coronavirus pandemic Pandemic Stress is Hurting Our Ability to Decide Stress from the coronavirus pandemic is hurting our ability to make any decisions and can make even the smallest tasks feel overwhelming, according to a recent poll from the American Psychological Association. We spoke to Dr. Vaile Wright for more and got some valuable tips for when you’re stressed out about a small decision.
workplace culture Why Understanding Mental Health Needs to Be Part of Company Culture Some companies will address employee mental health sparingly – like they’re “checking a box,” says Kelly Greenwood of Mind Share Partners. But fully catering to employees’ mental health needs – like time off and understanding when they’re having a rough time – requires a change of company culture.
mental health Teens Say Instagram's Focus on Fitness Made Body Image Worse Wall Street Journal tech reporter Georgia Wells talks about the recent widely shared report documenting Facebook’s awareness of body image issues stemming from the app Instagram. Teenage Instagram users who experienced body image issues said the app was making those issues worse with a focus on fitness and showing more and more pages with idealized bodies.
mental health David Archuleta Opens Up About His Mental Health The runner-up on “American Idol” season 7 was “off the map” for a little while on mission trips in Chile. But he’s since returned to music with songs that reference the mental health struggles he’s faced – like “Paralyzed,” released in 2020, which harks back to when he felt like he could never get out of bed. In this emotional...
rebound Game, Set, Stop: How COVID-19 Brought a Boston Tennis Camp to a Screeching Halt Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center made it through nearly a whole summer of children’s programs when a staff member’s positive coronavirus test brought everything to a standstill.
mental health As Kids Deal With COVID Trauma, Should We Give Them Mental Health Days? Between the COVID pandemic and regular stresses of student life, kids could use mental health days at school, says Dr. Michael Enenbach. The pandemic “is sort of a collective trauma that we’ve all dealt with…the effects could be seen as long as two to four years later.” He recommends using a child’s mental health day for something fun, away from...
work-life balance How to Avoid Burnout: 3 Tips Your Boss Needs to Read Right Now A CEO shares 3 things his company, Mekanism, did differently to help employees thrive while working from home.
mental health What We Can Learn From Beyoncé About Generational Trauma Beyoncé recently told Harper’s Bazaar that she has worked to heal from generational trauma. But what does that term mean? Howard University faculty member and psychiatrist Danielle Hairston explains, and says Queen Bey spreading awareness “has been very helpful.”
charlotte flair WWE's Charlotte Flair Opens Up About Her Brother's Battle With Addiction Many assume that Charlotte Flair joined the WWE because she wanted to follow in her father Ric Flair’s footsteps. But Flair says she joined professional wrestling in an effort to support her brother. In an emotional interview with LX News host Tabitha Lipkin, Flair opens up about her brother’s death and offers words of support for others who have...
nurses A Nurse Describes Her Harrowing Battle with PTSD After the First COVID-19 Wave Cassandra Alexander, a certified nurse in the Bay Area of California, spent months watching patients die from COVID-19 before the “slow accretion of sorrow” left her deep in her own crisis with PTSD. Alexander, who wrote about her trauma in a recent op-ed in HuffPost, shares her story on LX News. If you, or someone you know, is in need...
