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Mental Health

A collection of mental health news and resources.

Healing in the new year: Mindful medicines for stress

Healing in the new year: Mindful medicines for stress

This week, we turn our attention to the transition from 2021 to 2022 in a series of conversations with a group of powerful women who are all coaches and healers. On Wednesday, host Cathy Wurzer asked her guests about the tools, perspectives and spiritual practices they use to relieve stress.
by Cathy Wurzer and Melissa Townsend

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Healing in the new year: Tuning into your body

Healing in the new year: Tuning into your body

This week, we turn our attention to the transition from 2021 to 2022 in a series of conversations with a group of powerful women who are all coaches and healers. On Tuesday, host Cathy Wurzer asked her guests how we can tune into our bodies to know what needs healing.
by Cathy Wurzer, Melissa Townsend and Alex Cheng

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Logic's song '1-800-273-8255' may have led to hundreds fewer suicides, study finds

Logic's song '1-800-273-8255' may have led to hundreds fewer suicides, study finds

In 2017, the rapper Logic named a song after the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline phone number. Now, a new study has found it may have had a remarkable impact.
by Mano Sundaresan and Patrick Jarenwattananon

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Healing in the new year: Tools for approaching the transition

Healing in the new year: Tools for approaching the transition

This week, we turn our attention to the transition from 2021 to 2022 in a series of conversations with a group of powerful women who are all coaches and healers. On Monday, host Cathy Wurzer asked her guests how we can use this transition as a time for healing.
by Cathy Wurzer and Melissa Townsend

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In 'Tastes Like War,' a daughter reckons with her mother's schizophrenia

In 'Tastes Like War,' a daughter reckons with her mother's schizophrenia

Cho was a teenager when her mother began to exhibit signs of mental illness. Later, as an adult, she learned more about the trauma her mom experienced, both during and after the Korean War.
by Dave Davies

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Threats and burnout pushed a Teacher of The Year to resign education post

Threats and burnout pushed a Teacher of The Year to resign education post

A former Minnesota Teacher of the Year and current elementary school principal, Ryan Vernosh underscored the depth of the levels of stress and burnout last week when he resigned from a state education policy board and then outlined why he did so on social media.
by Cathy Wurzer, Julia Franz and Ariana Rosas

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Dr. Jay-Sheree Allen on finding balance in the pandemic

Dr. Jay-Sheree Allen on finding balance in the pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many of us are struggling under heavy stress from concerns about health and life changes. Dr. Jay-Sheree Allen from the “Millennial Health” podcast joined host Cathy Wurzer for a conversation about finding balance and making big life decisions, especially as a young adult.
by Cathy Wurzer and Kelly Gordon

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As the Potter trial begins, how to process our reactions to disturbing subject matter

As the Potter trial begins, how to process our reactions to disturbing subject matter

The trial of former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter, who fatally shot Daunte Wright in April, has begun. Susan Beaulieu, an expert in mind-body healing, joined host Cathy Wurzer to share tips on how to stay in touch with our responses to disturbing subject matter.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lindsay Guentzel

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