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In thinking abt the concept: #AreYouFineWithFine – I went to go share it on LinkedIn, to see how I could make the concept relatable on a social platform where the focus is the workplace. As a sports exec, I started in “marketing.” Why marketing in quotes? Bc you quickly learn in most any position, sales …

5/5/21: What Happens When We Don’t Get Off The Fence Read More »

November 30, 2017 – just looked back in our posts, was the first time ever we asked: Do you think it’s possible that we could see the concept of a #SameHere Schools program in distrusts all over the country/world? Schools where everyone from students to teachers, parents to administrators, aides to local store owners share …

5/3/21: Mental Health Can Be An Empowering Topic Read More »

Another on the long list of things I wish knew as a kid. Growing up in the 80s/90s, therapy wasn’t exactly the most common practice. I’d heard OF it, but really the closest thing we had to knowing something like it was even available to us was the Guidance Counselor’s office in school. And the …

5/2/21: Keeping Feelings Inside Only Gives Them More Power Read More »

Ask yourself, when it comes to your own mental health, or hearing from your friends or family members about theirs, #AreYouFineWithFine? FINE = Feelings Inside Not Expressed. That’s not good for us and our own journeys. That’s not good for others when it’s their default answer to being asked how the they’re doing. Feelings were …

5/1/21: We Aren’t “Fine With Fine” Read More »

This is not a stock image. I took this pic w my own phone, yesterday in front of MSG, walking back from physical therapy. So that no one thinks I’m a callous ass, after this gentleman stopped taking his own pic (not sure what his motivation was), I went over to this poor woman, & …

4/30/21: The Effects Of The Pandemic On Mental Health Can Be Seen Read More »

That video of the young man working at the Holiday Inn, being chastised as he had a meltdown…filmed & then shared all over social media like he was a freak – one we should stare in awe at bc of the entertainment of it all, has really gotten to me. It’s gotten to the pt …

4/28/21: Healing The World Involves Encouraging Discussion Read More »

Hopefully the question I wrote in the pic, shakes us a little to think through a different lens. If you grew up in the US, & are 50ish or younger, your first introduction to one of the largest charities in our country, dealing w one of the most important organs in our body & one …

4/27/21: Mental Health Charities Need To Shift The Focus Read More »

Two days ago I shared the article abt “languishing”…the idea that there’s more than feeling either “depressed” or “thriving.” While I/we’ve believed in the idea of MH on a continuum for some time…our naming conventions for these other places on that continuum differ from simply- languishing. Other than the extremes, we have Gliding, Surviving, Fluctuating, …

4/25/21: The Difference Between Situational And Emotional Wellness Read More »

Full disclosure, this is an attempt at a post, ABOUT an attempted post. Woke up this morning, ready to share something – I’d taken yesterday off in terms of sharing, & typically don’t like go two days in a row without putting something up. Posting keeps momentum going here w you all in terms of …

4/24/21: Learning To Let Your Brain “Just Be” Read More »

I read this article from @adamgrant, one of the world’s top psychologists, & NYT bestselling author of THINK AGAIN, about 2 days ago. How’d I find out about the article? YOU! I’m not exaggerating, between texts, emails, DMs on these social channels, over 100 of you shared this article w me. The general message looked …

4/23/21: Adam Grant’s Article: Mental Health Isn’t Binary Read More »