by Breaking Taboo | Feb 4, 2020 | Articles, General Mental Health, Wellbeing
February is American Heart Month, it is a time to raise awareness about heart health and urge those around you to prevent heart disease [1]. Here at Breaking Taboo, we would like to take a moment and discuss the connection between mental health and heart health....
by Breaking Taboo | Feb 3, 2020 | Articles, Seasonal
Toward the end of the winter holidays, I remember running to my local grocery story to grab some last moment holiday baking items and I remember being surprised to see pink and red holiday candy and décor already out. February was still two months away, yet people...
by Breaking Taboo | Jan 27, 2020 | Articles, Seasonal
Not only is 2020 the start of a new decade but it’s also the start of a lot of new promises. But how long will those promise to be kept? How long before you go back to taking the elevator instead of the stairs? How long before you chose that sugary beverage over the...
by Breaking Taboo | May 15, 2019 | Articles, General Mental Health, Wellbeing
“To meditate is to live simply and honestly in the world as it is,” Jonathan C. Smith. With increased awareness about the importance of meditation and mindfulness there have been multiple online applications that have been launched. The following are just a few...
by Crystal Lancaster | Apr 26, 2019 | Articles, General Mental Health, Wellbeing
For too long mow, mental health in this nation has gone overlooked—by the government, by the media, and by schools. And for the longest time, I have posed the question: what will it take for the leaders of this country to step up and deliver to schools a curriculum...
by Crystal Lancaster | Apr 19, 2019 | Articles, General Mental Health, Taboo & Breaking It
Mental health. What does it mean to a twelve-year-old? It may very well mean nothing if he or she has never even heard of the topic. I know I hadn’t when I was that age. In fact, I wasn’t even aware mental illness truly existed, that there were diseases completely...
