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Major depressive disorder, better known as depression, is one of the most popular mental illnesses talked about on the news and social media. Depression can…
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The band Twenty-One Pilots became well-known in the music industry after the release of their most successful song “Stressed Out”. The lead singer Tyler and…
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Autumn B Livingston is a Canadian artist based in Toronto Ontario, who has a series of artworks that focus and reflect upon her own mental…
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Behind its cheerful and upbeat sound, “I Can See Clearly Now” is a song that arose from profound sadness which was transformed and healed. I …
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Edith Lebeau is a Canadian portrait artist based in Montreal, Québec whose enthralling pieces focus on mental health awareness and destigmatizing mental illness. Lebeau showcases…
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Although the term breathwork is relatively new, the practice of controlled breathing to improve mental health is ancient. Yogic breathing, or pranayama, was the first…
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Pulitzer-winning poet Galway Kinnell says the poems he wrote were rarely addressed to anyone in particular. An exception was made, however, when a student of…
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Where the Watermelon Grow is a debut novel by author Cindy Baldwin, a novel for kids age 9 to 11+ about a family touched by…
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Optimism is a poem by E.C. Belli from her debut collection of poems, Objects of Hunger. True to its title, the poem is about optimism,…