Surviving vs. Thriving This past week, October 2-8, was mental health awareness week. In response to this, Mandy Walsh from Talk in the Bay wrote an article comparing the concepts of “surviving” and “thriving” in the mental health context. She highlights that the...

Dr. Herman writes, “The core experiences of psychological trauma are disempowerment and disconnection from others.”  She later goes on to explain that “Psychological trauma is an affliction of the powerless. At the moment of trauma, the victim is rendered helpless by...

Public health professionals face a wide variety of social challenges across the world ranging from the health impacts of climate change to the endemic presence of mental illness. In my limited experience, I often see a rush to throw technical innovations at a problem,...