Identifying What Hidden Factors Trigger Your Anxiety
Anxiety is a common challenge among the current population. According to one study, around 31.1% of U.S. adults will experience an anxiety disorder during their lifetimes. Yet, the commonplace nature of anxiety doesn’t necessarily make it any easier to coexist with on...
Mental Health & Wedding Planning: How to Ease Stress
Even though wedding planning is exciting, it also involves making many important decisions that might be expensive, so it seems sensible that the process would be stressful. In the end, it will be well worth it, but the tension is never enjoyable. It is possible to...
Can artificial intelligence help prevent mental illness?
Can artificial intelligence help prevent mental illness? Mental illness is a significant public health issue affecting millions of people worldwide. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately one in five US adults have a mental illness. Mental...
The World of Limited Mobility: How to Support Your Disabled Loved One
Living with a disability can be difficult not only for the person with the disability, but also for their family and friends. People with limited mobility may have difficulty with daily activities, making them feel isolated and helpless. As a loved one, it is critical...
How to Optimize Your Breaks for Better Productivity
As a busy professional, you know that juggling an ever-growing list of responsibilities can be overwhelming. However, many people end up taking ineffective or unstructured breaks as a part of their lifestyles, which can lead to feeling frazzled rather than recharged....
How to Support Someone Who is Grieving
Losing a loved one is an intensely personal and emotional experience, and everyone handles grief differently. It can be difficult to know how to support someone who is bereaved, especially if you don't know what to say or do. However, with a little empathy and...
What Makes a Good Peer Support Specialist?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimated that there were around 126,700 community health workers in the United States in 2021. Among this number are peer support specialists who feel a sense of fulfillment by improving the lives of others. If you’re a mental...
Commentary Corner: The French Dispatch
It's no secret that numerous movies have poorly portrayed mental illnesses and their negative side effects. Although representation of mental illnesses and substance use has improved in recent years, that still cannot excuse the many movies and television programs...
Signs of High Functioning Anxiety
Anxiety can actually be useful in some ways and is experienced to a certain degree by everyone at times. Generalized Anxiety Disorder, commonly referred to as GAD, is a diagnosable generalized form of anxiety.
Recent Events
Disability Wellness Roundtable Discussions!
Painted Brain would like to announce that beginning January 18th, 2023, and we will be offering the Disability Wellness Roundtable Discussions for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind, and Physically Disabled. This new project is made possible through the Los Angeles...
Beyond the Surface Art Exhibition Recap
On January 20, 2023 Painted Brain had its first art show of the new year. It was a very successful art show at Painted Brain’s Community Center at 5980 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA. The art exhibition was called Beyond the Surface and it had quite a turn out. Along...
Art Exhibition – Community Center – More Than Words
This exhibition explores the power of storytelling using non-traditional symbols of communication. Pulling styles from street art to abstract art, all forms of painting can be an allegory for how self-expression can be an outlet for one's wellness. All ages are...
Self-Portrait Night
Painted Brain in collaboration with local artist and musician Jennie Lawless had a great night of painting on September 29, 2022. Lawless’ first time teaching was a success, and she did an excellent job leading participants through the process of creating their...
OPEN CASTING CALL – CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge!
Pink Lotus Pictures and Painted Brain are seeking talent for the following roles in their Short Film for the CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge! COLOR ME MIND MILES (African American Male, 20s - 30s) Despite being fairly young, MILES has had a tough life. He suffers...
Painted Brain’s Co-Executive Director Appointed by Governor Newsom
It is official! On May 19, 2022, Rayshell Chambers our Co-Executive Director was appointed to the statewide Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission by California Governor Gavin Newsom. The Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability...
“Caribbean Black”: A Wonderful and Moving Addition to “Discovering a Place for Us”
Artists Claire Jones, Kareena Rivera, Davy Andrek, and Amaranthia Sepia collaborated to create a spoken word poem performance that highlights the traumas Black people experience at the hands of racism in the United States. Claire Jones (the narrator) speaks over...
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