by Anna Mikel | Jun 22, 2023 | Articles, General Mental Health
Among the many health disparities, a glaring one is the higher rate of mental health disorders in people who identify as part of the LGBTQI+ community. Widespread social and political discrimination have caused disproportionately high rates of poverty, homelessness,...
by Aaron Weiner | May 24, 2023 | Articles, General Mental Health, Seasonal
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Which means that there is a lot of extra focus on mental health, mental illness, and breaking the stigma surrounding these two very important topics. We use that word a lot- “awareness”, but so many people don’t fully understand...
by Serena Sun | Apr 14, 2023 | Articles, Depression, General Mental Health, Taboo & Breaking It, Wellbeing
“Man up!” “Boys don’t cry!” “Don’t be such a girl!” Sound familiar? These are just a few of the toxically masculine insults that are proliferating within our current culture and society. Men experience these types of sentiments daily. What’s worse, is so...
by Breaking Taboo | Mar 13, 2023 | Articles, General Mental Health
Feelings of stress can lead us to counterproductive activities that may do more bad than good in the long term. One such activity is stress eating. In a study on stress and eating behaviors published in Health Psychology Review, researchers found that...
by Breaking Taboo | Jan 16, 2023 | Articles, General Mental Health, Wellbeing
“Self Love” has become one of the catchiest concepts being thrown around in Western society, a terminology seemingly present now everywhere we look; on billboards, all across our social media feeds, in meditation practices and therapy practices. It is now a popular...
by Aisha Munshi | Aug 24, 2022 | Articles, General Mental Health, Taboo & Breaking It
The intricate mechanisms of the body alone, are quite remarkable; but once we add the functionalities of the mind to the mix, the body often succumbs to the mind’s agency in decision- making, be it conscious or sub-conscious. Although quite awesome and intricate to...
