Featured Posts Remembering Brian: Twenty-Five Years Later At twenty five years, it’s about all the things he has missed. It’s the longing for everything that didn’t happen, the things that couldn’t happen, because he’s no longer here. Grief has been a strange road, one that cannot truly be explained. It started with being all-consuming, a disbelief that… Healing with Send Silence Packing Through fun, welcoming events that encouraged real participation, we set out to bring our campus and local community together around a cause that matters: mental health awareness. Meet the Interns: A Look Back at Summer and Forward to the Fall Through fun, welcoming events that encouraged real participation, we set out to bring our campus and local community together around a cause that matters: mental health awareness. View all the latest blog posts
Healing with Send Silence Packing Through fun, welcoming events that encouraged real participation, we set out to bring our campus and local community together around a cause that matters: mental health awareness.
Meet the Interns: A Look Back at Summer and Forward to the Fall Through fun, welcoming events that encouraged real participation, we set out to bring our campus and local community together around a cause that matters: mental health awareness.
All Posts Learning What Can Help Content Warning: This piece contains mentions of suicide. In November 2013, I knew little about mental health aside from the fact that my dad was battling depression. I avoided the topic of suicide on that autumn night when my dad mentioned it because I did not know how to respond. Read More Reflections on the UCLA Tragedy & Mental Health Content Warning: This piece contains mentions of suicide. Juliette Virzi is a former member of Active Minds at UCLA and the Active Minds Student Advisory Committee. When I woke up yesterday morning, I didn’t expect to begin the day in my living room, huddled around with six fellow students watching… Read More Stress Less Week: 12 Ways to Practice Self-Care During Finals This #StressLess Week, we challenged our social media followers to take extra good care of themselves by practicing self-care and then posting a #SelfCareSelfie. Once again, we were floored by the response (you guys are excellent selfie-takers) and want to keep this self-care train going. Without further ado, here are… Read More 6 Awesome Ideas for Stress Less Week It’s one of the toughest times of the year: papers and projects are due, you’re running solely on caffeine and there just isn’t enough time for sleep. That’s why Active Minds is hosting Stress Less Week from April 17-23. We’ve developed tons of resources and programs… Read More 5 Reasons to Join the Student Advisory Committee Active Minds is accepting applications for the 2015-2016 term of the Student Advisory Committee (SAC) through January 10. Thinking about applying? Here are 5 reasons to join the SAC: 1. Represent your peers and engage in the national conversation about mental health. As a student-serving organization, the Active Minds national staff… Read More 10 Mental Health Resolutions for 2016 Everyone has different opinions about the New Year. Some people think it is a fresh start, a new chapter, a time to reflect on life. But others may find the new year hard, like a reminder of past failures or “just another day.” As 2016 starts, it’s no doubt that… Read More Why I Promised to Take Care of My Mental Health in My Wedding Vows One month ago today, my partner Rich and I stood under a big tent during the loveliest late-summer rain storm and did a really wonderful thing: We got married. Our wedding was beautiful and special and fun and silly — all the things we had hoped it would be during the months of planning. Read More Suicide Prevention Month: My Experience at the Emergency Room This post is part of a Suicide Prevention Month blog series. Read the other blogs here. Please note: This piece talks about a specific experience regarding suicidal thoughts and hospitalizations. Not all experiences will be or are the same. When someone is actively suicidal, we often tell them… Read More Suicide Prevention Month: A Life Worth Living This post is part of a Suicide Prevention Month blog series. Read the other blogs here. Content Warning: This piece contains mentions of suicide. According to the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (Van Orden et al., 2010), desires for suicide arise from a combination of perceived burdensomeness (i.e. Read More 15 Autumn Wellness Tips to Keep You Healthy This Fall The transition to the shorter and busier days of fall can be a challenge. To help ease the change, we’ve put together 15 Autumn Wellness Tips to get you ready for the colder months and keep your mental (and physical!) health in check. 1) Start taking a Vitamin D supplement. We get… Read More 48 / 49
Learning What Can Help Content Warning: This piece contains mentions of suicide. In November 2013, I knew little about mental health aside from the fact that my dad was battling depression. I avoided the topic of suicide on that autumn night when my dad mentioned it because I did not know how to respond. Read More
Reflections on the UCLA Tragedy & Mental Health Content Warning: This piece contains mentions of suicide. Juliette Virzi is a former member of Active Minds at UCLA and the Active Minds Student Advisory Committee. When I woke up yesterday morning, I didn’t expect to begin the day in my living room, huddled around with six fellow students watching… Read More
Stress Less Week: 12 Ways to Practice Self-Care During Finals This #StressLess Week, we challenged our social media followers to take extra good care of themselves by practicing self-care and then posting a #SelfCareSelfie. Once again, we were floored by the response (you guys are excellent selfie-takers) and want to keep this self-care train going. Without further ado, here are… Read More
6 Awesome Ideas for Stress Less Week It’s one of the toughest times of the year: papers and projects are due, you’re running solely on caffeine and there just isn’t enough time for sleep. That’s why Active Minds is hosting Stress Less Week from April 17-23. We’ve developed tons of resources and programs… Read More
5 Reasons to Join the Student Advisory Committee Active Minds is accepting applications for the 2015-2016 term of the Student Advisory Committee (SAC) through January 10. Thinking about applying? Here are 5 reasons to join the SAC: 1. Represent your peers and engage in the national conversation about mental health. As a student-serving organization, the Active Minds national staff… Read More
10 Mental Health Resolutions for 2016 Everyone has different opinions about the New Year. Some people think it is a fresh start, a new chapter, a time to reflect on life. But others may find the new year hard, like a reminder of past failures or “just another day.” As 2016 starts, it’s no doubt that… Read More
Why I Promised to Take Care of My Mental Health in My Wedding Vows One month ago today, my partner Rich and I stood under a big tent during the loveliest late-summer rain storm and did a really wonderful thing: We got married. Our wedding was beautiful and special and fun and silly — all the things we had hoped it would be during the months of planning. Read More
Suicide Prevention Month: My Experience at the Emergency Room This post is part of a Suicide Prevention Month blog series. Read the other blogs here. Please note: This piece talks about a specific experience regarding suicidal thoughts and hospitalizations. Not all experiences will be or are the same. When someone is actively suicidal, we often tell them… Read More
Suicide Prevention Month: A Life Worth Living This post is part of a Suicide Prevention Month blog series. Read the other blogs here. Content Warning: This piece contains mentions of suicide. According to the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (Van Orden et al., 2010), desires for suicide arise from a combination of perceived burdensomeness (i.e. Read More
15 Autumn Wellness Tips to Keep You Healthy This Fall The transition to the shorter and busier days of fall can be a challenge. To help ease the change, we’ve put together 15 Autumn Wellness Tips to get you ready for the colder months and keep your mental (and physical!) health in check. 1) Start taking a Vitamin D supplement. We get… Read More
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