Women in Male-Dominated Harvest Industry Help Each Other
HarvestHER establishes a community for women, recognizing stresses and loneliness of life in conventional agriculture.
Mental health
Indigenous Culture Reasserts Women’s Power Through Dance
Native women revitalize ceremony to resist the legacy of patriarchy that supports a long-entrenched history of abuse.
The Ways We Are Healed by Nature (Even Houseplants)
Green growing things heal us in surprising ways. Communities are trying to bring plant life to areas that lack it.
How the Economy Affects Our Mental Health
We evolved to be connected to nature and to one another, but our exploitative global economy is severing those relations.
Making Healthy Habits Accessible for Every Body
These safe spaces offer fitness for people of color and queer folks, the big-bodied and fat-identified, the low-income and differently abled.
5 Myths We Need to Stop Believing About Mental Illness
How to reduce stigma in society? Check your facts.
How Silence Leads Us to Awe
A Buddhist lama and an ex-priest discuss the benefits of turning off the noise in our daily lives.
What a Society Designed for Well-Being Looks Like
Economic justice goes a long way toward improving mental health up and down the socioeconomic ladder.
Mental Health Experts Say Trump Is Dangerous
Thousands of mental health professionals agree with Bob Woodward and the New York Times op-ed author: The president’s behavior should worry us.
Maternity Care Gets a Racial Justice Focus
Black birth workers give mothers of color healthier, safer options for labor and recovery.
Ending the Secrecy of the Student Debt Crisis
Activists are building meaningful connections among borrowers to counter the taboo of admitting they can’t pay their bills.
Where Children Discover the Healing Power of Animals
In this sanctuary, at-risk kids begin to understand the parallels between their lives and the lives of injured wild animals.
7 Strategies to Turn Trauma Into Strength
Survivors discover surprising benefits in the process of healing from a traumatic event.
Harry Belafonte and ‘The Long Road to Freedom’
On the anniversary of the March on Washington, we revisit an interview with the musician and civil rights activist about his anthology of Black music.
I Inherited My Grandfather’s Trauma—and His Healing Culture
Returning to culture is a duty my grandfather believed Native elders had to their communities. He passed this on to me, along with his trauma.
5 Ways Communities Are Coping With Climate Anxiety
From action-oriented toolkits to talk therapy and meditation, these responses facilitate recovery, hope, and activism.
Why Mister Rogers Is the Role Model We Need Right Now
The unconventional children’s television pioneer celebrated dignity and kindness in the age of mass media.
What All That Noise Is Doing to Your Health
Our mental and physical well-being suffer from the sonic overload of modern life.
I Stopped Playing the “Strong Black Woman”
We are paying for this myth we’ve bought into with our lives.
The Surprising Links Between Your Mental Health and Everyone Else’s
Why are anxiety and depression on the rise? Our environments have changed. Our food. Our stress. Our relationships—our “lost connections.”
How Native American Children Benefit From Trauma-Informed Schools
Students in these communities are disproportionately affected by trauma. When they act out, adults with training ask, “Is there anything I can do to help you?” rather than “Why are you acting this way?”
The Best Medicine for My Climate Grief
A climate scientist talks to a psychologist about coping with the crushing stress related to climate change. Here’s what he learned.
What Wildfires Do to Our Minds
A Northern California community offers mental health first aid to survivors of devastating fires.
Research Shows Entire Black Communities Suffer Trauma After Police Shootings
Police killings of unarmed African Americans have created a mental health crisis of enormous proportions.
“I Have No Need of an Enemy”
A prisoner’s story of finding a third way—of finding meaning, truth, hope, and wholeness.
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