Where Children Discover the Healing Power of Animals
In this sanctuary, at-risk kids begin to understand the parallels between their lives and the lives of injured wild animals.
Mental health
7 Strategies to Turn Trauma Into Strength
Survivors discover surprising benefits in the process of healing from a traumatic event.
Harry Belafonte and 鈥楾he Long Road to Freedom鈥�
On the anniversary of the March on Washington, we revisit an interview with the musician and civil rights activist about his anthology of Black music.
I Inherited My Grandfather鈥檚 Trauma鈥攁nd His Healing Culture
Returning to culture is a duty my grandfather believed Native elders had to their communities. He passed this on to me, along with his trauma.
5 Ways Communities Are Coping With Climate Anxiety
From action-oriented toolkits to talk therapy and meditation, these responses facilitate recovery, hope, and activism.
Why Mister Rogers Is the Role Model We Need Right Now
The unconventional children鈥檚 television pioneer celebrated dignity and kindness in the age of mass media.
What All That Noise Is Doing to Your Health
Our mental and physical well-being suffer from the sonic overload of modern life.
I Stopped Playing the 鈥淪trong Black Woman鈥�
We are paying for this myth we鈥檝e bought into with our lives.
The Surprising Links Between Your Mental Health and Everyone Else鈥檚
Why are anxiety and depression on the rise? Our environments have changed. Our food. Our stress. Our relationships鈥攐ur 鈥渓ost connections.鈥�
How Native American Children Benefit From Trauma-Informed Schools
Students in these communities are disproportionately affected by trauma. When they act out, adults with training ask, 鈥淚s there anything I can do to help you?鈥� rather than 鈥淲hy are you acting this way?鈥�
The Best Medicine for My Climate Grief
A climate scientist talks to a psychologist about coping with the crushing stress related to climate change. Here鈥檚 what he learned.
What Wildfires Do to Our Minds
A Northern California community offers mental health first aid to survivors of devastating fires.
Research Shows Entire Black Communities Suffer Trauma After Police Shootings
Police killings of unarmed African Americans have created a mental health crisis of enormous proportions.
鈥淚 Have No Need of an Enemy鈥�
A prisoner鈥檚 story of finding a third way鈥攐f finding meaning, truth, hope, and wholeness.
How Colleges Can Support Students Recovering from Substance Abuse
The key to sobriety is giving students experiences that go beyond pub-crawling or tailgating.
Student Debt Anxiety Is Hard on My Mental Health
In the last 10 years alone, the number of people like me who owe at least $100,000 in student loans has quadrupled. But here鈥檚 how we can cope.
The College Mental Health Crisis in 10 Sketches
As schools respond to the 30 percent increase in demand for counseling, artist Ella Baron gives a glimpse inside some students鈥� experiences.
Standing Rock Medic Bus Is Now a Traveling Decolonized Pharmacy
These Native herbalists are doing more than just healing sore muscles.
Compassionate Mental Health Reform Began With Taking Off the Handcuffs
Rural Virginia in particular has implemented policies that try to treat people with more dignity.
How to Help Inmates Heal After the Trauma of Prison
New York鈥檚 Thrive provides a model to the rest of the U.S. for supporting incarcerated men and helping them find stable housing, education, and employment after they鈥檙e released.
If Meditation Is Not Your Thing, Try a Walk in the Woods
Hiking is a near-perfect combination of elements known to relax us, raise our alertness, elevate our self-esteem, and physically prepare us for true rest afterward.
The Woman Who Pioneered 鈥淗ousing First鈥�
Three decades ago, one nurse came up with a radical idea: Give homeless folks suffering from addiction and mental illness a safe place to be themselves.
Three Questions to Lead Us Away From Self-Extinction
Transformation begins with clarity on the nature of the choice that confronts our species.
New York鈥檚 Suicide Prevention Program Is the First of Its Kind in the U.S.
Suicide rates have been rising overall, but the results from this Swiss study were promising: Suicidal behavior dropped by 80 percent.
The People Behind Your Tech Addiction Are Now Trying to Curb It
A group of former tech insiders wants to make our relationship with digital media healthier, and maybe even harness our devices for good.
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