Blog Posts by jessicamayorga
Everyone’s Mental Health Journey is Different – Mine Started Through Music
Tell me what five albums you’d take with you on a deserted island and I’ll know everything about you. I’m not talking about knowing you in the easy stereotyped way as in “Taylor Swift fans are like this,” and “Pink Floyd fans act like that.” But I’ll understand you in a deep, emotional, and authentic…
Student Mental Health During COVID-19
Special thanks to our friends at Kognito, a health simulation company serving higher education with solutions that build life skills for students, faculty, and staff, for collaborating on this post. Three college students and mental health activists involved with Active Minds share what the last few months have been like, advice for their peers, and…
#ImStillGraduating – Active Minds Western
The #ImStillGraduating series shared on our Instagram account features graduating chapter members of Active Minds Western. The line art graphics were created by our VP Creative Anika In’t Hout. We wanted to provide our graduating members with the opportunity to share their thoughts on the current situation in a fresh and engaging way. Keep scrolling…
Tips to Stay Mentally Well While Working From Home…
Tips to Stay Mentally Well While Working From Home… from people who do it regularly As members of Active Minds’ remote staff, we are experts at balancing the demands of a full-time job while still maintaining healthy boundaries between our work and personal life. As many of us transition to working (and learning!) from home,…
Mountain Ridge HS (AZ) Art Contest
General scope of the activity: We held our first annual Mental Health Arts Contest! It was open to students across the school to submit any form of art, including written submissions, visual arts and performing arts. We had 10 submissions! Overview of school: We are a public high school from Glendale, Arizona. This is our…
Notice and Connect Trainings – Colby College Active Minds
Last fall, our chapter partnered with our school’s Counseling Center to begin implementing basic mental health trainings for members of our college community. Over the course of the semester, members of our chapter co-facilitated trainings with members of the Counseling center, educating members of the community on mental health, informing them of available resources, and…
Humans of SCAD
SCAD Active Minds launched during Spring quarter of 2019. With only one quarter before most students would head home for the summer, our SCAD chapter of Active Minds needed to work proficiently to be as effective as possible. We had two main projects, one of which being the Humans of SCAD Project. Because our chapter…
SMU Active Minds: Faces of Mental Health
Summer Moss, who brought an Active Minds chapter to her campus at Samuel Merritt University, shares insight on the ‘Faces of Mental Health’ video series produced at SMU this year. What inspired you all to produce this video series? In January we had a workshop around Self Care for the Healthcare Professional featuring the…
Martin Luther King Jr. Day – Florida A&M University Chapter
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 21, we share this message from Florida A&M University’s Active Minds chapter, a historically black university, to both celebrate and honor the work and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as shed light on the mental health advocacy being done on their campus. Why…
6 Healthy Ways to Reduce Stress During Final Exams
Any college student can tell you that final exams are stress-inducing. But as you look around a college campus during college exams, you’re likely to see the effects of that stress in action. Even students who previously seemed to be carefree are showing signs of anxiety and sleep deprivation. Stress can manifest with physical and…
Active Minds is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization promoting mental health awareness and education for young adults.