The holidays always come with certain expectations, either from or of you. We idealize and romanticize them, with the help of film, television and retail industries, and we hope each year that they live up to what we’ve imagined them to be. This year, though, the holidays were obviously very different. Because of COVID, I didn’t get to experience any …
Join us January 7th, 2021, at 6 PM EST for a FREE webinar presented by 1N5, the Eating Recovery Center, and Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center with Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart, PsyD, ABPP on creating mental wellness routines in uncertain times for parents, caregivers, and people in positions of support for adolescents and teens. Routines and daily practices are a large …
In January, 2021, 1N5 and MindPeace are partnering to provide FREE virtual QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper training each week. QPR teaches three simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide: Question a person about suicide, Persuade the person to seek help, and Refer the person to appropriate resources. Although created specifically to detect and respond to …
This week for #WarriorWednesday, Caroline McKeown was back with a new episode of her #DearCaroline vlog. She talks about how to stay positive going into the new year by looking back and thinking about the good things that happened this year despite the negativity in the world. Caroline urges us not to go into 2021 with negative thoughts but to …
Always remember that who you are is a gift. You are a gift to this world just by being you. We don’t give ourselves enough credit. We can be so mean to ourselves for our mistakes, and be so compassionate to a friend for that very same mistake. It’s great you can see the good in others and be kind …
1N5 is excited to present Cincinnati Children’s Hospital with a gift of $150,000 to support the Adapting for Life program! This marks the 11th year that 1N5 has partnered with Cincinnati Children’s on this mental health program that provides foundational education for youth about the signs and symptoms of mental illness, how to talk about it and the resources available …
I don’t know what normal feels like anymore. Lately, it seems like everyone is competing over who’s coping best or who’s struggling most. Either you’re thriving or you’re barely making it through. It feels like there is no longer a normal middle ground. Being surrounded by this constant struggle between success and failure can be emotionally taxing. Over the past …
On Saturday, December 12th, 1N5 worked with UC student Karman Ghuman to hold the first Chardi Kala, a mental health retreat for Asian American youth. The two-hour retreat included a talk from Karman regarding the statistics about the incidences of mental illness in Asian youth, an art therapist, and a psychotherapist who talked about her own mental health journey. Thirty-five …
This week, 1N5 took part in a four-day Ohio Sources of Strength Train the Trainer series. Sources of Strength is a universal suicide prevention program designed to build socioecological protective influences around youth and reduce the likelihood that vulnerable youth and young adults will become suicidal. 1N5 works with schools in Ohio and Northern Kentucky to implement this program in a …
This week for #freeyourmindfriday, Kileah, author of A Kids Book About Depression, took over our Insta stories to share her mental health journey. Check out her bio below! Kileah is an Enneagram 2 and part-time mystic born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and is the author of A Kids Book About Depression. She was diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and bipolar II …
