by Anna Catrall | May 11, 2023 | Blog, Lifestyle and Culture, Recovery Stories
Religions around the world have different beliefs, rituals from each other. Therefore, couples from different religions are wondering how to include both religions and their rituals in one wedding. So, if you’re planning an interfaith wedding, here are a few...
by Brianna Gray | Oct 23, 2022 | Recovery Stories
We live in a world where people live their lives based on public opinion. It has become too common for people of the LGBTQ community to be out on their own because they are stuck in a world where nobody understands them. Imagine living in a world where people...
by Kevin Naruse | Sep 26, 2021 | Events, Recovery Stories
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...
by Kevin Jokipii | Aug 28, 2021 | Events, Recovery Stories
Discovering a Place for Us is a great collaboration that Painted Brain uses to give people a welcoming place to express themselves and their experiences through art. This has become a gift for those involved, to be able to heal and share through the arts. The talented...
by Desiree Mejia | Jul 2, 2021 | Blog, Recovery Stories
It is difficult for me to think about what to write when it comes to the stigma around mental health and my family. Rarely, if ever, has mental health been openly discussed within my family. This is not to say mental illness does not take up great space in our world,...
by Gabriella Thalin | May 11, 2021 | Blog, Recovery Stories
Mental health. It’s a term that can feel so foreign, and yet it affects our everyday lives. Our ability to get out of bed. Our relationships. Our hopes and expectations about today, tomorrow, the next day. The problem of stigma It can be difficult to reflect on our...