Posts Tagged: Mental health

Donald Trump Our Un Woke President 

I have observed my 80-year-old husband nod off on the couch watching TV. I’ve seen his head tucked into his chest, eyes shut, asleep while he is sitting at his computer. When I gently mention this to him, he gets

Donald Trump Our Un Woke President 

I have observed my 80-year-old husband nod off on the couch watching TV. I’ve seen his head tucked into his chest, eyes shut, asleep while he is sitting at his computer. When I gently mention this to him, he gets

Perpetual Care  

With butterflies in my stomach, last Saturday I sat in the darkened theatre at the Cinema Arts Centre, a storied theatre in Huntington, Long Island, waiting for my short, deeply personal film “Perpetual” to be screened. I sank into the

Perpetual Care  

With butterflies in my stomach, last Saturday I sat in the darkened theatre at the Cinema Arts Centre, a storied theatre in Huntington, Long Island, waiting for my short, deeply personal film “Perpetual” to be screened. I sank into the

Down of The Farm with RFK Jr.

They’re coming to take me away haha Robert .F Kennedy Jr, the man with a worm in his brain, is not just going after the prescription drugs people use to prevent and manage depression. Bobby wants to round up folks

Down of The Farm with RFK Jr.

They’re coming to take me away haha Robert .F Kennedy Jr, the man with a worm in his brain, is not just going after the prescription drugs people use to prevent and manage depression. Bobby wants to round up folks

How We Talk About Mental Health Matters.

  For Donald Trump, calling Kamala Harris “mentally impaired” and “mentally disabled” at a rally this past weekend was downright demure for him. If not previously scripted by Steven Miller, the adjective of choice for Donald would likely have been

How We Talk About Mental Health Matters.

  For Donald Trump, calling Kamala Harris “mentally impaired” and “mentally disabled” at a rally this past weekend was downright demure for him. If not previously scripted by Steven Miller, the adjective of choice for Donald would likely have been

Changing the Narrative on Suicide

I was still playing with Barbie dolls the first time I thought of suicide. Beginning in childhood, while depression took up permanent residency in my mind claiming squatters’ rights, suicidal thoughts rented out a shady back room, menacing, ready to

Changing the Narrative on Suicide

I was still playing with Barbie dolls the first time I thought of suicide. Beginning in childhood, while depression took up permanent residency in my mind claiming squatters’ rights, suicidal thoughts rented out a shady back room, menacing, ready to

Using My Voice

I’m a 69-year-old storyteller by profession but for decades couldn’t tell my own. More than just tongue-tied, my uncomfortable relationship with words often led me to consider myself not only shy, but inarticulate when speaking. I spent a childhood with

Using My Voice

I’m a 69-year-old storyteller by profession but for decades couldn’t tell my own. More than just tongue-tied, my uncomfortable relationship with words often led me to consider myself not only shy, but inarticulate when speaking. I spent a childhood with

Rosalynn Carter First Lady of Mental Health

  I wanted to take mental illness and emotional disorders out of the closet, to let people know it is all right to admit having a problem without the fear of being called crazy. If only we could consider mental

Rosalynn Carter First Lady of Mental Health

  I wanted to take mental illness and emotional disorders out of the closet, to let people know it is all right to admit having a problem without the fear of being called crazy. If only we could consider mental

Perpetual Care

  In the past week, while the unspeakable horror of Hamas unfolded, and the gut-wrenching images tore at my Jewish soul as despair gripped us all, I had been enmeshed in a different, dark world – creating a highly personal

Perpetual Care

  In the past week, while the unspeakable horror of Hamas unfolded, and the gut-wrenching images tore at my Jewish soul as despair gripped us all, I had been enmeshed in a different, dark world – creating a highly personal

Talking About Mental Health 

  How we talk about mental health matters. What better way to usher in awareness about mental health month and reduce the stigma surrounding behavioral health issues, than hearing that Donald Trump called the woman who accused him of rape

Talking About Mental Health 

  How we talk about mental health matters. What better way to usher in awareness about mental health month and reduce the stigma surrounding behavioral health issues, than hearing that Donald Trump called the woman who accused him of rape

Aging a Shocking Revelation

I’m at that awkward age. Turning 68 tomorrow feels a lot like I did when I turned 12. Neither here nor there. Not quite a teenager, but no longer really a child, I felt in limbo. The word tween didn’t

Aging a Shocking Revelation

I’m at that awkward age. Turning 68 tomorrow feels a lot like I did when I turned 12. Neither here nor there. Not quite a teenager, but no longer really a child, I felt in limbo. The word tween didn’t