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There are some things that you know you have to do and you are honored to do it. This was one of them. Last summer I accepted an invitation to join a focused conversation about mental health and preparing people for religious leadership. The gathering took place last month and the group included national staffContinue reading “Shining a Light on Mental Illness in Religious Leadership”

Here’s a quick list of 18 tips to improve mental health for 2018. 1. Make time for people that bring you joy. 2. Connect regularly with a small group of people who you trust and with whom you can be yourself. 3. Let people know when you are struggling. Let 2018 be the year ofContinue reading “18 Tips for Mental Health in 2018”

This Christmas Eve the painting, “The Scream” comes to mind. In “The Scream,” Norwegian Expressionist Edvard Munch depicted a figure who is visibly pained, the person is holding their hands beside their head and apparently screaming. Of course, as viewers of this haunting image we can’t literally hear the iconic scream, but we can imagineContinue reading ““The Scream” on Christmas Eve”