Are Mental Health Care Apps Actually Helping People in Need?
More and more people are experimenting with mental health apps and discovering their benefits and limits.
Mental Health
The Politics of Rage
Black and Brown rage is often dehumanized, while White rage is protected and coddled. But it takes courage to transmute rage and anger into collective and lasting transformation.
Interrupting Cycles of Harm, Inside and Outside Prison Walls
Formerly incarcerated mental health care providers are supplementing traditional resources for those still in prison—with mutually beneficial results.
Healing Generational Trauma
For Black and Indigenous communities, it takes more than therapy and medicine to tackle mental illness. We need a holistic approach.
Taking Back Our Focus
In "Stolen Focus," Johann Hari unplugs from digital media and regains his concentration.
How to Transform the Way You Experience Winter
“Rather than letting our relationship with nature extinguish itself during the cold, wet, dark days, we need to take special care to keep it kindled.”
Barriers to Mental Health Care for Asian Americans—and Solutions
Understanding why many Asian Americans don’t seek mental health care—like stigma and lack of culturally appropriate resources—is essential to providing effective support.
How to Regulate Pandemic Anxiety? Trust Your Body
From breath work to joyful movement, 9 suggestions on how to compassionately soothe the body amidst pandemic anxiety.
By Tracing Addiction to Childhood Trauma, Can We Find Compassion?
“Our job, as human beings, is to learn from our suffering.”
The Pursuit of Rest Under Capitalism
“Could it be that the fragmentation of our relations has been a fundamental cause of our exhaustion?”
How to Address Mental Health Needs of Children With Chronic Illnesses
Children with chronic medical conditions often suffer multiple blows to their mental well-being. A state program in California aims to provide appropriate treatment for these children and their families.
Is It Time to Abandon the Term “Climate Anxiety”?
People are calling for a more nuanced discussion of climate change and mental health—one that centers the experiences of marginalized communities.
Meditations on Enough
5 meditations on what “enough” means, from food to rest to diversity.
Hiking as Medicine
With a body weakened by chemotherapy, flat, low-elevation hikes have become my new obsession.
Don’t Tell Me to Despair About the Climate: Hope Is a Right We Must Protect
There is no point at which we can no longer strive to make the future better than it otherwise would be.
Veterans Find Peace on America’s Trails
The remote woods and mountains—accessed on long, challenging thru-hikes—are places of healing for former soldiers who suffer from the trauma of war.
Why Are We Expected to Love Our Jobs?
For decades, Americans have been told they should love their jobs. But is this a healthy relationship?
A Denver Neighborhood Creates Green Space to Improve Community Health
Once a dumping ground for trash and industrial pollution, Platte Farm Open Space now has gardens, trails, and play areas enjoyed by the whole community.
Biden Can’t Heal America By Himself. Here’s How to Help
Conversations across the lines of race, class, politics, and religion can have a transformative impact on a community.
Yay, You! On the Necessity of Lockdown Cheer
We all deserve to be celebrated for making it through today.
7 Steps to Stay COVID-Safe This Winter
Cooler weather means more time spent indoors, which requires greater precautions to avoid contracting or spreading the coronavirus.
How to Find Joy (Even in 2020)
Amid suffering, joy is an incredibly powerful companion.
How to Nourish Your Resilience in a Time of Trauma
These daily actions can help heal your nervous system for right action instead of reaction.
Police Encounters During Mental Health Crises Don’t Have to Be Violent
In the wake of another police killing of an unarmed Black man struggling with a mental health disability, I asked what cops—and everyone—can do to help.
Rochester Police Killed an Unarmed Black Man Having a Mental Health Crisis
“I placed the phone call for my brother to get help, not for my brother to get lynched," says Joseph Prude.
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