Jerron Herman was diagnosed with hemiplegia cerebral palsy at an early age. This condition caused the muscles on his left side of the body to…
You may be surprised to learn that the practice of Mindfulness Meditation, although quite simplistic in it’s approach, can be a highly effective tool for…
Struggling with severe mental-health issues for years, Eleanor kept her problems secret for fear of people’s reactions. In her spoken word poem, “Broken Isn’t Beautiful,”…
Cartoonist Allie Brosh describes her fight with depression using painful and raw, yet comical, realism in her blogs. A blog titled Adventures in Depression uses…
This short by The School of Life discusses the dangers that come with a challenging childhood, among them, triggering of anxiety, self-hatred, and shame. While…
Brené Brown, author of three New York Times bestsellers, The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, and Rising Strong, speaks at TEDx: Houston in one of the…
This powerful video emphasizes the invisibility of mental illness. In fact, one in four people globally suffers from a mental-health or neurological problem in their…
On August 18, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Flibanserin, a drug that treats low sexual desire in women. With the medication’s…
In this powerful TED Talk, mental-health advocate Vikram Patel discusses the prevalence of mental illness and the lack of psychological support for affected individuals, especially…
“I Wanna Get Better”, performed by The Bleachers, is a song about singer Jack Antonoff’s personal experiences with grief, depression, and renewal. Through lyrics like, “I…
