Addiction Is Still a Leading Mental Health Crisis
Why Addiction Is Still a Leading Mental Health Crisis in 2025 — and What Recovery Communities Can Do Differently In 2025, addiction remains deeply woven into the global mental health crisis. Despite advances in awareness and treatment, millions are still falling through the cracks — and too often, the systems built to help either aren’t […]
Therapy‑Bro Summer: 10 Ways Men Are Redefining Strength
Welcome To Therapy-Bro Summer Where Emotional Fitness Is The Real Flex Don’t hate me for saying it, but Therapy-Bro Summer is a thing and personally I’m glad. For too long, men have been encouraged to be “strong” and just “deal with it”, whatever that means. Therapy has traditionally been seen as something men turn to […]
Staying Sane In The City With Mental Health Issues
Staying Sane In The City With Mental Illness Staying sane in the city isn’t easy when you have mental health issues. I love New York. I grew up in the city and reside here now. I have spent many happy days ( and nights) running around this magnificent city, but this city is also a […]
Dating With Mental Health Issues…
Dating With Mental Health Issues: What To Do And Say Dating with mental health issues has its own challenges. If you are single and brave enough to forge the dating world, I salute you. Dating is difficult — full stop. The constant mismatching, rejection, self-doubt, and disappointment can be enough to deter the strongest of […]
Addiction And Recovery Messaging Need A Makeover
Is addiction and recovery messaging totally depressing you and making you crazy? Have you noticed how people’s eyes glaze over when you talk about it? I talk about addiction and recovery every day both for Reach Out Recovery and as part of my work with Rotary International US Task Force on Addiction Prevention. So, I […]
Rotary Healthy Teens Art/Media Competition
Rotary healthy teens art/media competition launches unique addiction prevention initiative from Sarasota, Florida. By teens and for teens, this local project opens the door to teen voices for mental health mentoring and change. Do you know what makes you healthy? That’s the challenge of this Rotary Interact Competition. The contest is open to all high […]