By Maureen Mahoney Flawless Fellow When people hear internship, they think of going on coffee runs, copying data into a spreadsheet, and not having the respect other employees get. My experience interning for the Flawless Foundation has been quite the opposite. I am given real responsibilities and tasks to complete, I have learned an incredible…
“I have depression; it does not have me.” – Michelle Williams Depression. What does it look like? That’s a tough question to answer. Depression on the surface can look like nothing more than a typical, “normal” human being. Or, in this one case, maybe even a vibrant, beautiful Grammy-award winning star. Michelle Williams is a…
Flawless, devoted, detail-oriented, intelligent, talented – only a few words to describe the incredible Elisabeth Scott. Though we are saddened by her departure from Flawless to return to her previous career in Corporate Real Estate management, we celebrate all of her gifts to our organization. Elisabeth’s determination never ceased from her first day on the…
It’s become a strangely familiar routine. It can be any morning, preparing for a busy day scrambling to get out the door with coffee and keys in hand, when a push notification will pop up on my phone: another celebrity has died by suicide. Every time, I feel a sense of utter shock, disbelief, grief,…
It’s a spiral of silence. If no one is talking about it, how can someone experiencing mental health issues know it’s okay to not be okay? How will they know what to do when they are struggling? By not talking about this topic, the spiral continues. Sometimes, the spiral is fatal. Recently, I attended the…
Addressing mental health issues is one of the most important issues facing today’s society. Nearly 1 in 5 Americans over the age of 18 live with some form of a brain disorder, making up approximately 20% of the United States population. In Oregon alone, that number increases to 25%, with the state’s suicide rate among…
In May, we always look forward to one of our favorite traditions in Providence, Rhode Island where a group of people gather together for the main purpose of sharing stories. While this may not seem like a cause for assembling hundreds of people for a conference, the leaders at PeaceLove believe in the healing power…
Around the country, students have been returning to school from spring break, an important opportunity to recharge before the final push to the end of the year. For students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, this chance to rest, connect with friends outside of school, and spend time with family was particularly needed after the…
This spring at the University of Michigan, it was more of a whirlwind than normal: our men’s basketball team made it to the final of the NCAA March Madness National Championship, and the campus was in a tumult of celebration and wild hope…until we lost to Villanova. Despite this, the Michigan head coach John Beilein…
With mental health on the forefront of everyone’s mind these days, we often wonder where the line between awareness and progress begins. While a positive outlook on mental health is undeniably crucial, we rely on organizations working together for the hard conversations and concrete change that is long overdue for our nation. The National Alliance…
