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Overcoming Stigma: Have we come a long way or do we have a long way to go?

December 18, 2017 By Rev. Alan Johnson

As we approach the New Year within a month, sometimes it is good to look back before going ahead.  I never thought I would be offering an adult forum on my experience with mental illness in my family and have my son speak from his point of view as a person who lives with bipolar […]

Filed Under: Community, Stigma Tagged With: Mental Health Network, Stigma, UCC, United Church of Christ

Waiting

December 11, 2017 By Karl Shallowhorn

It’s Advent. And we wait. We wait for a miraculous event that can transform lives through weeks of hope, peace, joy and love. For the literal millions of people, however, who live with a mental health diagnosis, even a day can feel like forever. I remember the experience of being institutionalized; waiting for the day […]

Filed Under: Advent & Christmas, Mental Health Tagged With: Advent, Mental Health Network, recovery, UCC, United Church of Christ

Signs of Hope

December 4, 2017 By Hannah Campbell Gustafson

I’m not sure if it is the shorter days, the cold, the political climate, or my mental health, but I’ve been craving signs of hope lately. My husband and I have been living in rural Southwest Wisconsin for a few years now, and there are many ways in which it is challenging, especially as someone […]

Filed Under: Community, Hope Tagged With: hope, Mental Health First Aid, Mental Health Network, poverty, UCC, United Church of Christ

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