How we’re treating this situation, how our press is handling it, is a microcosm of some of the shortfalls of how we handle most health situations that arise in our society. Took the “stories” poll, & you spoke loudly: 78% of you believe our traditional media & our SM feed is dominated MORE by outbreak …
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To our community that’s grown here…given the current events, it’s eating away at me thinking about how many of you out there may struggle w the changes in routines that are being forced upon us. Athletes’ seasons are being canceled (& not just pros – youth leagues all the way on up, who have worked …
This morning, I got a chance to work deeper into the #SameHere Schools concept with the @manhasset school district, as we took their group of school professionals: social workers, therapists, guidance counselors, nurses, administrators, through a set of STARR practices. The idea was to help THEM, with their self care, first. Then, once they bought …
Was walking in the subway station yesterday (some may say this isn’t the safest place to be right now, but hey…when you gotta get around 😉 & heard a guy playing this song, asking for $. It was a song that brought back a flood of memories. These were specific memories, to a specific time in …
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Got this pic & note from one of the schools we recently worked with, @severnschool: “Yesterday our Umbrella Club hosted a ‘Let’s Talk’ lunch. A continuation of the workshop (a #SameHere event we hosted w them) from Unity Day. The boy who spoke back that day, at this ‘Talk’ event, yesterday, shared his story, and …
This is a topic that doesn’t get talked abt enough. We’ve had a # of Hero Story shares, where the backgrnd was a physical health battle, where the sharer talked abt the MH complications that came along as well. It’s great to see such a popular & loved public figure, in Alex Trebek, be so …
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Not gonna front…this is how I’m feeling. The last wk & a half has been FLA ➡️ LA ➡️ NC ➡️ LI ➡️ NYC ➡️ BOS ➡️ CLE ➡️ BAL ➡️ DC ➡️ LI ➡️ & now on to FLA again tonight for an event at North Broward Prep, for tomorrow morn. Maybe this leaves …
Haven’t been posting much about these visits with @warnerbrosentertainment & @thewayback movie starring @benaffleck, thinking I’d wait till they’re over, to do a full recap. However, the event last night w/ @haydenrhurst, @hhfoundation81, @moniquegooden2 & @ravens fans was extremely special, & I wanted to share a few takeaways from the post-event discussion. In the movie, …
The other day I was talking w a school principal, about how the “1 in 5” message separates us, how it’s really “5 in 5” of us that mental health impacts to varying degrees, how we all live on a continuum, & how looking at things in binary ways just separate us further. If you’ve …
Couple wks ago, I did a poll, here. I asked you to think of: the 1st 3 words that come to mind when you hear the term: Physical Health – were they more positive or negative. We did the same exercise w the term MH. The results? 25% of you thought of more negative words …
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