Put On the Song & Dance

It’s National Dance Day and we are thrilled! The research on the health benefits is extensive. We are grateful to Nigel Lythgoe and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton for starting this awareness day in 2010. You need no studio and no routine to take part. A song in the kitchen counts. Let’s dive into why we…

Grief Moves at Its Own Pace

People and practices for meeting loss with care Grief moves at its own pace. It shows up in more forms than we expect, after a death, or the quieter loss of a life you thought you were building. No calendar tells it when to arrive or when to ease. For anyone sitting with loss right…

In Defense of Second Chances

What the science actually says about relapse and recovery When someone has relapsed, there is often a particular look in other people’s eyes: a small tightening around them and the quiet drawing of conclusions that everyone saw this coming. It is an old reflex many have. It’s also almost always wrong. Watch how problem-solving courts…

Back to School ABC’s

New backpacks, fresh supply lists, first-day photos. Heading into the 2026 school year, mental health experts are asking families to add one more thing to the prep: your child’s nervous system. Counselors and pediatricians made the same case all summer: that mental health belongs on the back-to-school checklist next to the sneakers and the pencils.…