Mental Health Good News

Stories about people and organizations making a difference for mental health — and fighting the stigma around mental health

Light Quote Graphic: "There is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it, if only we're brave enough to be it." — Amanda Gorman

31 Best Quotes About Light To Brighten the World

There's no shortage of people creating light and making a positive difference. We all have the ability to seek the light and be the light.
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Toxic Positivity Quote Graphic: We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions. — Brené Brown

30 Best Toxic Positivity Quotes To Encourage Authentic Hope

Toxic positivity is harmful, shallow, and leaves each of us missing out on the breadth of the human experience. Fortunately, we can learn how to avoid toxic positivity.
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Many People Have A Fear Of Aging; These Helpers Ask: What If We Aged With Joy Instead?

Aging joyfully isn’t a new concept, nor is it a marketing scheme; it’s just a trend in human nature. According to a 2011 Gallup survey, people’s sense of well-being was the highest in childhood and old age.
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8 Mental Health Awareness Shirts To Help End The Stigma

Promote mental health awareness, support a mental health nonprofit, and add a winning shirt to your wardrobe with these mental health apparel picks.
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How Grownups Can Solve Problems by Thinking Like Kids

We asked expert Brad Montague for four ways grownups can tap into their inner child to do good for the world and the people in it.
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101 Self-Care Ideas — Beyond the Clichés

When it comes to self care, we want you focused on your health; not your wealth.
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Ultimate Calendar of Disability Awareness Days & Months

Your simple guide to the hundreds of national and international disability awareness days, weeks, and months.
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As Youth Mental Health Crisis Rages, Michigan Schools Work To Bolster Students’ Sense of Connection

As the Covid-19 pandemic brought shutdowns and quarantines, making students’ lives less stable and connected, it intensified a long-festering youth mental health crisis and left schools searching for answers.
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Here's How Finland Solved Its Homelessness Problem

The UK, Germany, and France are Europe’s three biggest economies, and yet they haven’t solved their housing problem. Across Europe, the picture is much the same, except in Finland.
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12 Best Conversation Cards For Deeper Relationships

Conversation card games have offered people a framework to embrace humanity, vulnerability, and develop better conversation habits. Here are 12 decks that do a great job at encouraging deeper discussion ...
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Quote Graphic: "The world may be broken, but hope is not crazy." — John Green

68 Best John Green Quotes On Hope & Life

John Green is a bestselling author, podcaster, avid soccer fan, and popular YouTube creator. In 2014, he was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World.
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How a Majority BIPOC Worker Co-op Is Disrupting the Field of Therapy

A therapist collective is changing how mental health services are offered in Ridgewood, Queens
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