Awareness & Advocacy
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Breaking the Stigma: How to Talk About Mental Health and Chronic Illnesses
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Mental health and chronic illnesses are two topics that have long been stigmatized within our society. Many people struggle to talk openly about their ...

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They Live with Severe Mental Illness. They Do Not Deserve to Be Incarcerated.
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Every Monday, I log onto Zoom video chat and meet with a group of Black men and women who are participating in a voluntary, court-supervised mental health ...

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Artificial Intelligence Is Recording Your Online Therapy Sessions
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Artificial Intelligence is now recording your online therapy sessions. Is AI mental health treatment worth the risk? Can you do anything about it? Can you ...

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What Is a Spoonie? The Spoon Theory of Chronic Illness, Explained
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Spoon theory. Spoonie. If you or a loved one has recently been diagnosed with a chronic illness, you may hear these terms and be confused. What is a spoonie? ...

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6 Tips for Dealing with Ableism and Disability Discrimination
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Have you ever felt like your life was more difficult because of a disability or chronic illness? Maybe you’ve been treated unfairly in the workplace or had ...

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What 4 Dudes Brewing Beer Can Teach Us About Disability & Inclusion
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A mother sees an announcement in her local paper that a new brewery will soon be opening. The brewery states it wants to be a real community business and ...

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How People Who Experience Racism Can Practice Self-Compassion
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People of color are bombarded with negative feedback about themselves from society as a whole. This feedback does not give us room to learn self-love and ...

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It’s Past Time We Talk About — and Confront — Sanism
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Those of us with mental illnesses are often faced with ignorance or misinformed individuals.  These negative interactions can make it more difficult for us to ...

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