We all feel overwhelmed occasionally. While there are many meditation and breathing exercises out there, choosing one that is right you can also feel overwhelming….
The song “Lost Boy” by Ruth B is about a boy who does not want to grow up and escapes reality to play in his…
The enigmatic Zelda Fitzgerald embodied the spirit of the Jazz Age and era of American flappers in the 1920s. Shadowed at the time by her…
The psychological impacts that occur as a result of living through distressing events is understood as trauma. Managing feelings associated with traumatic events in one’s…
The song “To Be Loved”, by AURORA and Askjell expresses the challenges of feeling love. There is a beautiful feeling of connection that arises with…
“Anger is like a child, you don’t want to let it drive the car, and you certainly don’t want to stuff it in the trunk…
Hamideh Abol, is an Iranian-Canadian artist whose mixed-media arts are focused on immigration, war, personal, and social crisis issues. Hamideh’s painting, “Grief,” depicts different stages…
“Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed” by writer and therapist Lori Gottlieb is a memoir exploring the…
Caring for someone who is experiencing mental health problems comes with a complicated and unique set of challenges. It can be difficult to know where…
“I Feel Your Pain” is a song by the electronic musician Famba. The song is written from the perspective of a friend of someone suffering…
The poem “EPISODE I—CLINICAL DEPRESSION” BY AKIF KICHLOO dives into his struggle with his own diagnosis of depression and the separation as an individual from…
The famous Victorian photographer Henry Peach Robinson (1830-1901) best known for pioneering combination printing in joining multiple negatives to form a single image, captured the…
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the United States. Domestic and intimate partner violence are pervasive issues affecting many individuals worldwide, often whom…
Disclaimer: Please note that the following post discusses a song which contains some explicit lyrics. The song “FRIENDS” is a track from artist J. Cole’s…
Rae Morgan, a mental health advocate, writer and storyteller, created these pieces while she was hospitalized in an outpatient program with bipolar disorder. She says…
“The Road Not Taken” is a classic poem written by Robert Frost and published in 1916 in his collection Mountain Interval. It is often misinterpreted…
This Ted Talk by Susannah Temko talks about the shame and prejudice associated with the intersex community. Drawing from her own experiences Temko explains how…
Has overthinking become more prominent due to the increased time we are spending isolated with only our inner monologue as company? Willow Smith, professionally known…
Janelia Mould, a photographer based in South Africa, specializes in shooting surreal concept images that tell a unique story. Her series Melancholy — A Girl…
Jane Kenyon (May 23, 1947-April 22, 1995) was an American poet and translator. She is known for her works that are characterized by simple, spare…
