“Saving Time” explores a life beyond the constraints of the Western clock.
How to Fight Back Against Our Own Morality Police
From the streets of Iran to the corridors of power in the U.S., the forces that police our morality undermine our mental health and wellbeing.
How to Ditch the Earth Day Lip Service
A psychotherapist shares how to move from inertia to action with an eye to climate justice.
Decolonizing Black Women’s Health Through Land Reparations
Land stewardship can be a powerful tool in addressing intergenerational trauma, especially for Black women.
How to Turn a Beach Day Into a Transformational Experience—For You and For the Earth
We have become so estranged from the natural world that we hardly know what an “intentional relationship with nature” even looks like.
How Parents Can Support Teen Mental Heath
Parents and caregivers are a critical link in addressing the urgent mental health crisis among teens.
How Imams Can Destigmatize Mental Health Care Among Muslims
Post-9/11 Islamophobia has triggered a mental health crisis among Muslims. Now, the shift toward seeking mental health care is happening at Islamic centers and mosques.
How to Support Your Mental Health During the Change in Seasons
For some, a lack of light and warmth can have a negative impact on mental wellbeing. Here are some ways to navigate this transition.
What Do We Do While Waiting to Realize Prison Abolition?
Attorney Sia Henry shares a wrenching personal experience highlighting the challenges of operating in world where prison abolition is not yet a reality.
When Mental Health Crisis Responders Reach Rural Residents
Rural communities from Iowa to South Dakota to Colorado are rethinking who they send as first responders to help those in a mental health crisis.
For a Healthier Society, Ditch the Myth of Normal
Celebrated physician Gabor Maté on how our toxic culture is making us ill.
Why Doing Nothing Is Good For You
The Dutch art of niksen—intentionally doing nothing, letting the mind wander—is much needed in our over-scheduled lives.
How to Decolonize Mental Health Treatment for BIPOC
Therapy can be very helpful, but we have to remember that therapy is not the standard nor the only place to find healing and safety.
Help Fund Powerful Stories to Light the Way Forward
Donate to YES! today.