Mental health professionals often promote gratitude as a powerful mental health coping skill, but what does it really do for […]
Indirect Stress: Recognizing and Addressing Secondary Trauma
Crisis, trauma, and loss can negatively affect anyone who is exposed to it, even those who aren’t directly impacted. This […]
How to use Mindfulness for Mental Health Challenges
Using mindfulness techniques to support mental health has been a strategy of various cultures for millennia. New research sheds light […]
Mental Health: It’s Time to End the Ambivalence
Why do insurance companies still feel free to deny medically necessary treatments for mental health conditions, even while claiming to […]
Is it autism? Mental illness? Both? How to navigate double diagnosis
AUSTIN (Austin American-Statesman) — Is this autism? Is this anxiety? ADHD? Depression? A behavioral disorder? For parents of kids with […]
What is ‘Rest Week’? Austin employers revamp mental health responses
AUSTIN (KXAN) — By all accounts, University of Texas Austin Professor Kasey Claborn considers herself a Type A worker. As […]
Miraval Resorts Rejuvenation Stay Giveaway
In honor of Mental Illness Awareness Week and World Mental Health Day, Miraval Austin, in partnership with NAMI Central Texas, […]
Learning how to rest and invest in self-care
We are programmed from a young age to equate productivity with value. While not a uniquely American value, our culture, […]
10 Questions for Self-Care
Think of yourself as a battery – you need time to recharge. Be gentle with yourself; remember you deserve help […]
Central Texas nonprofit raises $276K for more mental health resources
AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s been six years since Austin resident Marcia Oakes’ son, Jake, died by suicide in 2015. Since […]