The goal of suicide awareness and prevention is to reduce factors that increase that increase the likelihood of death by suicide, as well as to increase awareness of factors that promote resilience. This handbook overviews risk factors, symptoms, and promotes resilience. Click here to download your copy, and share it with friends and family. YTF […]
We talk about fear because within fear is the power to move us through tough situations. We just need to feel the fear and allow it to move us forward, instead of becoming stuck in fight, flight or freeze. The alternative is to move forward in a state of balance.
This season’s newsletter is on the benefits of Sound Therapy. Listen your way to well being.
A trend in many younger black males thats starting to bother me.
“Black people don’t go to therapy.” It’s an oft-quoted belief that, for various reasons, has been hard to shake within the black community — pushed away by some as a sign of weakness. For Monica T. Williams, a clinical psychologist at the University of Connecticut and director of the Laboratory for Culture and Mental Health Disparities, it’s an uphill battle she’s well familiar with.
September is Suicide Awareness Prevention Month
The fact that mental dis-ease is a taboo topic is the primary reason that so many people go untreated. This is especially true for Black American males. As September is Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month, we are focusing on the hard truth that no one ones to hear, suicide is one of the top ten causes of death. For Black American young men and adolescents, suicide soars to the third-leading cause of death.
Feelings are guidance
To understand where we are on the mental and emotional spectrum of balance, we can look to our feelings. Feelings are our internal guidance system. They let us know when we are off balance, and on track. If you are feeling any of the symptoms of imbalance listed on the left, you likely have an imbalance of neurotransmitters in your body. There’s a simple test to find out, so talk to your doctor about your neurotransmitter levels on your next visit.
How to Treat Depression Naturally. Mild depression, which includes symptoms of hopelessness, sadness and lack of motivation, can be naturally treated with various supplements or environmental and lifestyle changes. Get out of the house and get moving. Depression can often be caused or worsened by not getting enough physical exercise. Plan to spend time walking […]
Gateways to Happiness
If you are depending on the above formula for happiness, then be prepared for a lot of unhappiness in your life. The fairly tale that we have been taught that things can make us happy is revealed once the job, love or financial status of our dreams appear to be elusive. Yet these four practices are tried and true conduits to happiness:
Suicide Risk Factors – excerpted from the book, Leaping Over the Hurdles of Life… A Tiger’s Journey
