Category: Hopeful Minds
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Activating Hope for World Mental Health Day
The theme ‘Make Mental Health & Well-Being For All a Global Priority’ provides us with an opportunity to re-kindle our efforts to protect and improve mental health. It looks towards the future, and gives us the goal of making our world a better place for all.
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United Nations Secretary – General’s Call to Hope
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned last week that “With people from all points of the globe crying out for relief and hope, international action on major challenges – from climate to conflict and securing sustainable development – is paralyzed by dysfunction and held hostage to geopolitical tensions.” he went on call on the world…
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Mental Illness Doesn’t Predict Suicide; Hopelessness Does.
Disclaimer: Content is created by iFred’s team of editors. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn a commission. The death of Bed Bath & Beyond’s CFO,Gustavo Arnal, hits far too close to home for me. He was a father of two girls, a financial executive, and a husband. No matter what…
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Finding Hope on National Grief Awareness Day
Two years ago, we received the call that my father-in-law had passed away. We sat in our kitchen, nursing drinks and listening to the quiet tick of the clock, trying to understand. We were trapped with our grief, separated from the hospital and the rest of our family by closed borders and pandemic protocols. When…
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Choose Hope This School Year
Disclaimer: Content is created by iFred’s team of editors. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn a commission. It has been a tough couple of years for our youth. Between the global pandemic, civil unrest, and world events outside of their control, our children are experiencing hopelessness at unprecedented rates, with…
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Join the Global Coalition on Youth Mental Health for a Spring Webinar
In 2018, I had the pleasure of being a Founding Member of the Global Coalition on Youth Mental Health to address the growing prevalence of anxiety and depression in youth. In honor of Global Teen Health Week, on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 11:30 am (ET), I am participating in a 60-minute webinar to speak of the global…
