Kevin Hines: Survivor
When 28-year-old Kevin Hines hurled himself from the Golden Gate Bridge, his first thought was, “What the hell did I just do? I don’t want to die.” According to the …
Recovery is possible.
The one thing I wish more families heard when their loved one gets sick from a brain illness is this: Recovery is possible. In the days after David’s suicide attempt, I …
INVISIBLE
My friend’s eight-year-old son punched a hole through the sheetrock of his new classroom two months ago. His parents had moved him from the elementary school he’d attended since kindergarten …
I can’t erase the past. I learned so much from it.
Our daughter celebrates her birthday each June. I can’t help but measure her birthdays with an equal sense of apprehension and elation. She’s a teenager now, and still no sign …
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Ross Szabo: Mental health from middle school to launch
Ross Szabo is one of the world’s most passionate speakers about mental health and the need for young people to begin recognizing and managing their emotions early. Ross will be …
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Friends! We have a book cover!
Friends! We have a book cover! And, Seal Press says it’s going to be published first in hardback! Look for it in November 2015.
Extraordinary hope for people suffering from psychosis
Identifying mental illness early means less recovery time, fewer visits to the emergency room, less homelessness and more productive lives for people living well with a brain disease. Half of …
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The Freshwater Trust
The Freshwater Trust is an Oregon based environmental non profit that works to fix every river. Find Freshwater Talk on iTunes. Here’s a conversation with Joe Whitworth, President of The …
Interview with Cheryl Strayed
A conversation with award-winning author Cheryl Strayed — talking about the true story that brought her to the edge of Oscar buzz. Photos from the Portland premiere of Wild