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Never Broken: How Singer-Songwriter Jewel Became a Mental Health Advocate

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It’s hard to imagine Jewel—full name Jewel Kilcher—wrote it when she was just 17, two years after leaving an unstable home environment, moving into her own cabin and then leaving Alaska to study operatic voice at Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan. After school, she moved to San Diego. This year, it’s estimated that the U.S.

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Culturally Diverse Workforces Require Bespoke Mental Health Support

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There are barriers for specific minority groups to access mental health support in the workplace. Personalized mental health support is a solution to improving mental health outcomes at work, but this requires training, understanding, and insight into individual needs. According to Mental Health U.K., In the U.K.,

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When It Come to Employee Mental Health, These 10 Companies Are Setting the Example

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Mental health has been top of mind for employees and employers alike for a few years now. But some companies are continuing to push to improve the lives of their employees or their clients as innovators in the future of mental health. Here are the companies pushing toward change in mental health in 2024.

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World Mental Health Day: It’s Time to Break Down the Stigma of Mental Health

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On World Mental Health Day , the WHO’s new report focuses on breaking down the stigma and discrimination attached to mental health conditions. . “We We must normalize talking about mental health and its multitude of conditions because stigma is the chain onto which all mental health conditions link.” – Dévora Kestel, WHO.

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Creating an Environment for Success with Dr. Adeel Khan

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After his younger sister died while he was in residency training, Khan’s desire to help others provided him with an even greater drive to work toward his goals. After training in sports medicine, he specialized in regenerative medicine, conducting one of the first Health Canada-approved clinical trials with mesenchymal stromal cells.

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How Discrimination in the Workplace Impacts Black Women’s Health & Well-Being

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Her manager, she said, would make sexualized jokes, resulting in what Watson felt was a hostile work environment. “It The experience took a toll on her mental health. A trauma-like effect on Black women’s health For more than 15 years, Sierra Carter, Ph.D., I was like an outsider in my department.” I was good at what I did.”

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Stretch, Sprint, Succeed: Embracing Exercise to Combat Workplace Burnout

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Companies like Asana, Google and more offer employee exercise programs that can improve personal health, productivity, and work-life balance. Burnout among workers has become a prominent issue, especially with the recent changes in work environments. HIIT can help reduce stress, improve cardiovascular health, and increase metabolism.

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