![Making Stress Your Friend](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/02/Ayca-feb-470x140.jpg?x81652)
We often view stress as detrimental to our health and work on reducing stress in our lives at all costs. However, what if we changed…
![Banning ‘Bossy’ to Change Attitudes Toward Female Leadership](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/08/CM2-_-Feature-Cropped2-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Is there something wrong with the word ‘bossy’? In October 2015, actor Jennifer Lawrence wrote a personal essay about the wage gap in Hollywood and,…
![Laughing at Mental Illness?](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/03/Feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Whether chuckling at a New Yorker cartoon or an episode of South Park, there is nothing wrong with a bit of laughter. But certain topics…
![Overpraising May Reduce Self-Esteem in Children](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/01/khad.-praising.feature1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Spend five minutes at a park, and soon you’ll hear enthusiastic parents reinforcing their kids with, “you did so amazing” and other statements as a…
![Depression Comix](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/03/depression-411x140.jpg?x81652)
The artist, Clay, describes Depression Comix as a graphical representation of personal experiences with depression and other mental illnesses. Many of Clay’s comics depict an…