Week Eight

Hello All,  My Favorite Bit of Information From The Week: Swimming as a relief for anxiety and depression!  Waterlog Highly Recommended Ten Minute Film: https://uplift.tv/2018/waterlog/ Short Description:Waterlog is a short documentary which tells the story of writer Joe Minihane and his battle with anxiety.Finding an antidote in the form of wild swimming, Joe …

Week Seven

Hey All, My Favorite Bit of Information From The Week: As promised, this week I want to talk Mindfulness/ Meditation. What is Mindfulness/ mediation? I love the following quote from Sam Harris as a description: (Same Harris is an American neuroscientist, author, critic of religion, blogger, public intellectual, and podcast host.) “Mindfulness is simply …

Week Six

Hello All, My Favorite Bit of Information From The Week: As promised, this week I want to talk about Yoga. This was by far one of the hardest topics for me to condense, yoga has saved me emotionally and physically and I practice every day- it has changed my life for the …

Week Five

Hello All,H My Favorite Bit of Information From The Week: One of my favorite books on PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) in our society, and one of my favorite theories about why it is so pronounced (along with why mental health issues are so pronounced in our society) is Tribe by Sebastian …

Week Four

Hello All,  My Favorite Bit of Information From The Week: One of the most helpful articles I have ever read on suicide is Tim Ferris’ blog post about his relationship to mental health, you can find it here: https://tim.blog/2015/05/06/how-to-commit-suicide/?utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=convertkit&utm_campaign=5bf Time Ferris short bio:Tim Ferriss has been listed as one of Fast Company‘s …

Week Three

Hello All,  My Favorite Bit of Information From The Week: Mithu Storoni is one of my favorite scientists in the field of mental health. She specializes in stress research. Her theory is that much (but of course not all) of mental illness is caused by chronic stress. Her book changed my life and I love to …

Week Two

My Favorite Bit Of Information From The Week:  Kate Middleton has been a huge advocate for educating and empowering children to have better mental health. She puts mental  and physical health on the same level of importance. I love this way of viewing things because when we all begin to …

Week One

Over the past few years I have been developing the idea for One Woman Hamlet, a mental health awareness piece that uses puppets, Shakespeare, and music to remove the stigma surrounding mental health in our culture.  These posts will consist of three things: 1. A Mental health article, quote, or song that …