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.
Mental health
Social Media Isn’t the Main Reason Teens Are Depressed
Politicians and media are in their latest wave of ascribing young people’s mental health problems to anything but their real source: dysfunctional adults.
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.
10 Tips for Managing Post-Election Anxiety
The first step is simple: Stop scrolling.
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.
Building Homes and Community for Arizona Youth
Eco-friendly tiny houses offer safety, stability, and savings.
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.
To Transform Work, We Must Rest
Rest is not antithetical to work. We cannot imagine work without it.
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.
How to Process Our Collective Grief
During a time of relentless violence and mass shootings, it is important to understand how grief impacts us all.
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.
To Help Survivors, a Domestic Violence Agency Turns the Focus
Addressing domestic violence solely through the criminal justice system often doesn’t fix the problem or promote healing, and may actually cause additional harm. More holistic, trauma-informed approaches can give people a chance to process the deeper reasons for their behavior and allow them an opportunity to change.
How to Build Resilience to Shame
Today’s hustle culture claims “unearned” pleasure is shameful. But there are ways to resist this cultural response.
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.
What Holistic Care for Refugees Looks Like
Attachment theory can be helpful in holistically supporting refugee children by using its evidence to improve refugee relief and resettlement.
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.
Smoked Salmon for Amelia: A Native Perspective on Homelessness
“The ultimate cause of homelessness is our spiritual break with the land.”
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