Healing one chord at a time: My Voice Music
I am in LOVE with this program. Ian Mouser is a local singer-songwriter who worked in a therapy setting with kids struggling with behavioral problems. Ian noticed the almost immediate …
JPepin Art Gallery. A place for beautiful minds
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” ~Albert Einstein Why are activities with music, movement, drama, and …
Happiness is a garden. Tend to it.
Eric Hutchinson gladly lent his support to the #KeepOregonWell campaign. The singer-songwriter talked openly about battling depression and why he thinks everyone should consider talking with a therapist about the …
Alpha Rev Frontman Casey McPherson/Suicide Survivor, mental health advocate
Alpha Rev’s Casey McPherson’s music has so much emotional depth and beauty, one begins to sense that this charismatic frontman has been to very, very dark places and lived to …
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David Gray on self-care and mental health awareness`
If a young musician asked me whose career to emulate, I’d have no hesitation in answering David Gray. Gray has managed to achieve both commercial and critical success while maintaining …
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Demand Hope. Demand Recovery. Nothing less than life will do.
I hosted a public celebration at Pioneer Courthouse Square to mark the end of a hugely successful fundraising campaign for the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute. The Phil and Penny Knight …
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Dr. Xavier Amador, “I Am Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help!”
Among the greatest frustrations in caring for a person with mental illness is Anosognosia, or lack of awareness. Dr. Xavier Amador talks with me about how to get the help …
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Dave Dahl of Dave’s Killer Bread on mental illness
I have always admired the redemptive story of Dave Dahl, a former convict who turned his life around by making the killer recipe called “Blues Bread,” that revolutionized the bread …
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Thank you, Oregon!
As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, Trillium Family Services, Oregon’s largest provider of mental and behavioral health care named its Mental Health heroes. I’m humbled and grateful for the …
Some Words of Encouragement
I chose to write about mental illness in All the Things We Never Knew for one reason–to give people hope. It was excruciating to watch my former husband descend into …