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When I was little, I carried around a smiley face toy I got
from a quarter machine in a grocery store. It had a smooth
plastic body with the classic yellow smiling sphere, as well
as arms and legs with white-gloved hands and little white
sneakers. Upon numerous present-day Google searches, I
still don’t know what these toys are actually called, but I
named mine Smiley Guy, and for all intents and purposes,
he was my first emotional support figure.
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is: I have clutched at an enduring token of
hope for as long as I can remember.
Despite this, I have still found myself at the
perils of panic attacks, debilitated by depressive
episodes — and now, like many other “chatty and overa-
chieving” women in my age group — diagnosed with ADHD
(and continuously investigating my neurodivergent brain in
even greater capacity). Mental health has been at the fore-
front of my identity since I could understand what mental
health is, and every day I toe the fine line of not letting these
facets of my experience define me and simultaneously
embracing that they make me who I am.
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Emotions Matter Makes A Difference For Folks
Affected By Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental health
condition characterized by difficulties regulating emotions.
Someone with BPD might experience intense and extended
emotions that can lead to impulsivity, poor self-image,
relationship challenges, and dangerous behaviors like
self-injury. However, those living with the condition and
the people who love them want the world to know: those
big emotions matter.
Emotions Matter is a nonprofit that was created by a
network of families and individuals impacted by BPD who
have united around a shared vision to improve social con-
nection, awareness, and healthcare systems for those living
with the condition.
The organization was established in 2015 when three
women connected at an awareness walk and bonded over
their shared experiences with family members who live
with BPD. Since then, Emotions Matter has established
services including a peer-to-peer online support group,
educational materials, treatment resources, loss support
groups, a non-judgmental network of clinicians, and polit-
ical advocacy efforts to improve BPD research, treatment,
and access to care.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness estimates that
1.4% of the adult U.S. population experiences BPD. In 2021,
Emotions Matter served an estimated 1,700 people through
person-centered and stigma-free programs.
“The most helpful people in my recovery have been
people like those in this group who have been supportive
and empowered me to keep believing in myself and not
feel ashamed for what diagnosis I carry,” a testimony from
a woman named Chelsea reads on the Emotions Matter
website. “There is always hope. There is always love and
acceptance to be given. Make sure to look for it.”
Learn more: emotionsmatterbpd.org.
How To Be Intersectional In Your Mental Health Advocacy
GOOD
Many people experience mental health conditions as a re-
sult of systemic oppression. Check out “The Side Effects
of Living” by Jhilmil Breckenridge and Namarita Kathait
to read about diverse lived experiences.
Experts Points To Psychological First Aid Training
As A Way To Boost Care Workers’ Wellbeing
When the World Health Organization introduced
Psychological First Aid (PFA) over a decade ago, it was the
first globally recommended training for people like health-
care workers to provide psychological care in the immediate
aftermath of an emergency event.
Now, researchers have identified it as a tool to help care
workers and first responders themselves.
In June 2020, the UK government introduced free
access to digital PFA training to support frontline
workers, especially those working in care homes and
retirement facilities. This led to a study by scientists from
Northumbria University and the University of Highlands
and Islands, which indicated that those who had taken the
PFA training were better equipped to overcome stress and
improve relationships with others.
Dr. Mariyana Schoultz, the project lead from
Northumbria University, shared that the study suggests
that PFA has the potential to minimize the risks of PTSD
and other ongoing psychological conditions in healthcare
workers, though more research is required.
“Findings suggest that PFA training has the potential
to strengthen resilience for staff in health and social care,
promote anti-stigma messages, and normalize health-seek-
ing behavior,” Schoultz told Science Daily. “We, therefore,
recommend that consideration be given to funding an inte-
grated program of research and development to further
develop, implement and evaluate a co-produced iteration
of PFA for the use in the UK care sector and beyond.”
BETTER
Redistribute your wealth to: We R Native (wernative.org),
Trans Lifeline (translifeline.org), Asian Mental Health
Project (asianmentalhealthproject.com), or
The Loveland Foundation (thelovelandfoundation.org).
Meet The Transgender Nutrition Therapist Helping
People Of All Genders Heal From Eating Disorders
Registered dietician Vaughn Darst knows what it’s like to
experience dysphoria in his body. His own experience as
a trans person informs his knowledge of the unique chal-
lenges transgender folks encounter when seeking peace
with their bodies, nutrition, and gender identities.
According to Penn Medicine, transgender teens face a
greater risk of eating disorders compared to their cisgen-
der peers, and they face additional hurdles to diagnosis and
treatment due to stigma and discrimination. Darst also
shared in his 2019 TEDxUSC talk, among gender-non-
conforming youth who have an eating disorder, three out
of four will also deal with self-harm or thoughts of suicide.
“The problem is that the world is shaped by gender and
fatphobia and transphobia. I am not the problem,” Darst
says in their TEDx Talk. “Those of us who discover this
secret can exit the cycle of self-harm to an incredible place
of strength and resilience. I am one example of this. I use
my strength in service of my community.”
Through affirming care and body liberation, Darst started
his nutrition therapy practice, All Gender Nutrition.
Their work is based on intuitive eating and weight-neu-
tral frameworks, working collaboratively with clients and
their treatment teams to prioritize individualized healing
(all without ever encouraging anyone to lose weight).
“I believe that existing as a transgender person is a radial
and revolutionary act, compounded by the effort to resist
shrinking ourselves,” Darst writes on their website. “We all
deserve community and emotional support to strive to live
our most authentic lives in our bodies.”
Learn more: allgendernutrition.com.
BEST
Take a mental health and social justice training! Inclusive
Therapists has a full catalog of options to choose from.
Look for workshops and trainings at
inclusivetherapists.store

Studies Show That Being Around Birds Is Linked Harvard Researchers Have Discovered A Major This Organization Aims To Create A World Where
To Lasting Mental Health Benefits Breakthrough In Detecting Bipolar Disorder Men Make Mental Health A Priority
Scientists at King’s College
London are giving
a whole new
meaning to
“bird brain.”
New research
has found that
seeing or hearing
birds is associated
with an improvement
in mental wellbeing that
can last up to eight hours, according to Science Daily.
The study took place over the course of about three years,
as 1,292 participants used a smartphone app to chart their
mental wellbeing alongside their reports of seeing or hear-
ing birds. The app asked participants three times a day if
they could see or hear birds, followed by questions about
their mental wellbeing. Researchers also collected data
about the participants’ existing mental health conditions.
This led researchers to find that birds had an impact on
mental health improvements for both “healthy” folks and
those with preexisting conditions like depression.
While many of us likely already enjoy the beauty of
nature — whether it’s babbling brooks, chirpy songbirds,
or a vibrant sunset — this research bolsters those feel-good
sensations with tangible science.
Lead author Ryan Hammoud, a research assistant at
the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at
King’s College London said: “We have, for the first time,
shown the direct link between seeing or hearing birds and
positive mood. We hope this evidence can demonstrate
the importance of protecting and providing environ-
ments to encourage birds, not only for biodiversity but for
our mental health.”
How To Support Mental Health Research
GOOD
If you like learning about the science of our brains, check
out the podcast “The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie San-
tos” — which is based on the most popular course in Yale
University history.
W E H AV E G O O D N E W S
Bipolar disorder is a heritable mood disorder that impacts
about 2.8% of Americans. There are four categorized types
of bipolar disorder, according to the National Alliance on
Mental Illness, each pointing to various patterns of depres-
sion, mania, and other unstable moods.
The main treatment for the condition is lithium, though
it doesn’t help all patients and comes with significant
side effects. However, a genetic study led by scientists at
Harvard Medical School and the Broad Institute of MIT and
Harvard has revealed new key genetic insights that could
help detect, diagnose, and treat bipolar disorder.
The international study, which included 14,000 partici-
pants with bipolar disorder, and 14,000 control participants,
pinpoints a gene called AKAP-11 as a strong risk factor for
both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. These findings not
only help researchers understand the molecular makeup
of the disorder but also provide insights into the efficacy
of lithium therapies, thanks to data on the interactions
between AKAP-11 and lithium proteins. The results have
already kicked off new studies.
“This work is exciting because it’s the first time we’ve
had a gene with large-effect mutations for bipolar disor-
der,” Steven Hyman, the director of the Stanley Center for
Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute said. “Ideally,
we’d like to find risk variants across the whole genome,
which will give us the very best chance of coming up with
treatments for everyone.”
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to make a difference. The Good Bar is full of advice
from the Good Good Good community on how to
take action. Start small and work your way up.
BETTER
Donate to organizations funding mental health research.
Some suggestions include OneMind (onemind.org), MQ
Mental Health (mqmentalhealth.org), and Brain & Behav-
ior Research Foundation (bbrfoundation.org).
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Canadian nonprofit HeadsUpGuys started from a simple
survey in the waiting room of a doctor’s office. On the
survey, men indicated they were having suicidal thoughts,
yet failed to mention these thoughts to the doctor they were
about to see. This was the catalyst for HeadsUpGuys, an
anonymous online resource specifically designed for men
living with depression.
Launched in 2015 as a program of the University of
British Columbia, HeadsUpGuys is now a global resource
to support men as they recover from depression and reduce
their risk of suicide, as well as improve mental health liter-
acy and decrease stigma among men.
In this time, over 500,000 “self checks” have been
completed on the organization’s website, and dozens of
campaigns —including public art and celebrity PSAs —have
reached those looking for relief from depression.
HeadsUpGuys is also home to
countless resources, informational
literature, and tools for friends and
family who want to uplift their
loved ones. The site reaches 3 mil-
lion users from around the globe.
“The stigma around men’s
mental health is an undeniable one,
and there are so many toxic pres-
sures on men to present a certain
way no matter how they’re doing,”
HeadsUpGuys user Brendan
Barlow shares. “Find someone
you trust who you can talk to… Let
yourself feel how you’re feeling and
let yourself be vulnerable. Reach
out and hold on.”
Learn more: headsupguys.org
BEST
If you’re eligible and able, enroll in a clinical trial or re-
search study to help advance mental health care, resourc-
es, and treatment for all. Visit nimh.nih.gov/health/trials
to find a study and learn more.
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A Small Business Owner Created A Program To Give This Virtual Reality Leader Is Using Tech To Help Psychiatrists In Brussels Can Now Prescribe Free
Her Mental Health Journals To People For Free Seniors Cope With Isolation & Depression
Kyndra Bailey is a small business owner slinging hand-
printed apparel, stationery, stickers, and more under the
brand Kyn You Believe It.
In 2022, Bailey introduced her
line of mental health journals,
designed to be an “all-in-one
resource for caring for your
mind.” The journals feature daily
mood trackers and prompts, col-
oring pages, contact information
for one’s support system, and an emergency resource page.
Bailey knew that purchasing a journal would be inac-
cessible to some, so she started the Write In The Feels
program. Anyone who is interested in a journal but cannot
afford one is invited to fill out a request form on a no-ques-
tions-asked basis. The sales from Bailey’s shop fund these
donations, but customers can also independently donate
to get journals in the hands of anyone who needs one.
Teachers and therapists are also encouraged to download
free fliers to help spread the word to folks in need.
So far, Bailey has donated over 300 journals, either to
folks that have requested one, or to local organizations in
her community. She is also working on applying for non-
profit status for Write In The Feels.
“I hope the journals can be a stepping stone in beginning
to get the mental health care that everyone deserves, or be
a continuation of that care in instances where people may
no longer have access for one reason or another,” Bailey
said. “While the journals aren’t a replacement for mental
health care, I do believe they can be an important com-
ponent. Having the space to identify things like self-care
habits, feelings, and the source of those feelings is some-
thing everyone deserves.”
Learn more: writeinthefeels.com
Using Creativity To Improve Your Mental Health
GOOD
Follow art therapist Amelia Hutchison on Instagram
or TikTok for tips and tutorials to integrate art into
your therapy and healing practices. Check her out at
@art_therapy_irl on both platforms!
MORE GOOD NEWS
Museum Visits To Help Treat Anxiety
In 2017, two years before she graduated college, Carleigh
Berryman had an idea to revolutionize mental wellness for
seniors — virtual reality that makes “aging more engaging.”
She started her company Viva Vita, and prior to the pan-
demic, brought her VR kits to senior living communities,
memory care centers, adult day health centers, and hos-
pices. Once COVID-19 came into play, Berryman had to
adjust the program to be conducted while social distancing.
Now, Viva Vita distributes VR kits for senior care facili-
ties and homes, as well as guided tours that caregivers can
easily conduct without the help of a facilitator.
“These older generations are not always paid the atten-
tion they deserve or given that respect or that care they
really need. And I think it’s our responsibility, regardless
of our age, to take care of those people,” Berryman said on
the TODAY Show. “I feel like I have 100 grandparents.”
Viva Vita works with small, independent teams across
the globe to film 360-degree content of beautiful locations
that pair with VR tech. Seniors can tour the Eiffel Tower,
visit with kangaroos in Australia, or enjoy a calm waterfall.
The impact of VR for seniors includes enhanced cog-
nitive stimulation, engaging physical activity, immersive
reminiscence therapy, a heightened quality of life, and even
improved medical outcomes.
“Carleigh, in her very gentle way, is such a visionary to
want to do something where others can benefit,” Thyme
Cave, the director of the Iona Washington Home Center, a
facility that uses Viva Vita, said. “I’m just grateful to be a
part of this movement.”
BETTER
Donate to Write In The Feels to help someone in need ac-
cess a mental health journal. Visit writeinthefeels.com to
donate directly, buy your own journal, or download fliers
to advertise the program.
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Inspired by existing projects in Canada that issue pre-
scriptions to fine art museums and national parks (park
prescriptions are a thing in the U.S, too!), one of the largest
hospitals in Brussels has implemented museum therapies
for people suffering from depression, stress, or anxiety.
The project is currently running a pilot program for six
months, partnering with the city’s history museum, a center
for contemporary art, and the fashion and lace museum.
Participants can also explore the sewer museum, which
allows them to stroll 10 meters underground along the
banks of the Senne River.
Doctors stress that these museum
prescriptions are not a replace-
ment for other treatments but are
a voluntary addition to medication,
psychotherapy, and other forms of
relaxation. Delphine Houba, a Brussels deputy mayor in
charge of culture, told The Guardian that she hopes this
gives doctors “a new tool in the healing process.”
The World Health Organization published a review in
2019 that concluded the arts could help people experienc-
ing mental health conditions, urging greater collaboration
between culture and public health professionals.
This pilot program is the first of its kind in Europe and
aims to do just that. If successful, the arts and culture pre-
scriptions could be expanded to include other museums and
cinemas, as well as more hospitals and groups of patients,
including those recovering from brain injuries.
“Anything could have therapeutic value if it helps people
get a good feeling and get in touch with themselves,” Dr.
Johan Newell, a psychiatrist at Brugmann University
Hospital, told The Guardian. “Our society is so, so busy,
so full of stress and stimuli. A museum prescription gives
people an opportunity to settle down for a moment.”
BEST
Take care of yourself so you have the capacity to help
make a difference. Visit a museum, (many have free ad-
mission days!), spend time in nature, or begin a journaling
practice of your own.
8 MORE GOOD NEWS
This Service Provides Nonjudgemental Emotional
Care To Support Folks After Getting Abortions
There’s no room for debate: People deserve unconditional
bodily autonomy to decide if and when they get to have chil-
dren. However, sometimes those decisions are complicated
and come with a lot of big feelings.
Exhale Pro-Voice is an organization and service that
was created in 2000 to support the emotional health and
wellbeing of people after their abortions. Founded by
people who have had abortions, Exhale Pro-Voice provides
— and trains others to provide — nonjudgmental support
that welcomes a full range of emotions and respects all
belief systems.
Whether users receive support through a direct text-
line, join a support group, access a myriad of resources
(including connections to other similar organizations),
or simply help change the culture in how people discuss
abortion care and emotional wellbeing, Exhale Pro-Voice is
doing the work.
“Our Pro-Voice approach centers each individ-
ual’s unique context, family, culture, and abortion
experiences,” the website reads. “We follow your lead,
hold nuance for you, and support you in tending to your
wellbeing in a way that feels best for you. Through this
Pro-Voice, abortion-positive approach, we have supported
thousands of people.”
Learn more: exhaleprovoice.org
Unique Ways To Help Others With Their Mental Health
GOOD
Donate to Support For The Psyche to help folks who can’t
afford therapy access care. You can donate funds or buy a
t-shirt to help! To support others or share the opportuni-
tiy with someone in need, visit supportforthepsyche.com.
My Affirmation Project Has Brought Healing And
Compassion To Over 60 Million People
When artist Nicole Leth lost her father to suicide, her heal-
ing took the form of spray-painting words of affirmation
anonymously in her small Iowa town. This was the incep-
tion of My Affirmation Project, a public art mission that has
since reached 60 million people since 2019.
Leth now does this by sending monthly anonymous post-
cards to 80,000 people for free, and installing messages of
hope as public art in the form of roadside billboards, air-
plane banners, urban wheat-pasted posters, stickers, yard
signs, handmade quilts, murals, and more. The best part?
All of this has been funded entirely by small donors and
sponsors who believe in her mission.
“It became a way for me to alchemize trauma and prac-
tice creating beauty out of the hard parts of life,” Leth writes
on her website. “It became a way for me to write the words
that I needed to hear to help me heal and share them in
anonymous and public ways in hopes that they would help
other humans heal, too.”
Learn more (and sign up for the free postcard service!):
myaffirmationproject.com
BETTER
Tell your story to help others know they’re not alone.
Read and share through The National Alliance on Mental
Illness (nami.org/share-your-story) and The Solidarity
Stories (thesolidaritystories.com).
The Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance Is
Creating A Movement For Systemic Change
Schizophrenia is a spectrum of neuro-psychiatric brain
diseases that cause people to interpret reality abnormally,
potentially resulting in hallucinations, delusions, or
extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs
daily life. However, the personal impact of the disease is not
the only challenge; stigma is still a very real and ongoing
threat to care and social belonging.
It is estimated that 40% of people living with schiz-
ophrenia do not have access to treatment, and 6% face
homelessness. Moreover, those with the condition require
lifelong treatment, and early intervention is key to prevent-
ing serious complications.
Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance (S&PAA)
is a nonprofit dedicated to systems transformation, peer-to-
peer support, and public education to change the narrative
around schizophrenia and psychosis.
S&PAA does this work through a number of campaigns.
One element in changing the systems that criminalize and
dehumanize folks with schizophrenia is by restructuring
disease-classification codes. Along with this large-scale
advoacy, S&PAA provides support groups (and has since the
1980s) that meet throughout the globe and help those with
schizophrenia and their loved ones find ongoing support.
Additionally, the organization’s website includes a
number of toolkits for diagnosed clients and caregivers
alike. It also aims to address barriers to treatment and care
in medical, criminal justice, and employment systems.
“People with schizophrenia have been carved out of the
medical system — because schizophrenia isn’t viewed as a
medical condition. We treat the symptoms, the disease. It is
systemic negligence,” S&PAA’s website reads. “People with
schizophrenia have the right to effective medicines, social
support and housing, and recognition that they are people
who want to live and thrive.”
BEST
Become a Peer Support Advocate with Project LETS to
provide immediate support to those in crisis (without
calling the cops). Programs are available across the U.S.
Get started by visiting projectlets.org.
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A Healthy Mind & Body
While some of us might think of self-care as a good retail therapy session
or bubble bath, there are additional layers to caring for yourself that we “ M e d i t a t i ve S t o r y ” “The Happiness Lab with “A S l i g h t C h a n g e o f
often overlook: like, supporting our mental, emotional, and physical selves. by Rohan Gunatillake Dr. Laurie Santos” — a Yale Plans” is a podcast hosted
(We call this proactive self-care.) combines immersive story- professor who studies the by Dr. Maya Shankar that
The good news is that this kind of care is readily available at our finger- telling with science-backed science of happiness — blends compassionate sto-
tips. Whether you’re working on keeping yourself hydrated, focused, or a benefits of mindfulness takes you through the rytelling with the science
little less anxious, we’ve compiled a few resources offering compassionate, practice embedded into latest scientific research of human behavior to help
simple reminders that caring for yourself doesn’t have to be complicated. the storylines — along and shares stories that will us understand who we are,
with breathtaking orig- change the way you think as well as who we become,
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Maggie Rose Macar
While coping with the death of a close friend to suicide,
Maggie Rose Macar began to notice the barriers that existed
for people like herself who were seeking affordable mental
health services.
“I had such difficulty coping with the loss of my friend
that I almost didn’t recognize myself,” Macar shared with
Medium. “Surrounded by stigma, I must have secretly con-
tacted 50–60 therapists through extensive online searching
with only one to respond.” Although this professional typ-
ically charged $150 per session, he went on to offer $10
sessions — simultaneously providing Macar with the space
to cope and ignite her passion for addressing a very real gap
in the mental health system.
This passion soon motivated her to create a nonprofit to
help normalize asking for support and offer young people
the opportunity to access affordable mental health services.
Due to the extremely high demand of people seeking
accessible mental health support during the COVID-19
pandemic, Macar's organization soon transitioned into
the founding of zant., a mental health app connecting
people (mainly college students) with highly-skilled spe-
cialists offering support in areas such as trauma, recovery,
stress and burnout, eating disorders, and more. The young
CEO is not only creating systems for those who are tra-
ditionally excluded from receiving mental health services,
but doing it in the heavily male-dominated tech industry.
Macar hopes to leverage technology as a suicide preven-
tion tool — making sure that there are no roadblocks for
those who need help.
LO O K F O R T H E H E L P ERS
Alegra Kastens
Alegra Kastens (@obsessivelyeverafter) is a licensed mar-
riage and family therapist, obsessive-compulsive disorder
(OCD) advocate, content creator, and founder of Center for
OCD, Anxiety and ED. She specializes in treating OCD,
anxiety, body-focused repetitive behaviors, body dysmor-
phic disorder, and eating disorders.
As someone who lives with OCD, Kastens's work to pro-
vide treatment, education, and advocacy is deeply personal.
“There are misconceptions about many illnesses, but OCD
seems to be one of the most misunderstood of them all,” she
shared with Made of Millions.
Beyond the important work and support she provides to
her clients, Kastens serves an online community of over
95 thousand followers by posting reliable research-based
OCD and anxiety content.
She also offers online workshops aimed at provid-
ing helpful resources and insight for people overcoming
the shame and guilt typically associated with mental
health disorders.
“I understand firsthand the relentlessness of the disor-
der and how painfully it holds one’s life captive,” she shared.
“I also understand that relief and recovery are real with a
large dose of evidence-based treatment and an equally
large dose of willingness.”
Kasten is actively using her voice, platform, and expertise
as a tool to create a much-needed space for the OCD com-
munity. Through her informative posts (and fun memes),
her followers have found a reliable and approachable crea-
tor willing to meet them exactly where they're at.
The Barbers of The Confess Project of America
Lorenzo Lewis spent most of his childhood and teen years
at his aunt’s barbershop, where he soaked up the playful
banter, laughter, and hushed conversations between bar-
bers and their clients. Lewis’s intimate connection with
barbershops later resurfaced in his late 20s when he worked
as a juvenile case worker.
Many of the kids he worked with were Black students suf-
fering from trauma, depression, and other mental illnesses.
“Since African American boys and men had little access to
therapy, why not bring therapy to them,” Lewis thought.
The solution: The Confess Project of America, a
national organization training barbers and stylists to
become mental health advocates. The organization is the
largest nonprofit committed to building a safe space for
Black boys, men, and their families to address their mental
health — creating awareness and breaking stigmas within
the Black community.
Since its founding in 2016, The Confess Project of
America has supported over 1,900 barbers who have
then gone on to reach over 2.2 million people a year,
according to its website.
Barbers receive formal training around active listening,
validation, stigma reduction, and communication and are
also taught to recognize subtle personality changes (like
withdrawal or noticeable changes in grooming).
“Barbershops are an institution in African American
communities and known for social change agents as
far back as the Civil Rights era,” Lewis shared in an
interview with Today.
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The Potent Potential Of The Relationship

Between Mental Health And Social Justice
“It can be overwhelming to witness/experience/take in
all of the injustices of the moment; the good news is that
they’re all connected. So if your little corner of the work
involves pulling at one of the threads, you’re helping to
unravel the whole damn cloth.”
This is a quote from writer and educator Ursula Wolfe-
Rocca, and while it illustrates the interconnectedness of
all social movements, it also perfectly illustrates the thread
that runs through mental health and activism.
An individual’s lived experience is almost always interde-
pendent on the entire culture, community, and systems that
raise them. The oppressive systems at work in our current
zeitgeist depend on the poor mental health of its people,
and it’s up to us all to confront these truths.
We can confirm this phenomenon in infinite social
justice statistics, but one major public health model that
best illustrates the relationship between mental health
and social injustice is the minority stress model. This
model helps us better understand the lived experiences
of people in historically and intentionally oppressed
communities, suggesting that increased incidents of stress
due to prejudice and discrimination lead to greater negative
mental health outcomes.
It’s also important to remember that people with dif-
ferent cultural upbringings might see increased stigma
in their own families or communities, leaving them with
very little support to ask for help or lean into vulnerability.
Poor mental health is often upheld by layers of generational
and systemic trauma.
With all of that in mind, we’re left to wonder: If mental
health is so clearly connected to our social identities, why
do mental health challenges feel so isolating? And how
do we best pull at the thread to cultivate the relationship
between mental health and social justice into one of hope
and symbiosis; not one of continuous harm?
Activism is mental healthcare and mental healthcare
is activism. By creating better lives for people through
policy and social transformation, we improve their mental
health. And by protecting our mental health, we are better
equipped to fight injustice.
Of course, that’s easier said than done, but when we take
the small steps to acknowledge the interdependence of
these experiences, we invite a greater awareness into both
the social justice and mental health spaces.
Think about some examples where you’ve seen this in
your own community or in the news. For example, after the
horrific mass shooting in the predominantly Hispanic city
of Uvalde, Texas, helpers worked to prioritize long-term
mental health support for the community. In LGBTQ+
affirming spaces, loving adults are trained with suicide
prevention curriculums. And among the ongoing ripple
effects of the Black Lives Matter movement, coalitions
of Black therapists have rallied together to change the
landscape of their field.
Systems-wide change is necessary to build a sustain-
able and inclusive future, but as Wolfe-Rocca writes,
pulling at the threads one by one does help change these
systems. Below, check out a few resources and ideas
for creating a more interdependent and intersectional
culture of wellness.

The Institute for the Development of Human Arts (IDHA) aims to more
deeply explore the link between personal and societal transformation.
Based in New York, the organization is a coalition of mental health
workers, clinicians, psychiatrists, advocates, artists, survivors, and cur-
rent and prior users of mental health services who dare to create a new
paradigm in mental health.
By working to shift policy and practice, IDHA hopes to account for
the complexity of personal, social, and collective traumas, open up the
narrow definition of “normal,” and look to regenerative and transforma-
tive practices to help us heal in more ways than one. IDHA offers training
courses, memberships, resource libraries, cross-movement organizing,
and community events to anyone deeply interested and connected to
transformative mental health.
Learn more: idha-nyc.org
Whether you actively engage in programs like IDHA’s, educate yourself
about (and reject) oppressive systems that continue to cause trauma, or
simply continue on your own mental health journey by unraveling your
own threads, there is power in the connective nature of healing.
This work might look like:
Actively advocating for policies that make people’s lives better (such
as increased wages, affordable housing, stronger social nets, or funding for
culturally significant arts programs)
Investing in and strengthening a wide variety of treatment modalities
in the mental health field (like regenerative and holistic practices that
embrace and understand the intersections of culture)
Prioritizing the mentorship and growth of diverse therapists and prac-
titioners — and helping folks of all backgrounds find the right therapists to
affirm and guide their experiences
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This Artist Confronts Her OCD And Scrupulosity Through Creation

Camilla Stark is an artist, designer, and member of the
Church of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). She also lives with
scrupulosity, a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder
(OCD) that includes religious or moral obsessions, causing
individuals to experience immense guilt and fear that their
thoughts and behaviors might violate a religious or moral
doctrine. This condition is also common across various
religions and among people who don’t practice religion.
Stark developed scrupulosity in high school, causing her
to experience illness and anxiety, which she believed was
because she did something wrong and needed to repent her
sins. She shares with the Salt Lake Tribune that she stopped
listening to music or reading books for fear of doing some-
thing wrong or offensive to her religion.
But now, she uses art as a way to process and heal.
Stark is a co-founder of an art collective called The
ARCH-HIVE, which explores the complexities of Utah,
Mormonism, and the American West, aiming to create
a space for those who don’t quite “feel at home in either
orthodoxy or secularism.”
In December 2022, ARCH-HIVE hosted an exhibit in
Provo, Utah, where over 25 artists created works that depict
their stories as LDS members with OCD. Though, over 70
people responded to the collective’s call for artists.
“For so long I thought I was the only one,” Stark tells
the Salt Lake Tribune.
She certainly isn’t. Pieces on display at the exhibi-
tion included photographs depicting the compulsion to
sing hymns as a way to quiet intrusive thoughts, and a unique spirituality and embracing healing. Stark’s muses
collage using pages from the Mormon Doctrine. One of include life and death, light and dark, and love and fear.
Stark’s most popular works is an ink drawing of a skull “I want everyone to know what real OCD looks like so
that reads, “well then, I’ll go to hell.” Folks have even that when they or a loved one suddenly feel trapped by
gotten the design tattooed. terrifying, demanding thoughts, they might know what’s
Stark is still a member of the church, though she shares wrong and seek help,” Stark told the Salt Lake Tribune.
the complex nature of her relationship with religion on “Our art show will be a success if it helps even one person
her Instagram and in her work, creating space for others’ get treatment for OCD.”

These Organizations Are Making THE EMBODY LAB

theembodylab.com
GENERATIVE SOMATICS
generativesomatics.org

Somatic Therapy Accessible For All
We have all experienced the intrin-
sic connection between our bodies
and minds. Whether our heart rates
skyrocket in fear, our stomachs twist
with stress, or our hands stim in
delight, we know that our feelings
and how our body feels are depend-
ent on one another. As most trauma
scholars will tell you: the body knows
what we’ve been through.
One tool to heal from trauma,
oppression, and mental health con-
ditions is the practice of somatic
therapy. Soma means “the living
body,” and somatics is the prac-
tice of being in communication
with the body; using psychotherapy
and physical therapy for holistic
healing. This can happen through
breathwork, meditation, visualiza-
tion, massage, dance, eye movement
and tapping exercises, and lots of
other mind-body practices.
Whether it’s being used to help
abuse survivors, or to introduce stress
reduction to social justice leaders,
somatic therapy calls upon ancient
lineages and traditions like those
in East Asian philosophies (though
these methods didn’t have a fancy
name until the 1970s). Because of
its longstanding roots, many practi-
tioners have created the resources
to make somatic therapy more
accessible to a broad and diverse
audience in modern day.
The Embody Lab is a hub for somatics educa-
tion, social justice, and embodied movement.
Folks can use the lab to find a therapist or
access therapeutic workshops and events
hosted by licensed practitioners and psy-
chotherapists. Participants can access these
resources for $20-26 per month — which
makes them a more affordable alternative to
traditional therapy options in the U.S.
THE RESILIENCE TOOLKIT
theresiliencetoolkit.co
The Resilience Toolkit is a learning platform
that helps people reduce stress and regulate
their nervous systems so they can envision,
create, and implement positive change. By
using somatic exercises, the Toolkit helps
participants by offering a menu of quick and
effective stress-reduction tools, all created
through an intersectional framework.
Generative Somatics is a network of social jus-
tice-minded people that believe somatic healing
can be used as a tool for social transformation. By
using somatics for leadership training and heal-
ing from the impacts of trauma and oppression,
the organization is committed to creating afforda-
ble and accessible programs that specifically help
social justice leaders and people impacted by
oppressive systems find healing.
ERGOS INSTITUTE OF SOMATIC EDUCATION
somaticexperiencing.com
The Ergos Institute was created by Dr. Peter
A. Levine, Ph.D. for folks to access a myriad of
resources to help heal trauma. The Institute’s
website includes a database of practitioners, free
experiential exercises, a digital learning library,
and more. The Institute also funds community
health projects to bring somatic tools to those in
need of support for no cost.
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In Conversation With :
Navigating Mental Health & Community Online
Gemma Styles is a writer, podcaster, and mental health
advocate who uses her platform to help an audience of
over 9 million learn about various social issues and use
that knowledge to do good.
Her podcast “Good Influence with Gemma Styles”
explores topics like feminism, climate action, housing
insecurity, and more; all following a through-line of mental
health, activism, and self-care in the digital age.
Gemma is a good influence herself, sharing authentic
stories about living with ADHD (and all the fun mental
health experiences that come with it) on her blog, pod, and
Kamrin Baker, Good Good Good: I’m so excited to have
you today. We really admire you and all the work you do.
Gemma Styles: That’s so nice. I appreciate you having
me. Thank you.
KB: Let’s jump right in! I’m curious how your plat-
form online has helped you personally navigate your own
mental health journey.
GS: There have been instances, especially several
years ago now, where I would start talking about mental
health and would have a really positive response from
people. I do think it’s much easier now to think of people
who talk about mental health, and it’s easier to talk about
now, I would say.
I’m very aware that I say that as somebody whose mental
health background is mainly in depression and anxiety. I
know that’s not necessarily the case for other mental
health conditions.
KB: That definitely makes sense. It also leads into my
next question. You’ve talked a lot more in the last year about
your diagnosis with ADHD. I’m also a late-in-life diagnosed
ADHD person.
GS: Congratulations!
KB: Thank you, thank you. Can you tell me a little bit
more about your experience as a woman with ADHD who
I N C O N V E R S AT I O N W I T H
Instagram. Combining style (ha-ha) and action, she also has
her own line of glasses — Gemma Styles Eyewear — some of
which donate back to mental health research through her
work as an ambassador with MQ Mental Health.
I am truly delighted to have had the opportunity to chat
with Gemma about her work in the mental health world,
connect about being women with ADHD, and revel in the
beauty of doing good together.
This interview has been edited for length and clar-
ity. For the full version of this conversation, please visit
ggg.news/articles/gemma-styles-interview.
was diagnosed later in life?
GS: One of the reasons it’s so affirming to get a neurodi-
vergent diagnosis is because — especially as someone who’s
diagnosed later in life — you have spent so many years just
feeling quietly like there’s something wrong with you and
looking at everyone existing and working and maintaining
relationships and doing all of these things — and finding it
really difficult and not understanding why.
It’s both funny and kind of frustrating now that I think
back to conversations that I’ve had with a general practi-
tioner and a therapist — I think I was on medication at the
time — saying ‘I feel better, but I don’t feel like I think I’m
supposed to feel like.’
So even just in that respect, I think there is something
massively affirming about just having a diagnosis and kind
of being able to understand yourself a little bit better.
Even just in the way that I speak to myself — and it’s still
really frustrating, don’t get me wrong — but it’s a lot easier
to beat myself up a little bit less. It’s not that I’m a useless,
terrible, lazy human being. Actually, there is a reason why I
find these things difficult. And even though that’s annoying,
at least I know what it is now.
KB: Having the words to describe it is so empowering.
Part of my ADHD experience was seeing content online that
explained all these symptoms that prompted me to ask more
questions. I think people are quick to maybe call it a trend
right now when it’s often that we just have more informa-
tion. How can we be more thoughtful about talking about
mental health online?
GS: I mean, people can talk about ADHD being a trend,
but I was diagnosed at the age of 31 and the symptoms and
everything are things that I’ve been dealing with for the past
20 years. It was there. And I’m sure that’s the case for a lot
of other people, too.
Equally, I think if you look at it statistically, there is an
upward trend in the data of how many people are affected
by mental health conditions. We don’t need to dismiss out
of hand why we see mental health conditions becoming
more prevalent, but you do have to maintain quite a level
of nuance when you have these conversations.
KB: Yeah, we have to understand culturally and socially
why people are experiencing these things. That being
said, can you talk about why community is important to
mental health?
GS: I think something that a lot of different people with
different mental health conditions have in common is that it
can just be really rubbish, and tiring, and boring, and lonely
trying to deal with mental illness.

As much as there’s something to be said for tips and
things, like ‘try this and try that, and like, oh, make a nice
cup of tea and hang eucalyptus in your shower and do all of
these, like, cute, Instagram-y things,’ there’s a space for that,
but equally, a lot of it, it’s just not cute at all.
Sometimes you just feel so much better for hearing
somebody mirror your experience and knowing that
you’re not alone in it, even when you are alone in it in that
present moment.
KB: Yeah, it reduces shame. It turns a lonely experience
into a human experience, and I think that’s what’s so val-
idating about it. Mental health is also very much at the
intersection of a lot of activism and social justice work.
How have you found that to be true?
GS: I think the reason why mental health seems to come
into everything is because we — rightly more so in recent
years — have been a little bit more kind of person-focused
when we look at activism. I’m well aware that there are
activists who have come decades before, but I think the kind
of new niche of social media activists who grow a platform
by talking about all these issues, they’ll talk more about
burnout and climate anxiety and, you know, getting really
bogged down and overwhelmed by the work that they do. It’s
showing up and doing this incredible and really important
GEMMA ST YLES
work, but also then having the bravery to open up and say,
‘this is really hard.’
I know people are looking up to me thinking like, ‘oh,
well, they know what they’re doing and they’ve got all the
answers.’ But actually, this is really hard for me, as well.
And I’m just one person in this space. All of the people
who are doing this work are also dealing with their
own mental health.
I can’t end up doing an episode of the podcast with-
out talking to someone about mental health as part of it,
no matter what the topic is. Whoever you’re talking to
about a particular topic is also a person who’s trying to
deal with that topic.
I think that helps us connect to each other a bit more,
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hopefully makes these areas of activism and work feel a
bit more accessible to people.
As much as we can put people on pedestals and look
at the incredible work they’re doing, it does make them
feel a bit unreal and a bit ethereal. Talking about mental
health as part of these conversations makes you realize
that they are just people and you’re also a person, which
means you can also get involved and you can also be of use in
all of these arenas.
KB: Aside from your podcast, what are some other pro-
jects you’re working on that uplift this work?
GS: I’m continuing to work with MQ Mental Health
Research, which is a charity I’m an ambassador with. What
I like to do as part of that is use my platform to inform
people of the mental health research landscape and make
people aware of how they can get involved. Whether that is
through fundraising, or even working with studies by just
filling out an online questionnaire.
You and I have been talking about ADHD and we’re both
women who weren’t diagnosed as children, and that was
possibly a reality for us because, as women, the data doesn’t
reflect us as much. The further you cross into different
intersections, the further people away are from the data
set. So, for lots of different conditions and lots of differ-
ent people, the more data we can have is only going to be a
good thing because it will hopefully stop us from slipping
through the net in the future.
KB: What is giving you hope these days?
GS: People. There are just so many lovely people who
really care, and that genuine kindness and caring does make
me feel really inspired in the face of a lot of the opposite
going on in the world.
There’s that old saying, like ‘look for the helpers,’ and that
genuinely does make me feel quite hopeful.
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BROOKS HARRIS • BRYAN NEWCONB • BURNET CHALMERS • CAESAR SAMAYOA • CAISSIE LEVY • CAITLIN COOPER • CAITLIN GALIMIDI • CALI GALL • CALLIE NEWTON • CAMERON CARTER • CAMILLA BROOKS • CAMILLE KNEPPER • CAMILLE NELSON • CAMILLE OSTIGUY • CAMILLIA NAINANI • CAMMI STANLEY • CAMMILYN HEUSER • CARA HOHENSTEIN • CARA SKOWRONSKI
• CARL BRUGGINK • CARLA FOX • CARLIE BLESSING • CARLY BERRY • CARLY JACOBS • CARLY LOPEZ • CARLY WOLF • CARLY ZEISER • CARMEN RAFFA • CAROL MOROZE • CAROL ANDING • CAROL CROPP • CAROL DOOLEY • CAROL FILKINS • CAROL GETTING • CAROL GIROUX • CAROL GULICK • CAROL JANSEN • CAROL MATRE • CAROL MCDOWELL • CAROL MCLARD • CAROL
RAGIN • CAROL ROBIN • CAROLINE BOOTH • CAROLINE DEAN • CAROLINE KUEBLER • CAROLINE LEE • CAROLINE POSEY • CAROLYN BETTY • CAROLYN CHERIYAN • CAROLYN NEWMAN • CARRA SYKES • CARRIE DELANEY • CARRIE KOHS • CASANDRA DOWELL • CASEY CALLAHAN • CASEY DEKLE • CASSANDRA REINER • CASSIE ROSCH • CAT FAULKNER • CATHERINE CHAPIN •
CATHERINE NAHAS • CATHIE ALLEN • CATHIE SANDBACH • CATHY MUIR • CATHY RAWLINGS • CAYLEY PATER • CELESTE CANCEL • CELESTE HENRY • CESAR RIVERA • CHANCELOR REEDER • CHANDLER SUBRA • CHANTELL KNELL • CHARISSE BURNETT • CHARITY MCCLURE • CHARLENE ALLEN • CHARLES JUMPER • CHARLIE COILE • CHARLOTTE DONLON • CHARLOTTE MAYA
• CHARLOTTE ROYBAL • CHARLY LOPER • CHASE BLOOD • CHAU NGUYEN • CHELSEA FRANCIS • CHELSEA MUMM • CHELSEA POTTER • CHELSEY BUNT • CHELSEY DONNELLY • CHERI MCCOURT • CHERYL ANNETTE VEY-CHILTON • CHERYL ARMSTRONG • CHERYL IVY • CHERYL KING • CHERYL ROMANEK • CHIARA SEOH • CHLOE GREER • CHRIS CRAWFORD • CHRIS AGUIRRE •
CHRIS CASEY • CHRIS CATT • CHRIS GROVER • CHRIS OHRMUND • CHRIS SHIFLETT • CHRISSY BOYLAN • CHRISTA DI BENEDETTO • CHRISTIAN HINOJOSA • CHRISTIE BREWSTER • CHRISTIE GEORGE • CHRISTINA GILLIM • CHRISTINA LITSAKOS • CHRISTINA MADDOX • CHRISTINA XAN • CHRISTINE BALESTRA • CHRISTINE FERRARO • CHRISTINE HAGLER • CHRISTINE HARRIS
• CHRISTINE KENNEDY • CHRISTINE LIVINGSTON • CHRISTINE RODGERS • CHRISTINE STROHM • CHRISTOPHER JEFFRIES • CHRISTOPHER TUTTLE • CHRISTY NASH • CINDY DECANDIDO • CINDY FURMANSKI • CINDY GOODMAN • CINDY HAUGSDAL • CINDY MACY • CINDY MCKENZIE • CINDY MEYER-HUNT • CINDY POLLACK • CLAIRE DOBERT • CLAIRE HAIDAR • CLAIRE OHLERKING
• CLARA MERKEL • CLARE ROSENFIELD • CLARE THOMAS • CLARESS RODRIGUEZ • CLAUDIA GOAD • CLAUDIA GRANDEZ • CLAY YANCEY • CLIFF HORNE • CLINTON JACKSON • CM VARDE • CODY STEWART • COLE EUELL • COLE RYAN • COLLEEN COX • COLLEEN DEVLIN • COLLEEN HARVEY • COLLEEN JULIAN • COLLEEN WHEATON • COLLEN MAYER • COLLIN BANKO • CONNER
O'MALLEY • CONNIE MINCER • CONNIE RYAN • CONNOR LITZNER • CORA CHANDLER • COREY KINSMAN • CORMACK GORDON • COURTNEY BRAMER • COURTNEY COOKE • COURTNEY HOFFMAN • COURTNEY WRIGHT • COWAN FAMILY • CRISTINA SINCLAIRE • CRISTY ARIEL • CRYSTAL MAHER • CRYSTAL RAVENELLE • CURT NAKAMURA • CURT SELL • CYNDI MCCREA • CYNDI
NAJAR • CYNDI NIELSEN • CYNTHIA COX • CYNTHIA MELENDY • D.L. MAYFIELD • DAGMAWI ELEHU • DALE COYE • DAN HAUSER • DAN MURRAY • DAN QUAERNA • DANA RAUSCH • DANIEL FRANCAVILLA • DANIEL GRAZZINI • DANIEL HILL JR • DANIEL KODAMA • DANIEL KWONG • DANIEL STRIPP • DANIELA FERNANDEZ • DANIELLA KORWEK • DANIELLA MANEA • DANIELLA SIEBERT
• DANIELLE CASTRECHINI • DANIELLE PHILLIPS • DANIELLE PINKES • DANIELLE ROGERS • DANIELLE WHEELER • DARCY PLUNKETT • DARLENE BERRY • DARRELL BELCHER • DARREN SZUCH • DAVE DEMPSEY • DAVE HORNE • DAVID GAINES • DAVID GROSSMAN • DAVID HANLON • DAVID HEPBURN • DAVID MOXAM • DAVID QUINN • DAVID SCHLAEPFER • DAVID STABIO • DAWN
LUECKE • DEAN JORDAN • DEANIE WHITTEMORE • DEANNA GARWOL • DEB BACIOCCO • DEB LAPAIRE • DEBBIE DUBOSE • DEBORAH BRANDT • DEBORAH SIMON • DENISE CROCHET • DENISE HUTCHINS • DENNIS HOLDEN • DENNIS DARLING • DENNIS GEHRINGER • DENNIS PAULI • DENNIS STONE • DESIREE VOGT • DEVIN FORBES • DEVON PENN • DH CLAPP • DIANA PFEIL •
DIANA REIDLINGER • DIANA SMITH • DIANA STACK ROBERTS • DIANA THORMOTO • DIANE ALLEN • DIANE GOMES • DIANE KING • DIANE WILLIAMS • DJ DIETER • DON GENOVA • DON KLEMME • DONNA FRIEDL • DONNA MCQUEENEY • DONNA OBRIEN • DONNA PAUL • DONOVAN BECK • DORIS HILL • DOWLING GIBSON • DR. MELISSA ROBITAILLE • DRU DOEHRMAN • DUSTIN
LEWIS • DYANI WOOD • EDITH CUNNINGHAM • EILEEN ASHER • ELA AKTAY • ELAINE DIRICO • ELEANOR GROGAN • ELENA PILCHER • ELIJAH SVOBODA • ELIOT GARNER • ELISE RAUSCHKOLB • ELISE SOUDERS • ELIZA MARCUM • ELIZABETH NEWMAN • ELIZABETH ALFANO • ELIZABETH ALVAREZ • ELIZABETH BARICKMAN • ELIZABETH BEAN • ELIZABETH CLARKE • ELIZABETH
CUMMINGS • ELIZABETH GIVLER • ELIZABETH LANE • ELIZABETH LINDEMANN • ELIZABETH LYNCH • ELIZABETH MOORE • ELIZABETH NIES • ELIZABETH RIEKEMAN • ELIZABETH RIFER • ELIZABETH SCHELLE • ELIZABETH SPENCER • ELIZABETH TARNOW • ELLA WYMAN • ELLEN KOVAC • ELLEN LUCEY • ELLEN SRODES • ELLEN STACKABLE • ELLEN WADE-MEDEIROS • ELLERY SADLER
• ELLIE MARTIN • ELOHISE MARINEAU • ELOISE GILLAND • EMILIE CLEMMENS • EMILY CARTER • EMILY CHANDLER • EMILY CLEAVER • EMILY COOPER • EMILY DENT • EMILY EAKES • EMILY GVINO • EMILY HAGN • EMILY HARTDEGEN • EMILY HOLLADAY • EMILY KATTAU • EMILY KIRK • EMILY KOSTOFF • EMILY KRAUSE • EMILY LIBERATO • EMILY MANDAGIE • EMILY MCDONALD •
EMILY SCHROOTEN • EMILY WRIGHT • EMMA FRANCIS • EMMA CARTER • EMMA FORBES • EMMA HERLINGER • EMMA JOHNSON • EMMA OWEN • EMMA PARAMORE • EMMALIE IVEY • EMMY DAVIS • ERIC AVNER • ERICA MANDY • ERICA VILLAREJOS • ERIKA DEMME • ERIKA HULTQUIST • ERIN BOWDEN • ERIN FISH • ERIN GLOVER • ERIN GORDON • ERIN LUND • ERIN NEILON
• ERIN PORTER • ERNESTO ECHAVARRIA • ESTHER FERNANDEZ • ESTHER VUONG • ETHAN O'BRIEN • EUGENIA CHOW • EVA BLAIR • EVA RYAN • EVANNE HOEHN-SARIC • EVIE MOE • EVIE RUPP • EVYN CHAFFIN • EZRA BLANCHAR • FABIAN WAY • FATIMA SANKAR • FIONA BARNHART • FLORENCE BECKETT • FLORIAN HASEL • FRAN ALLISON • FRAN KONSELLA • FRANCES BENDELE
• FRANCES MILLER • FRANCES POLICARPIO • FRANCESCA WOLFSOHN • FRANCHESCA MACALINTAL • FRANK HUMPHREY • FRED FIEDLER • GAB RIMA • GABE ROSSER • GABI LEPAGE • GABRIEL LARSON • GABRIELLA LAHTI • GABRIELLA THOMPSON • GABRIELLE ROBERTSON • GABRIELLE DIXON • GABRIELLE FABIAN • GABRIELLE HENSON • GABRIELLE TIERNEY • GAIL JETER
• GAIL NAKATA • GARGI RAKHADE • GARY HAYES • GAVRIEL GOLDFEDER • GAY AND LOU KIENE • GAYE LUNT • GE VOGT • GENESSA BAGAIN • GEOFF AUERBACH • GERARD DOHEY • GERRY SLIPSKI • GIANA GUIZAR • GIANNA PETRELLI • GINGE DUDLEY • GLENDA EILERS • GLORIA & TOM BAHNCK • GRACE ERNEST • GRACE F BAKER • GRACEN BOURBEAU • GRACIE MOORE • GRANT
GRISSOM • GREG MATHEWS • GREGG GERHARTZ • GREGORY GOLDSTEIN • GRETALYNN YANKIVER • GRETCHEN EGGING • GRETCHEN MATIS • GWEN GARRETT • HALEY BOLDEN • HALEY EDMONDSON • HALEY FEUERBACHER • HALEY SMITH • HALEY WEAVER • HALLIE CORNETTA • HANA KNOLL • HANNA MCNEILA • HANNA PHAN • HANNAH BRENCHER • HANNAH FAULHABER •
HANNAH FRANKLIN • HANNAH GILSDORF • HANNAH KELLEY • HANNAH KITCHEN • HANNAH WEAVER • HANNAHJOY CAGAS • HARA HARDING • HARLAN PRATER • HARRIET MORAN • HARRIS FAULKNER • HAYLEE HAYES • HAYLEIGH MCLELLAN • HAYLEY AVILA • HAYLEY JOHNSON • HEATHER BRUNS • HEATHER CARLSON • HEATHER DOLEN • HEATHER FIELD • HEATHER GARDNER
• HEATHER KING • HEATHER LONG • HEATHER MILLER • HEATHER SEIDEL • HEATHER VALADEZ • HEATHER VANSICKLE • HEATHER YACEK • HECTOR WOLANSKY • HEEJI KIM • HEIDI MARQUARDT • HEIDI NIBBELINK • HEIKE LEMOS • HELANA FRANZ • HELEN PETERLE • HELENE FELDSTEIN • HERMAN FICKEWIRTH • HIBA RAZA • HILARY WALDRON • HILLARY BARNEY • HILLARY
BRUNS • HILLARY DICKMAN • HOLLY JOHNSON • HUGH WEBER • INEZ RUSSELL • INGRID HUGHES • IRENA RAJCAN • IRIS BROWNE • ISAAC HARRELL • ISABEL NAPPA • ISABEL MALAGON • ISHVARI MARTIN • IVA PAWLING • IVY SONG • J. TAYLOR BARTEL • J.J. TIGGES • JACK MANCE • JACKIE CURRIE • JACKIE FICAROTTA • JACKIE HINES • JACKIE SMITH • JACKSON DUKE •
JACQUELINE EHLE • JACQUELINE PARNELL • JACQUELINE TOMKO • JACQUELYN HONEYFIELD • JAIME SCHMIDT • JAIR JAIMES • JAKE GRIGGS • JAMES DELAPA III • JAMES LONG • JAMES PETRI • JAMES WILLITS • JAMI MCNEES • JAMIE BROWN • JAMII MILLER • JAN FUNK • JANA CUDNEY • JANA SMITH • JANDRA WENINGER • JANE & PHIL DEVONSHIRE • JANE ACKERMAN •
JANELL KOLINS • JANELLE SONGER • JANET KNIGHT • JANETTE WEINREICH • JANICE CONNELL • JANINE DOYLE • JANNA BARROSO • JASMINE GOODMAN • JASMINE JOHNSON • JASMINE PATTERSON • JASMYN BROWN • JASON HOMA • JASON PEDWELL • JASON SOWELL • JASON VAUGHAN • JAYME PELERINE • JD STERN • JEA THEIS • JEAN KNIGHT • JEAN PRINDIVILLE • JEAN
WOODRUFF • JEANINE DRUBE • JEANNIE GUSTAFSON • JEFF AND ALYSSA BETHKE • JEFF SHINABARGER • JEFF SHUROW • JEFFREY LIPTON • JEN LONG • JEN SCHERR • JENIFER ROSS • JENN HRYNKO • JENNA BRINKMAN • JENNA KERSTEN • JENNA SMITH • JENNIFER ALLSTUN • JENNIFER ANDERSON • JENNIFER ASSAEL • JENNIFER BLAKE • JENNIFER COLBACH • JENNIFER
ERICKSON • JENNIFER HAYES • JENNIFER KIDD-DRAKE • JENNIFER MIGLUS • JENNIFER MILLER • JENNIFER MUGRIDGE • JENNIFER MULLINS • JENNIFER NUNEZ • JENNIFER OLSEN • JENNIFER ROGERS • JENNIFER STEFANI • JENNIFER WALTERS • JENNIFER WILLSON • JENNY STERNLING • JENNY FULLER • JENNY RODRIGUEZ • JEREMY SHAFFER • JEREMY WELLS • JEREMY
WORLEY • JERRAL HORTON • JERRY ABBOTT • JESS LEFEBVRE • JESS WILKINSON • JESSE QUIN • JESSICA STONE • JESSICA ALLDREDGE • JESSICA CHIN FONG • JESSICA DORAN • JESSICA FOWLER • JESSICA FRITZ • JESSICA GOSS • JESSICA HAVARD • JESSICA HELLER • JESSICA HOFFMAN • JESSICA IRVIN • JESSICA KNIGHT • JESSICA KOUNS • JESSICA MADSON • JESSICA
PINAULT • JESSICA STEVENSON • JESSICA VANZURA • JESSICA WELLER • JESSICA YAGAN • JESSIE LARSON • JILL BARKER • JILL BAXTER • JILL DRENTH • JILL DRUMMOND • JILL ROSSI • JILL SCHMIDT • JILL SHAFFER • JILL SIMPKINS • JIM CHARLEBOIS • JIM HARRIS • JIM KOENIG • JIM NEWBERRY • JO DALY • JO WADE • JO WINGATE • JOAN DORSEY • JOAN KALIX • JOAN
WENDLING • JOANI MCGOWEN • JOANNA CASUCCI • JOANNA HALL • JOANNE SCHNEIDER • JOANNE SILVIA • JOANNIE HALL • JOCELYNE BOUCLIN • JOD LUDOVICI • JODI BOND • JODI HUBBELL • JODY MCCOMAS • JOEL WEBER • JOEN SCHULTZ • JOHN BELLEME • JOHN EARLE • JOHN MAES • JOHN PETITO • JOHN ROBERTS • JOHN SENNETT • JOHN SIGREN • JOHN THURMAN •
JOHNATHAN HUANG • JOHNNA AKSAMIT • JOLENE ROMNEY • JONATHAN GARDNER • JONATHAN GILONI • JONATHAN WILLY • JONI BRANTLEY • JONI TROBICH • JORDAN BOWMAN • JORDAN DOLIER • JORDAN FOSTERING • JORDAN METZGER • JORDAN THOMPSON • JOSEPH PECORINO • JOSEPHINE SABATER • JOSH ORVIS • JOSH TRONNIER • JOSHUA SHARP • JOY GREENWOOD
• JOY JOHNSON • JOY SCOTT • JOY SHORT • JOYANNE HORSCROFT • JOYCE VAN HORN • JUDITH DEE • JUDITH WEINER • JUDY DYKES • JUDY SANDERSON • JULIA ADAMS • JULIA FORRESTER • JULIA GARCIA • JULIA GROOM • JULIA PHILIBOSIAN • JULIAN ABEL • JULIANNA LEWIS • JULIE DANAN • JULIE DAUER • JULIE DENG • JULIE EDELEN • JULIE ETHEREDGE • JULIE GREENBERG
• JULIE JOHNSON • JULIE KRONENBERGER • JULIE MEREDITH • JULIE MILHAM • JULIE OSBURN • JULIE WARSHAW • JULIE-ANN EDWARDS • JULIENNE WILSON • JULIO-ADRIAN DE LA TORRE • JUSTIN DUDLEY • JUSTIN HARTSHORN • JUSTIN SALA • JUSTIN TRIMM • K. FLAY • KAARIN HOWARD • KAI SIMONSEN LVHS • KAI WRIGHT • KAILEEN SHEVCHUK • KAIT KOHL • KAITLIN
DREW • KAL CACERES • KALEB SCHNEIDER • KALIANA CHAMBERLIN • KAMRIN BAKER • KARA GRIM • KARA PESOLA • KARA TOME • KAREN ALBRIGHT • KAREN BAKER • KAREN COOKE • KAREN DONOHUE • KAREN FOUTZ • KAREN HEUER • KAREN HIBBARD • KAREN JOHNSON • KAREN MALAVE • KAREN SHOEBOTTOM • KAREN WILSON • KARI KRISER • KARI LOBUE • KARINA
WEINSTEIN • KARISSA PLETTA • KARLA BRIGGS • KARLY CLEARY • KARTHIK BALAKRISHNAN • KASEY DAVIS • KASSIDY GARY • KATE FITZPATRICK • KATE CROWLEY • KATE GARDINER • KATE GRESS • KATE JOHNSTON • KATE KULP • KATELYN HARPER • KATHERINE ROTTJAKOB • KATHLEEN BOGGESS • KATHLEEN FERNANDEZ • KATHLEEN GUNDERMAN • KATHLEEN HAHN •
KATHLEEN KEEGAN • KATHLEEN MCGILL • KATHRYN RICHARDSON • KATHY EADS • KATHY LAURANZANO • KATHY O’ROURKE • KATHY RANSOM • KATIE CRAGWALL • KATIE BOWEN • KATIE BOYCE • KATIE CHURCHILL • KATIE KOMADA • KATIE LEE • KATIE MATHEWS • KATIE OSBORNE • KATIE SIEGFRIED • KATIE STEVENSON • KATIE TROUTMAN • KATIE WALKER • KATRINA CLEBURN
• KATRINA GOUDEY • KATY PARTAN • KAY COUGHLIN • KAY GAUDIN • KAYLA LICZBINSKI • KAYLA FUNK • KAYLEE BUTZ • KC CHAFFIN • KEELEY SPECK • KELIY GROBBELAAR • KELLI FORSYTHE • KELLIE CORNELL • KELLIE DALEY • KELLIE HABER • KELLIE SALADIN • KELLIE WOODBURY • KELLY BANNING • KELLY DILLON • KELLY GREER • KELLY IACAVONE • KELLY JACKSON • KELLY
LIPPS • KELLY MARTIN • KELLY MCCONNELL • KELLY PHILLIPS • KELLY ZEISSNER • KELSEY BERKLEY • KELSEY BURNS • KELSEY DALZELL • KELSEY MARDEN • KELSEY RUST • KENDALL DALY • KENDRA MAY • KENT AND LYNNE ARNOLD • KERIANN NOBLE • KERRI CULHANE • KERRY CUSICK • KERSTEN HARRIES • KERSTIN FISCHER • KEVIN HARVEY • KEVIN OLBRYSH • KEVIN
VIAU • KHEMLITA RAMCHARITAR • KIARA YODER • KIERA EVANS • KIERAN PARSONS • KIERSTEN SIEVENPIPER • KIM ADAMS • KIM GILLCOATT • KIM HOLUB • KIM POTTS • KIMBERLY ELLEN HAMILTON • KIMBERLY NUNNALLY • KIMBERLYN ASKINS • KIRK FETTERS • KIRSTEN ALANA • KIRSTEN GELSDORF • KIRSTEN WATTS • KIRSTI DODRILL • KISMET KILBOURN • KOHL
CRECELIUS • KRISHAV GAZZARAPU • KRISTA GUSTAFSON • KRISTA MEULENGRACHT • KRISTEN GAFFNEY • KRISTEN KNOBBE • KRISTEN LEE • KRISTEN PLEMONS • KRISTI WEBB • KRISTIE DICKINSON • KRISTIN CAMPBELL • KRISTIN DAUGHERTY • KRISTIN JORDAN • KRISTIN MURRAY • KRISTINA BRUST • KRISTINA SUTER • KRYSTAL COLON • KRYSTAL THOMAS • KURT
AUSTIN • KURT LIBBY • KYLE ADAMS • KYLE BASSETT • KYLE COMPTON • KYLE HEATON • KYLE LAPE • KYLE THOMPSON • KYLE UNZICKER • KYLIE CORDELL • KYNDRA BAILEY • KYONG AHLSTROM • KYRA O'HAEGHER • L HANSEN • LACEY HANNAN • LAEL JOHNSON • LAKSHMI HOWE • LANA MCGILVRAY • LARK GOLDSMITH • LAURA BENANTI • LAURA BILBREY • LAURA
BUENCAMINO • LAURA CORACI • LAURA EDINGER • LAURA FREEMAN • LAURA GOLDWASSER • LAURA GRABEMAN • LAURA HOLMES • LAURA JENSEN • LAURA OKEEFE • LAURA ORSER • LAURA QUINN • LAURA SALCIDO • LAURA SCHWEISTHAL • LAURA SIGRIST • LAURA SULLIVAN • LAURA TANNER • LAURA ULRICH • LAURA VOIGTSBERGER • LAUREL FLEMM • LAUREL STELZER
• LAUREN ALLISON • LAUREN ATHERTON • LAUREN BARNES • LAUREN BORITZKE SMITH • LAUREN COLMAN • LAUREN DEWITT • LAUREN EVANS • LAUREN HANSON • LAUREN K • LAUREN MAREK • LAUREN PLATANOS • LAUREN ROADLAND • LAURIE CHAGNON • LAURIE DUNCAN • LAURIE KING • LAURIE MCCULLOCH • LAURIE TRINDLE • LEAH BAUER • LEAH KASSON • LEAH
LIVINGSTON • LEAH LYNN • LEANN DIEDERICH • LEESA GIBBONS • LEIGH HATFIELD • LEILA HILL • LEILANI LEACH • LEN FRIEDLAND • LENA ADISHIAN • LENA CRIBBEN • LENA MCDEARMID • LENNI MEYERSON • LESA WINTERROWD • LESLIE MONTGOMERY • LESLIE RAINS • LETICIA MARTINEZ • LEVI MARKOWSKI • LIAM NIEDERAUER • LIBBY SPARKS • LIBBY THOM • LICIA
SCHMITT • LILIEN TRAN • LILLIAN GROTHE • LILY BRUBAKER • LILY EGENRIEDER • LILY GROTHE • LINDA ARNOLD • LINDA BOALDIN • LINDA BORK • LINDA GRUNBAUM • LINDA PHAN • LINDA VOLLERTSENN • LINDSAY BIXBY • LINDSAY FIK • LINDSEY IRVINE • LINDSEY ROMAN • LINDSEY TROWBRIDGE • LINDSY BUSER • LISA ANDERSON • LISA BILGEN • LISA CLAISSE • LISA DECK
• LISA DINOIA • LISA LEE • LISA LEITZELAR • LISA MASSURA • LISA MAYER • LISA STRONGOSKY • LISA URSO • LISA ZATKO • LIV MCCURDY • LIZ BARNEY • LIZ CARLSON • LIZ CARSON • LIZ HEBEL • LIZ SKLAR • LIZZY MCMAHON • LOGAN EBEL • LOIS COLE • LOIS WHITFORD • LORA IRWIN • LORETTA CUDNEY • LORI RATHBURN • LORI BARKER • LORI LABRUNA • LORI LAXEN-
BROWN • LORI NEIHART • LORI TAYLOR • LORNA LAIRD • LORRAINE EVANOFF • LOUISE SCOTT-COLE • LU SPOTSWOOD • LUCAS HABOSKY • LUCY CORRIGAN • LUKE GIENGER • LUKE GROTHE • LYNDSAY SLUSHER • LYNDSEY STRAHAN • LYNN CALDWELL • LYNN CLAPP • LYNNE ANDERSON • LYNNE SCHAUBLE • MACKENZIE SUTTON • MADDIE ARCHAMBAULT • MADDIE SHORT •
MADELYN MENDLEN • MADI BASS • MADISON BERGGREN • MADISON HARDEN • MAE ADAMS • MAGDALENA BUJAS • MAGGIE FOSTER • MAGGIE SEEGER • MAHEK VIRANI • MAIA RODRIGUEZ • MAKAYLA KELLER • MAKENA CUNNINGHAM • MAKSIM KONDRATENKO • MANDEE JABLONSKI • MANDY ASBERRY • MANOLI SECO • MANVEER BAL • MARC MARCELLA • MARCELLE
BERNIER • MARCIA BRUGGINK • MARCIA REILLY • MARCIE LOHR • MARCUS LAWRENCE • MARGARET COLLINS • MARGARET HILLERS • MARGARET PENTON • MARGARET RICH • MARGAUX MADAMBA • MARGERY IEHLE • MARI OSMUNDSON • MARIA BRUGGINK • MARIANGELICA LUNA • MARIANNE MEROLA • MARIE DAY • MARIE WOLFE • MARILYN PAOLINO • MARISA GRIMES
• MARISSA FRONEBERGER • MARISSA MORIN • MARJORIE MCALEER • MARK BEDGOOD • MARK BURNETT • MARK FEINKNOPF • MARK JACKSON • MARK KING • MARK KUNIK • MARK MANARSKI • MARK NEWELL • MARK WATTS • MARLA ESDORN • MARTA SZARA • MARTI SYKES • MARTIN LAFLEUR • MARY A TENNIS • MARY BELOHLAVEK • MARY CLORAN • MARY GRESHAM
BARR • MARY JO SOLIE • MARY KAY JANKOWSKI • MARY KRAUSE • MARY LOU NICHOLSON • MARY PANKOKE • MARY PAT FUCHS • MARY POPE • MARY SKENE REO AAT • MARY SMART • MARY STORMS • MARY WEST • MARY-EFFIE BURNHAM • MARYLYN ENGLISH • MATT GILL • MATT KELLY • MATT SAMUELS • MATT SLOTEMAKER • MATT STEPHANS • MATTHEW BRENNAN
• MATTHEW COBB • MATTHEW FOSS • MATTHEW HABINA • MATTHEW HORNBACK • MATTHEW UHL • MATTHIAS EGGER • MAURO GATTI • MAX NEALON • MAXIMILIAN AND MIRANDA FALK • MAYA GAT • MAYELA BARREDA • MEADOW NOOK • MEAGAN HARLOW-KUZUCU • MEAGAN JAIN • MEGAN BRUCE • MEGAN BURNS • MEGAN DEAN • MEGAN GRADY • MEGAN HAASE •
MEGAN HARRISON • MEGAN HOLLIS • MEGAN LODHIA • MEGGAN PATINO • MEGHAN MCCLOSKEY • MEGUMI HIRONAKA • MELANIE DEMORE • MELANIE LOON • MELANIE MARCH • MELINDA BULLEN • MELINDA HANDY • MELINDA HENDRICKS • MELISSA BARNETT • MELISSA BEEMAN • MELISSA FITZPATRICK • MELISSA GREENE • MELISSA HULL • MELISSA LEE • MELISSA
MONROY • MELISSA PAVELACK • MELISSA SHROPSHIRE • MELISSA WENTZ • MELISSA WILLIAMS • MELODY BURDETTE • MELODY HANSEN • MELORA BALSON • MEREDITH TORRES • MERI STOUTENBURG • MERIDETH BRUCE • MERIDITH UNCLE D • MERLE HOLSTEIN • MERLIN ARYVARD • MERLIN CLARKE • MERRY GRISSOM • MIA COLE • MICAH ARGEROPOULOS • MICAH
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Three Ways To Make Mental Health Crisis
Intervention More Equitable And Effective
In the summer of 2022, the U.S. rolled out its
first-ever three-digit mental health hotline: 988.
Designed to be the 911 of mental health emergen-
cies, this new initiative came with pros and cons.
Along with a positive investment in mental health
crisis teams across the country and a much more
memorable and accessible hotline number, 988
also adds to the complexity of treating mental
health emergencies, concerningly still putting
people in the hands of law enforcement and other
first responders who are not equipped with com-
prehensive mental health training — ultimately
causing more harm.
This leads to ineffective treatments (people
experiencing reality-altering situations likely will
not respond well to being detained), unnecessary
incarceration or hospitalization, compounded
trauma, and in some cases, police violence that
could even lead to death.
Although the hotline can be a helpful tool in a
potentially life-threatening situation, it’s vital to
understand the nuance of mental health crisis
intervention. The Psychiatric Survivors Movement
is a social justice movement that centers the expe-
riences of those who have survived abuse and
subjugation in psychiatric care, welcoming alter-
natives to our current mental health system that
center human rights in crisis intervention.
Mental health advocates who operate with
equity and intersectionality in mind must work
to create procedures that prioritize self-deter-
mination, harm reduction, dignity, and liberation
— and leaders at the helm of the Psychiatric
Survivors Movement have been cultivating these
practices for decades. Here are a handful of ways
(not all!) to begin reframing how we practice crisis
care in America.
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1 Peer Support Counseling
Grassroots organization Project LETS works outside of state-sanctioned systems to provide peer-based support
to those experiencing mental health crises. The organization trains volunteer Peer Mental Health Advocates
(PMHAs) to provide free long-term support to those who need it. With skills in trauma-informed care, suicide
prevention, cultural dynamics, disability justice, crisis management, coping skills, and more, PMHAs help to
create personalized safety plans, assist with medications and appointments, offer resources to make informed
and independent choices, provide support in navigating the healthcare system, and more.
“We are here to hold people, be present with them, and hear them. We do not judge, cage, coerce, force, or
challenge people’s autonomy and self-determination as human beings,” the Project LETS website reads. “Many
power dynamics that exist in the traditional therapeutic model and mental health system are reduced.”
How can you help? Volunteer as a peer advocate, find resources, and check out a map of community
crisis response groups at projectlets.org.
2 Non-Violent Emergency Hotlines
While some states and cities are already implementing non-violent or non-crime-related emergency services
(yay!), community groups across the country lead the way for alternative emergency response methods. In
Minneapolis, the Revolutionary Emergency Partners have created a trusted hotline to aid in crises like
mental health support, noise complaints, conflict de-escalation, neighbor complaints, and more.
CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) is also a long-standing alternative hotline. Created
by the countercultural movement in the 1960s in Eugene, Oregon, CAHOOTS worked with mainstream organ-
izations to better serve people in crisis and has inspired countless programs in other cities to this day.
How can you help? Work with your local elected officials to encourage your city to invest in and
implement a community hotline outside of the police and fire departments.
3 Peer Respite Centers (Alternative Treatment Homes)
When someone is experiencing a mental health crisis, they might need a break from their current reality.
Historically, this looks like inpatient psychiatric care or hospitalization. While these options can be a good fit
for some, folks deserve an option that may not include intense medical therapies. Enter: peer respite centers.
These respite centers (AKA alternative treatment homes) are community spaces operated by peer support
specialists with similar lived experiences. They are voluntary, non-medical spaces where people can take a tem-
porary self-driven break, knowing they will have support from an array of wellness tools, activities, and resources.
Peer Support Space (PSS) in Central Florida is one example of a soon-to-open respite center, offering folks
up to seven days of free overnight respite per month.“A respite is a reminder that there is help outside of the realm
of handcuffs and grippy socks; metal mirrors and plastic sporks,” the PSS website reads. “A respite means to get
the love, care, and support that one’s soul needs to heal, instead of stripping them further of their sense of self.”
How can you help? Donate or send supplies to a respite center or alternative treatment home. Visit
peersupportspace.org to learn more.
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Using A Tough Times Guide To Create How To Make Your Own Self-Care Kit
A Culture Of Care In Your Inner Circle
Sometimes, when someone we love needs
support, we don’t realize it until it’s nearly
impossible for them to reach out and
ask for help. Sometimes, asking for help
becomes a challenging task in itself
because the people closest to us don’t
know what we need. Sometimes — like
the past couple of years — it seems as if
everyone needs help, and it’s hard to know
how much we have to give each other.
A recurring theme in Anne Helen
Peteron’s Substack blog Culture Study
is how to cultivate community and care
for one another. She sums up why it’s so
hard to ask for help: Our society makes it
difficult to develop real networks of care.
Whether through inadequate housing,
social safety nets, or otherwise, many of
us have been taught that individualism
is at the heart of identity, and lots of us
have internalized trauma (errr, mas-
of ‘let me know if there’s anything I
can do,’ which, for various cultural and
inter-personal reasons, most often results
in no one asking or doing anything.”
The form includes prompts like how
people best like to communicate, what
kinds of foods make them feel loved and
nourished, stuff that would be really help-
All of us wish we had our very own magi-
cal Mary Poppins bag to summon any item
we might need at a moment’s notice. Since
that goes a bit above and beyond what most
of us are capable of, we’ve got the next
best thing: A self-care kit.
Self-care kits are pre-curated collec-
tions of items you can turn to during a
difficult mental health period. These are
typically items that help you feel grounded,
relaxed, and relieved — but these kits can
be anything that fits your unique needs.
While they are obviously not a substitute
for other methods of mental health sup-
port, self-care kits take the guesswork
2 5
3
4
6
9
8
out of situations that can be hard to read
(uh, a dissociative panic attack, anyone?)
and give you tools to cope with difficult
experiences with very little thinking and
planning on your part.
And isn’t that the hardest part of taking
care of yourself ? Planning and execut-
ing the smallest tasks that seem way too
complicated? This is a way for Current
You to take care of Future You with all the
tools you might need.
Although each person’s self-care kit will
be totally unique to the person creating it,
here are some examples of what you can
include in yours to get you started.

culinity) that makes seeking support
even more difficult.
But Peterson also explores one straight-
forward way we can communicate our
care needs: A Tough Times Guide.
A Tough Times Guide is essentially a
user manual on how your people can best
support you. Peterson, with the help of her
readers, created a Google form that folks
can adapt to their liking to create a guide
of their own.
“A form might seem clinical, but I
find that it allows people to answer
honestly in a way they might not if, say,
you were asking them these questions
in person,” Peterson writes. “It also
helps us move away from the dead-end
Learn more: annehelen.substack.com/p/a-shortcut-for-caring-for-others
ful (even though they’d probably never ask
for it), and affirmations and reminders
that are really valuable to them.
Folks can use these prompts to create
their own forms and send them to a part-
ner, friend group, or family; or they can be
an inspiration to just create an individual
guide to distribute to loved ones. It might
feel a little formal at first, but at the end
of the day, a Tough Times Guide is a great
tool to mitigate those barriers to care in
your inner circle.
As Peterson writes: “Is this form going
to create an instant and miraculous com-
munity of care? Of course not. But it is
going to make the work of creating it just
a little bit easier.”
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1 Your meds, if you take any 2 Fidget toys or sensory items 3 Tissues 4 Headphones (and
a grounding playlist, guided meditation, or podcast you can turn to) 5 Journal, notebook,
or art supplies 6 Some travel-size hygiene supplies that make you feel good (throw a fun
sheet mask in there for good measure!) 7 Candy that helps you reset your nervous system
(sour candies and ginger chews are great for this) 8 A few bags of calming tea (or a couple
of packets of hot cocoa) 9 A sachet of dried lavender 10 Affirmation cards 11 Meditation
beads or a meditation pillow 12 Photos of happy memories, locations, or loved ones (or
your dog) 13 A notepad to write a gratitude list 14 A “menu” of self-care information
including contact info for your support system, a list of grounding activities, or ideas for
things to do depending on your energy level 15 Cozy socks or slippers (or even a whole
comfy outfit) 16 A collection of encouraging notes from loved ones

I a m g r a t e f u l f o r…
I will accept…
I will celebrate …
I a m g r a t e f u l f o r…
I will trust…
I w i l l s a v o r…
I a m g r a t e f u l f o r… .
I will love …
I w i l l h o n o r…
One of the most accessible daily mental health lasting impact on our well-being.
interventions we have at our disposal is journal- Inspired by bestselling author Neil Pasricha’s
ing (ugh, we know you’ve probably heard that one “Two Minute Mornings: A Journal to Win Your
too many times!). But while we might not feel like Day Every Day,” we hope this page serves as a
we have the time, motivation, or energy to put way for you to take two minutes (seriously,
pen to paper, study after study shows that this only two minutes) out of your day to connect
practice (even for just two minutes) can have a with yourself and the world around you.
I a m g r a t e f u l f o r…
I will learn from…
I will create…
I a m g r a t e f u l f o r… I a m g r a t e f u l f o r…
I will forgive… I w i l l c a r e f o r…
I w i l l a d v o c a t e f o r… I will not ice…
I a m g r a t e f u l f o r… .
I w i l l m a ke p e a c e w i t h…
I will seek…
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