Featured Posts Finding Connection at Send Silence Packing® Connection. I left our most recent stop of Send Silence Packing® (SSP) with this word brimming at the top of my mind. Although I’m fairly new to Active Minds, I didn’t expect the exhibit to have this kind of impact on me as one of the staff members… Graduating Into The Unknown Are you feeling the weight of uncertainty? New beginnings can bring the positive, negative, and everything in between. Here's my advice for adapting when graduating into the unknown. Red Sox Step Up to the Plate for Mental Health with “Change Up the Conversation” Initiative A season-long initiative spotlighting six New England nonprofits, the program will feature monthly partnerships, in-park experiences, and social media stories to promote open dialogue. View all the latest blog posts
Graduating Into The Unknown Are you feeling the weight of uncertainty? New beginnings can bring the positive, negative, and everything in between. Here's my advice for adapting when graduating into the unknown.
Red Sox Step Up to the Plate for Mental Health with “Change Up the Conversation” Initiative A season-long initiative spotlighting six New England nonprofits, the program will feature monthly partnerships, in-park experiences, and social media stories to promote open dialogue.
All Posts Graduating Into The Unknown Are you feeling the weight of uncertainty? New beginnings can bring the positive, negative, and everything in between. Here's my advice for adapting when graduating into the unknown. Read More Red Sox Step Up to the Plate for Mental Health with “Change Up the Conversation” Initiative A season-long initiative spotlighting six New England nonprofits, the program will feature monthly partnerships, in-park experiences, and social media stories to promote open dialogue. Read More The #SpeakYourMIND Ice Bucket Challenge: Raising Half a Million for Mental Health Awareness The Ice Bucket Challenge is back, reimagined by the University of South Carolina's MIND club to support mental health awareness, and inspired by the 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge, which supported the ALS Foundation and brought awareness to the fight against ALS. Read More Breaking Free from Cultural Stigma in Mental Health The fear of judgment or shame can make it difficult for many to be vulnerable and seek support. This phenomenon is not only prevalent in AAPI communities but also in many other minority cultures, which can further widen disparities in mental health awareness, access to care, and culturally competent resources. Read More From Advocacy to Exploring the Globe: Meet the Spring 2025 Interns They've poured their hearts into championing a new era of mental health advocacy, and each brought unique ideas and invaluable perspective to the table. Read More UC Riverside’s Community Cultivation Earns Chapter of the Month Their ongoing community engagement is evident through initiatives like Well-being Walk-in Wednesdays and Grad Time, which provide continuous support, not just one-off moments. Read More Stress Less This Week And Beyond Balancing stress and anxiety with life's demands can feel overwhelming and isolating. That’s why Active Minds launched Stress Less Week®, a national program that occurs in the fall and spring each year. Read More The Cost of Being Perfect on Paper The more I read and the closer I looked at the patients under my care, I could see High-Functioning Depression (HFD) was everywhere. But people couldn’t go to their doctor and ask for a diagnosis or a prescription for antidepressants for it. If they did, the doctor would run through… Read More Active Minds Celebrates Surpassing 1,000 K-12 Schools in 1,000 Days: A Historic Milestone for Youth Mental Health We are beyond excited to announce a historic milestone in Active Minds’ journey: we’ve surpassed our goal of reaching 1,000 K-12 schools in 1,000 days, and we did it months ahead of schedule! Each of these K-12 schools joined our mental health movement by bringing Active Minds to their school,… Read More 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… Read More 1 / 48
Graduating Into The Unknown Are you feeling the weight of uncertainty? New beginnings can bring the positive, negative, and everything in between. Here's my advice for adapting when graduating into the unknown. Read More
Red Sox Step Up to the Plate for Mental Health with “Change Up the Conversation” Initiative A season-long initiative spotlighting six New England nonprofits, the program will feature monthly partnerships, in-park experiences, and social media stories to promote open dialogue. Read More
The #SpeakYourMIND Ice Bucket Challenge: Raising Half a Million for Mental Health Awareness The Ice Bucket Challenge is back, reimagined by the University of South Carolina's MIND club to support mental health awareness, and inspired by the 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge, which supported the ALS Foundation and brought awareness to the fight against ALS. Read More
Breaking Free from Cultural Stigma in Mental Health The fear of judgment or shame can make it difficult for many to be vulnerable and seek support. This phenomenon is not only prevalent in AAPI communities but also in many other minority cultures, which can further widen disparities in mental health awareness, access to care, and culturally competent resources. Read More
From Advocacy to Exploring the Globe: Meet the Spring 2025 Interns They've poured their hearts into championing a new era of mental health advocacy, and each brought unique ideas and invaluable perspective to the table. Read More
UC Riverside’s Community Cultivation Earns Chapter of the Month Their ongoing community engagement is evident through initiatives like Well-being Walk-in Wednesdays and Grad Time, which provide continuous support, not just one-off moments. Read More
Stress Less This Week And Beyond Balancing stress and anxiety with life's demands can feel overwhelming and isolating. That’s why Active Minds launched Stress Less Week®, a national program that occurs in the fall and spring each year. Read More
The Cost of Being Perfect on Paper The more I read and the closer I looked at the patients under my care, I could see High-Functioning Depression (HFD) was everywhere. But people couldn’t go to their doctor and ask for a diagnosis or a prescription for antidepressants for it. If they did, the doctor would run through… Read More
Active Minds Celebrates Surpassing 1,000 K-12 Schools in 1,000 Days: A Historic Milestone for Youth Mental Health We are beyond excited to announce a historic milestone in Active Minds’ journey: we’ve surpassed our goal of reaching 1,000 K-12 schools in 1,000 days, and we did it months ahead of schedule! Each of these K-12 schools joined our mental health movement by bringing Active Minds to their school,… Read More
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… Read More
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