![The logo of the Trauma and Mental Health Report Podcast: A brain with a microphone close to it](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2020/04/article-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Click here to view our podcast channel! Trauma Report writer Deanna Gisborne speaks with Stephi Lee, who shares her experiences of living with cystic fibrosis…
![humanitarian aid worker, aid, immigrant, refugee, freedom, resilience, World Health Organization, migration, Syria, crisis, reflection, Jordan, refugee camp, asylum](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/12/Feature-Image-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Two kilometres from the Syrian border, in the acrid Jordanian desert, sits Za’atari refugee camp. When it emerged almost overnight, it quickly expanded into a…
![Song, I Won’t Back Down, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Resilience, Perseverance, Fight, Strength, Depression, Anxiety, Tom Petty, Adversity, Mantra, Anthem](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/12/C493F360-4BD0-419E-A6B1-D0C8DC111981-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
The song “I Won’t Back Down” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers offers a lot of meaning with few words. Born out of the singer’s own…
![Hope,-Resilience,-accident,-writer,-love,-Unity-in-Diversity,-Rodolfo-Leon,-coma,-gratitude,-perspective, , living purposefully](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/10/Hope-Resilience-accident-writer-love-Unity-in-Diversity-Rodolfo-Leon-coma-gratitude-perspective-470x140.jpg?x81652)
On a recent trip to South Beach, Miami I was walking along a strip of shops called Lincoln Road. Taking in the energy of those…
![victim of crime, gun violence, trauma, resilience, PTSD, Mental Health, mental illness, sounds, podcast, recovery](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/08/8A6A0003-5D52-4F2B-B37F-D2ECE22F5E0F-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
In the Road to Resilience Podcast from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, Dr. Dennis Charney, Neuroscientist and Psychiatrist and Dean of the Iahn School…
![Schizophrenia, Death, Portrait, Minimalism, Resilience, Creativity, Images, Psychology, Mental Health, Hallucinations](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/04/2A7A0678-79BA-4D51-A448-5E86B60BFF56-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Agnes Martin was born in Canada in 1912, and moved to America in 1931, where she began her successful life as a minimalist artist. Over…
![Peace, Hope, Resilience, Love, Children, Play, Tears, Happiness, War, Music, Matisyahu, One Day, Reggae, Sounds, Song, Lyrics](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/12/Peace-Hope-Resilience-Love-Children-Play-Tears-Happiness-War-Music-Matisyahu-One-Day-Reggae-Sounds-Song-Lyrics-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“One Day” by legendary reggae singer Matisyahu is an optimistic and upbeat song that speaks about hope for a future without war. A future where children will be able…
![Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer’s Brings Surprising Benefits](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/08/feature-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“I’m always in the present. I have to be one step ahead of David. Things go missing all the time in this house—the remote, mail…
![Yayoi Kusama](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/02/Henry-ac-feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Yayoi Kusama, now 88 years old, is a renowned artist with a history of mental disorder. From an early age, she experienced visual and aural…
![Depression to Resilience](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/03/Eminem_Cropped-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Rapper Eminem’s song “Beautiful” speaks about battling depression and feelings of hopelessness, while also touching on themes of resilience and perseverance. His lyrics reflect the…