By Kelly Mcgonigal
The yoga tradition offers a refreshing alternative to the New Year’s resolution: the practice of sankalpa, or resolve.
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The Latinx community is just as vulnerable to mental illness as the general population, but faces disparities in treatment.
Eso es para locos. Esta generación... siempre inventando. These are the words I’d hear anytime I mentioned therapy or mental health growing up.
“When I started my undergraduate degree in psychology, my grandmother said she was afraid I would become pagal (“crazy”) because of it.
I’m learning that my challenge isn’t just to unlearn what my family has taught me, but to put myself in situations that would reaffirm the new lessons I was trying to replace the old ones with.
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We collaborated with several of our favorite talent supporters who are LGBTQ people of color to offer advice to youth on how to navigate the intersections of their identities and protect their mental health.
Who owns your identity, and how can old ways of thinking be replaced?
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Demand from patients seeking help for their mental illnesses has led to underground use in a way that parallels black markets in the AIDS pandemic. This underground use has been most perilous for people of color, who face greater stigma and legal risks due to the War on Drugs.
How Georgia State University professor Dr. Stephanie Evans uncovered pictures of the iconic Civil Rights activist practicing asana.
Using somatics to explore trauma can help make authentic connection and collectivity more possible.
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